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 Characteristic-Based Packing in Outbound Deliveries

Purpose

This function in Handling Unit Management (HUM) enables you to automatically post packaging materials in an outbound delivery. The material to be packed, the packaging material and any auxiliary packaging materials are mapped as a single handling unit (HU) and are posted together under a single identification number on goods issue.

Features

If you use the Automatic Packing function when creating an outbound delivery, the system generates handling units in which the materials are packed. The system does not use the packing instructions in HUM, but the material number of the packaging material in the packaging material characteristic.

The cable must have been physically wound onto the reel and the material number of the packaging material must have been saved in the batch characteristic before the handling unit is generated. The cable must have been physically wound onto the reel and the material number of the packaging material must have been saved in the batch characteristic before the handling unit is generated. Because inventory management is not performed using handling units, it is not necessary to set up HU-managed storage locations.

This function is implemented on the basis of the HUM packing function of the SAP standard system.

Constraints

  • Characteristics-based packing is only provided in the outbound delivery and only for batch-managed materials with the Packaging Material characteristic. In subsequent process steps, such as packing in the shipment document, the system does not generate any new items for the packaging material.

  • Characteristics-based packing is not provided in goods receipts of batch-managed and classified materials.