Partial Picking

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

Note Note

By default, SAP EWM executes partial picking.

End of the note.

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 have made the settings for complete picking for a warehouse order. For more information, see Customizing for SAP EWM under Start of the navigation path Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Warehouse Task Define Warehouse Process Type End of the navigation path .

Features

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

You use the complete picking as follows:

To ensure SAP EWM does not create a warehouse task during in a background processing function, such as wave release or processing using a Post Processing Framework (PPF) action.
To ensure SAP EWM warns you on the user interface for warehouse task creation for warehouse requests, when the required quantity is not filled and that a complete picking is required. You can cancel the warehouse task creation or save the warehouse task created internally.

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

End of the example.

Activities

The following table provides an overview of the possibilities in partial picking:

Partial Picking Is Allowed	Procedure	Result
SAP EWM automatically adjusts the outbound delivery quantity to the warehouse task quantity.	In Customizing for SAP EWM, choose Cross-Process Settings Exception Handling Define Exception Codes and choose Delivery Adjustment in Case of Differences. Define the delivery adjustment in the case of differences.	SAP 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.	Under SAP Easy Access, choose Extended Warehouse Management Delivery Processing Outbound Delivery Maintain Outbound Delivery Order . Choose Change Mode and Adjust Delivery Quantity. Adjust the outbound delivery quantity to the warehouse task quantity.	SAP EWM transfers the warehouse task quantity as warehouse request quantity to the corresponding item of the warehouse request.
You do not adjust, or the system does not adjust, the outbound delivery quantity to the picked quantity.	Not applicable	SAP EWM has not yet completely picked the outbound delivery. You can create additional warehouse tasks so that the system can fill all items of the outbound delivery.

Partial Picking Is Allowed

Procedure

Result

SAP EWM automatically adjusts the outbound delivery quantity to the warehouse task quantity.

In Customizing for SAP EWM, choose Start of the navigation path Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Exception Handling Define Exception Codes End of the navigation path and choose Delivery Adjustment in Case of Differences. Define the delivery adjustment in the case of differences.

SAP 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.

Under SAP Easy Access, choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Delivery Processing Outbound Delivery Maintain Outbound Delivery Order End of the navigation path .

Choose Change Mode and Adjust Delivery Quantity. Adjust the outbound delivery quantity to the warehouse task quantity.

SAP EWM transfers the warehouse task quantity as warehouse request quantity to the corresponding item of the warehouse request.

You do not adjust, or the system does not adjust, the outbound delivery quantity to the picked quantity.

Not applicable

SAP EWM has not yet completely picked the outbound delivery. You can create additional warehouse tasks so that the system can fill all items of the outbound delivery.