Carrier Type Maintenance - SAP Documentation

Carrier Type Maintenance

You use this activity to define the layout of the carriers and validation points (see Carrier).

Fields

The following table describes fields requiring explanation:

Field	Description
Carrier Type	The name of the carrier type

Main Tab
Field	Description
Description	The description of the carrier type
Category	Production: A type of a carrier used during manufacturing to transport a product on the shop floor. Note that carrier IDs of this carrier type category are generated based on the process lot pattern in Next Number Maintenance. Handling Unit: Products placed into or onto packaging materials. Note that carrier IDs of this carrier type category are generated based on the packaging material type pattern in Next Number Maintenance.
Layout	The number of rows and columns in the carrier
Total Carrier Max Qty	The total number of SFC numbers that production operators can add to the carrier in the Create Carrier (CREATE_CARRIER) POD plug-in (see Create Carrier).

Validation Tab
Field	Description
Validation Type	The material or material group validation points
Value	The name of the material or material group that is used as a validation point Note Production operators can add only those SFC numbers to the carrier that are based on the material or material group specified in the Value field. End of the note.
Version	The version of the material specified in the Value field

More Information

Next Number Maintenance