Partial Picking 

Use

In a partial picking, Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) can create a corresponding warehouse task for an outbound delivery, even though it cannot completely fill all items for the outbound delivery.

By default, EWM executes a partial picking.

If the available quantity in the warehouse is not sufficient to fill all items of the outbound delivery, you can prevent the creation of a warehouse task.

Prerequisites

If you want to execute a complete picking, you need to have made the settings for complete picking for warehouse order, in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) under Cross-Process Settings ® Warehouse Task ® Define Warehouse Process Type.

Features

You use the standard setting (partial picking) so that EWM creates a warehouse task even though it cannot completely fill all items of the outbound delivery.

You use the complete picking,

●      so that EWM does not create a warehouse task during a background processing, such as wave release or processing using a Post Processing Framework action (PPF action).

●      so that EWM warns you in the user interface for warehouse task creation for warehouse requests, that the required quantity is underfilled and that a complete picking is required. You can cancel the warehouse task creation or save the warehouse task created internally.

You have created an outbound delivery with two products of 50 pieces each. Since creation of the outbound delivery, you have taken from the warehouse 10 pieces from the product in the second outbound delivery item, so that only 40 pieces remain. If you create a warehouse task for this outbound delivery, EWM notifies you that it cannot completely fill the picking requirements.

Activities

The following table provides an overview of the possibilities within partial picking.

Partial picking is allowed	Procedure	Result
EWM automatically adjusts the outbound delivery quantity to the warehouse task quantity.	In Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management, choose Cross-Process Settings ® Exception Handling ® Define Exception Codes and then Delivery Adjustment in Case of Differences. Define the delivery adjustment in the case of differences.	EWM transfers the warehouse task quantity as warehouse request quantity to the corresponding items of the warehouse request.
You manually adjust the outbound delivery quantity to the picked quantity.	On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management ® Delivery Processing ® Outbound Delivery ® Maintain Outbound Delivery Order. Choose Change Mode and then Adjust Delivery Quantity. Adjust the outbound delivery quantity to the warehouse task quantity.	EWM transfers the warehouse task quantity as warehouse request quantity to the corresponding item of the warehouse request.
Neither you nor EWM adjust the outbound delivery quantity to the picked quantity.		EWM has not yet completely picked the outbound delivery. You can create additional warehouse tasks so that EWM can fill all items of the outbound delivery.