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 Catch Weight in the Delivery

Purpose

The catch weight functions are completely integrated into the delivery processes, meaning that the inbound and outbound delivery processes do not change. The system updates deliveries according to the data that is currently available in the system.

Here, to begin with, the delivery items contain either the notified quantity or the estimated quantity from the product master. The system performs an update using the individual executed process steps, and updates the catch weight quantity in the delivery using the catch weight quantity entered in the process step, or it uses the information about the catch weight quantity that is already available in the system (estimation).

Prerequisites

In Customizing, activate the status type DVQ (catch weight quantity assignment) in the used catch weight status profile (for inbound delivery, outbound delivery, internal stock transfer, and posting change). For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Extended Warehouse Management → Cross-Process Settings → Delivery Processing → Status Management Define Status P rofile.

In Customizing, make sure that the catch weight quantity and the catch weight quantity assignment for catch weight quantity profiles are active (for inbound delivery, outbound delivery, internal stock transfer, and posting change). The catch weight quantity must be active for the catch weight quantity profile for the outbound delivery request, inbound delivery notification, and posting change request. For more information, see the IMG for Extended Warehouse Management under Cross-Process Settings → Delivery Processing → Quantity Offsetting → Define Quantity Offsetting Profile.

Check whether you have defined item types in Customizing, which contain a status profile and a quantity offsetting profile for catch weight.

For more information, see the IMG for Extended Warehouse Management under

Goods Issue Process → Outbound Delivery → Manual Settings → Define Item Types for Outbound Delivery Process

Goods Receipt Process → Inbound Delivery → Manual Settings → Define Item Type Determination for the Inbound Delivery Process

Internal Processes in the Warehouse → Delivery Processing → Posting Changes → Manual Settings → Define Item Types for the Posting Change Process

Internal Processes in the Warehouse → Delivery Processing → Stock Transfers → Manual Settings → Define Item Types for the Stock Transfer Process

Make sure that the system can find item types that allow the catch weight quantity to be processed. For more information, see the IMG for Extended Warehouse Management under Interfaces → ERP Integration → Delivery Processing → Map Item Types from ERP System to EWM

Process

The delivery process in connection with catch weight products looks as follows, whereby only relevant process steps for catch weight are considered:

Inbound Delivery

The inbound delivery contains delivery items containing information about the catch weight quantity, which can either be packed or unpacked. For more information about packed quantities, see Effects on Processes in EWM in the “Handling Units“ section.

  1. You post the inbound delivery goods receipt. You have the following two options:
    1. You post the inbound delivery through the warehouse task confirmation or manual goods receipt.

Here, the allocated catch weight quantity if confirmed to the delivery.

  1. You post the inbound delivery without warehouse task goods receipt.

You can enter the exact catch weight quantity (packed or unpacked), and the system then updates the exact quantity in the inbound delivery.

  1. You weigh the individual delivery items. If you identify differences here, the system adjusts the allocated catch weight quantity of the delivery items.
Outbound Delivery
  1. In the outbound delivery, the system first writes the estimation according to the product master in the outbound delivery items.
  2. During picking, you record the exact quantities, and the system reports the allocated catch weight quantity to the delivery.
  3. You weigh the individual items. If you identify differences here, the system adjusts the allocated catch weight quantity of the delivery items.
  4. You post the outbound delivery goods issue.

If the base quantity is different to the logistic quantity, note that to confirm the quantities to ERP, the system reports the catch weight quantity of the delivery items to ERP. The same is true for other interfaces to external systems, such as Global Available-to-Promise and Global Trade Server (GTS).