You can repack the contents of a handling unit (HU) during inbound packing. This could be necessary if, for example, you check the HU contents and find that the HU is packed differently to how the system assumes it is packed. If a product has a stock-specific unit of measure (SUoM), you can change the alternative unit of measure (AUoM) during packing.

If a warehouse worker changes the AUoM of a product, it is likely that the actual quantity also deviates from what is represented in the system.

If the quantity is smaller than what the system expects, the remaining quantity is kept in the original HU. Alternatively, you can use an exception code to make the system post the remaining quantity as a difference automatically.

If the actual quantity exceeds the quantity expected by the system, you must use an exception code to increase the quantity of the related delivery item. The exception code can be drawn automatically so the user does not have to enter it every time such a difference occurs. To do so you have to assign an exception code suitable to increase the quantity of the inbound delivery item to the internal exception AUOM. However, if an exception code is specified by the user it is not overridden by the system.

The exception code which is assigned to the internal exception AUOM must be defined for the business context PPT — Packing/Unpacking Products (Putaway) and for the execution step A0 — Data Verification in Background. The internal process code of this exception must be DIFF — Post with Difference with a difference category of Difference As Charges for Inbound Delivery and a corresponding process code to adjust the delivery quantity.