Function documentationAutomatic Generation of Packaging Items for Goods Issue

 

During delivery processing in a goods issue (GI) process, the system can automatically create packaging items and post GI for them. This process is warehouse-dependent.

The system generates the packaging items based on the handling units (HUs) of the delivery items when you create the outbound delivery (OD), as follows:

  1. The system collects all delivery items for which an OD should be created. The system does this either directly, by creating the OD for certain items, or indirectly, by creating an OD for a HU or a transportation unit (TU) or by posting GI for a delivery, a HU, or a TU.

  2. The system evaluates if the delivery type is relevant for the automatic generation of packaging items, based on the customizing.

  3. If the delivery is relevant for automatic generation of packaging items, the system checks if the packaging material type of each individual HU is relevant for the automatic generation of packaging items. If it is relevant, the system counts this packaging material as one quantity with the basis unit of measure of the packaging material.

    The system performs the same tasks for the auxiliary products contained in one HU. If multiple HUs or auxiliary packaging materials with the same packaging material are contained in the items used for the OD creation and are relevant for packaging item creation, the system adds up the quantities.

    If the same packaging material is contained multiple times in the HUs, but with different units of measurement, the system adds the quantities for each unit of measurement separately. For example, if one HU contains the same packaging material in two units of measurement, once as eaches and once in a different unit of measurement, the system creates two packaging items.

  4. The system creates a delivery item with the item type and stock type determined in the customizing. If the system cannot determine an item type, it does not create a delivery item.

    These delivery items are normal delivery packaging items. If SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) is integrated with SAP ERP, the integration is identical to manually created packaging items. The same applies to goods movement postings.

  5. The system adds the automatically generated packaging items to the OD. In one OD, the system creates a maximum of one delivery item for each combination of packaging material and unit of measure of the HUs.

Prerequisites

  • You have created an item type with item category PAC, for example, you have activated BC set /SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_PACK.

  • You have made the settings for automatic generation of packaging items in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management, under Start of the navigation path Goods Issue Process Next navigation step Outbound Delivery Next navigation step Automatically Generate Packaging Items End of the navigation path.

    It is especially important that you have configured the correct item type and stock type.

  • You have configured the following determinations, so that the system uses valid values:

    • Warehouse process type determination for the packaging items. For more information, see Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation path Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Warehouse Task Next navigation step Determine Warehouse Process Type End of the navigation path.

    • Goods movement bin determination, for example, fixed bin assignment. On the SAP Easy Access screen for Extended Warehouse Management, choose Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Maintain Goods Movement Bin Determination End of the navigation path.

    • Determination that the GI is possible for the packaging material used for the automatically generated packaging items, for example, sufficient stock is available. For more information, see Goods Issue.

  • If SAP EWM is integrated with SAP ERP, you have mapped the SAP ERP item type to the relevant item type in SAP EWM in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation path Interfaces Next navigation step ERP Integration Next navigation step Delivery Processing Next navigation step Map Item Types from ERP System to EWM End of the navigation path.

Features

  • Goods Issue

    If you post GI for the delivery, the system automatically posts GI for the automatically generated packaging items with the OD they belong to.

    Due to the automatic process, no manual steps, such as picking, packing, loading, or TU assignment, are relevant for the automatically generated packaging items.

  • Automatic Replication to SAP ERP

    If SAP EWM is integrated with SAP ERP, SAP EWM replicates the automatically generated packaging items to SAP ERP. The automatically generated packaging items behave like manually created packaging items. In SAP ERP, you can use follow-up processes according to your settings in SAP ERP. For example, you can use the new packaging items when you create an invoice for your OD.

    Note Note

    In the case of stock transfer orders, the automatically generated packaging item on the outbound delivery order causes the system to create a corresponding new packaging item in the corresponding stock transfer order. In the follow on process, this new item is created in the inbound delivery. Depending on your inbound process for the inbound delivery, you have to ensure that this packaging item is handled correctly.

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  • Deletion

    If you delete the OD, any automatically generated packaging items are deleted automatically with the OD.

  • TU Processing

    Packaging items generated in this process are not relevant for TU processing. This means that they are not shown on the TU, and they cannot be assigned to the TU manually. The system automatically processes them with the corresponding OD.

  • Business Add-In to Prevent Repacking after OD Creation

    After the system generates automatic packaging items, the HUs that the automatically generated packaging items are based on should not be repacked. If they are repacked, the packaging situation and the packaging item information, like packaging material or quantities, might not match. Once the automatically generated packaging items are created, they are not changed, even if the HU is repacked.

    You can use the Business Add-In (BAdI) Termination of Warehouse Task Creation to prevent repacking after outbound delivery creation. For more information, see Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management, under Start of the navigation path Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Warehouse Task Next navigation step Creation of Warehouse Tasks Next navigation step BAdI: Termination of Warehouse Task Creation End of the navigation path.

  • Cross Delivery Handling Units

    Cross delivery handling units are handling units where items from different deliveries are packed in the same HU. In such cases, the system decides if a packaging item should be created, and if it should, for which delivery and with which quantity it should be created. SAP provides a basis default logic, which is implemented in fallback implementation of the BAdI Modification of Data for Generated Packaging Items. For more information, see Start of the navigation path Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Goods Issue Process Next navigation step Outbound Delivery Next navigation step Automatically Generated Packaging Items Next navigation step BAdI: Modification of Data for Generated Packaging Items End of the navigation path.