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Purpose

Handling units (HUs) are created in inbound deliveries. Handling unit generation is not intended to occur during transfer order processing. Storage units are generated from handling units during transfer order processing. The storage unit type is determined from the handling unit’s packaging-material type and can be changed manually during putaway.

You can generate putaway transfer-orders for inbound deliveries or for handling units. If there is more than one handling unit in the inbound delivery, the putaway transfer-order is split up in such a way that one transfer order is always generated for each handling unit. Note that you can create transfer orders both before and after goods receipt is posted in inventory management.

Prerequisites

The inbound delivery is the basis for goods receipt handling in warehouse management. Transfer orders for putaway are created with reference to inbound deliveries. Distribution of delivery quantities into handling unit items and packing of the inbound delivery items must have been completed in the inbound delivery.

Process Flow

You can create transfer orders with reference to inbound deliveries as follows:

  1. Enter the HU number

The SAP System determines in the background which inbound delivery the handling unit is assigned to. The transfer order for putaway then updates that inbound delivery.

This function is also supported when nested handling units that refer to several delivery items are involved.

This type of transfer-order creation lends itself to scanning, since each handling unit can be processed individually.

  1. Enter the inbound delivery number

The SAP System determines the handling units that are to be put away, creates transfer orders, and determines the destination storage bins.

This type of transfer-order creation is especially useful when you want to process several handling units at once.

Putaway before goods receipt posting

If you want to carry out a putaway transfer-order before goods receipt posting, the storage unit is at the transfer order’s destination storage bin. A negative quant with the storage unit number is generated at the transfer order’s source storage bin.

You can enter differences when the transfer order is confirmed. A difference confirmation is only possible for the source storage bin, however. This reduces the putaway quantity of the inbound delivery item.

Following confirmation, the quantity is available for use in the destination storage bin. In this case, the storage unit can be moved within the warehouse. You can only pick partial quantities or pick for a delivery after goods receipt has been posted successfully.

During goods receipt posting for the inbound delivery, negative quants in the goods receipt area are deleted and the system notes in the storage unit that partial picks are now possible.

Note

Goods receipt posting can only occur for the entire inbound delivery.

Putaway after goods receipt posting

After handling units are created in the inbound delivery, goods receipt is posted for the inbound delivery. Storage units are created automatically for these handling units. The stock of these storage units is found in the interim storage bin that was determined in the inbound delivery. The inventory in these storage units is available for use. Partial picks are possible.

These storage units can either be put away individually with the Create Transfer Order for Storage Unit function or with the Create Transfer order for Inbound Delivery function. Both functions use the movement type in the inbound delivery to determine the transfer order’s movement type.

You can enter differences when the transfer order is confirmed. However, it is not possible to confirm in the source storage bin, which would result in a reduction of the putaway quantity for the inbound delivery. The stock quantity in the handling unit is adjusted accordingly. A handling unit containing the difference quantity is automatically created in the difference storage bin. The Clearing of Differences in Inventory Management function passes on this difference to inventory management and deletes the difference HU.

Result

The goods are only available for picking after the transfer order has been confirmed and goods receipt has been posted.

 

 

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