Receipt of Handling Units (HUs) Using RF  

Use

You use this function to optimize the goods receipt process for HUs in the inbound delivery. You pack inbound deliveries and create HUs according to the specified bar code information. You can also post, unload and put away goods receipts.

For HUs that already exist in the system, the function supports homogeneous, mixed HUs and cross-delivery HUs. If you create an HU, the system only supports homogeneous HUs.

Prerequisites

●      The bar code specification is maintained in Customizing for EWM.

You do this in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) by choosing Mobile Data Entry ® Maintain Bar Code Specification.

●      In the inbound delivery document type, you have specified a determination procedure for automatic packing, and have set the indicator No Automatic Packing. If you have specified a determination procedure and set this indicator, the system does not perform automatic packing when creating an inbound delivery.

To do this, in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) choose Goods Receipt Process ® Inbound Delivery ®Manual Settings ® Define Document Type Determination for Inbound Delivery Process.

●      The inbound delivery is available in the EWM system.

Features

In the SAP Easy Access Menu for Extended Warehouse Management, choose Execution ® Log On to RF Environment ® Goods Receipt Processes ® Receipt of HUs. This function comprises the following process steps:

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●      You select a receipt type. The HUs you can scan depend on the type of entry you select. You can choose between:

○       Delivery

○       Shipment

○       Transportation Unit

○       Shipping Notification

○       Door

Dependent on this selection, the system looks for the corresponding deliveries. You then scan an HU and thereby confirm receipt. Alternatively, you create a new HU in the background, if the HU does not exist in the system.

●      Scanning HUs that already exist in the system

When scanning, the procedure differs depending on whether the HU already exists in the system or not.

If it already exists – for example, if a detailed advances shipping notification exists – and assigned to the current delivery, you scan the Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC).

○       You use the enter pushbutton to display the relevant data, such as product number, quantity, packaging material or goods movement bin.

○       You use function key F1 to change the quantity.

○       You use function key F2 to change the packaging material.

●      Scanning HUs that do not exist in the system

If the HU does not yet exist in the system, for example because no detailed advanced shipping notification exists, you have to scan additional bar code information, such as the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), batch, production date, or packed quantity. When all the required data is available, the system is able to create a homogeneous HU with a delivery reference. If the batch has not been created in the system, the system creates it in the background automatically.

If you scan an HU that is not notified, the system generates the HU automatically. Here, it determines the default packaging material using the relevant determination procedure. In the determination procedure, you have defined a packaging specification that contains a default packaging material. If the system does not perform automatic packing, it uses the determination procedure for determining the packaging material when receiving HUs.

If you scan a product for which no inbound delivery item but an expected goods receipt exists, the system automatically adds an inbound delivery item.

●      After scanning existing and newly created HUs, you can:

○       Unload using function key F1

○       Post goods receipt using function key F2

○       Create warehouse tasks using function key F3

○       Confirm warehouse tasks using function key F4

●      Exceptions when scanning HUs

○       If the HU is assigned to another delivery, the system issues an error message. If you then enter the exception code HUAD, the system looks for the delivery and splits it correspondingly.

○       If you notice upon closing the transaction that a notified HU is missing, enter the exception code HUMI. The system adjusts the delivery correspondingly, meaning the quantity is corrected correspondingly. 

For more information about exception codes, see Customizing for EWM under Cross-Process Settings ® Exception Handling ® Define Exception Codes.