Packaging Materials
Definition
Packaging materials are used to enclose or hold together the packaged goods. You can pack the packaged goods into or onto the packaging material. The packaging material can be a load carrier. The most important packaging materials are, for example, crates, boxes, containers, wire baskets, and pallets.
Use
For each packaging material that you want to use, you must maintain product master data.
The gross weight and the volume that you enter in the product master are particularly important for packing. If you create a handling unit, the master data for the packaging material is automatically adopted, and the gross weight and volume become the tare weight and/or tare volume of the handling unit.
Note
The tare weight and tare volume refer to the gross weight and volume of the packaging material. In the case of a container, for example, this is the tare weight of the unloaded container (the total weight of the container minus any goods and packaging materials packed into it).
Structure
If you choose the
Global Data
view in the product master record, you can maintain the following data in the
Packing Data
screen section (you access product maintenance from the SAP menu. To do this, choose
Extended Warehouse Management
Master Data
Product
Maintain Product
):
SectionBasic Data: Packing:
Packing group
Reference product for similarly packable products
Standard HU type
SectionBasic Data: Packaging Material:
Packaging material type
Handling unit type
SectionCapacities
Maximum allowed weight
Excess weight tolerance for the handling unit
Tare weight variable
Maximum allowed volume
Excess volume tolerance for the handling unit
Packaging material is closed packaging
Maximum level (by volume)
Maximum allowed capacity for the packaging material
Excess capacity tolerance for the handling unit
Maximum packing length of a packaging material
Maximum allowed packing width for the packaging material
Maximum packing height of a packaging material
You can find exact details about the function of the individual fields in the field help.
Integration
Packaging materials are a special type of product that can be used for packing or transporting goods. During packing, you must always enter a packaging material so that the system can create a handling unit .