Barcode implementation at delivery level:

[Former Member]

Could you please share with me your experience of implementing / integrating Barcode with SAP.

Hi All,

Our client is planning to implement Barcode(developed in Dotnet) for a specific plant while doing delivery.

On the basis of available quantity, picking, packing and post goods issue is done.

Barcode would step-in at this point. The Barcode developer wants the data in a flat file which has the following details:

Delivery Document Number

Item (material number)

Quantity

Plant

Storage Location

Flat file format would be something like this:

1004616846|000000000020000118||1000.000|40* (* asterisk as a delimiter)

1004616846 = Delivery doc #

000000000020000118 = Material number, etc.,

Thanks.

[madlercm]

Hi,

You are talking technically; what is the business scenario that you are planning? Barcode is just a data entry technology; in which transaction/process step to you intend to use, and for which data?

[Former Member]

Please let me know if I'm missing something

Hi Mario,

Thank you very much for your input.

The client is planning to implement Barcode at the delivery document (despatch) level, only for a specific plant.

The objective of the implementation is improve upon the accuracy levels of what is to be despatched and what is actually despatched.

They want to keep track of the following:

1. Delivery document number

2. Total number of line items

3. the quantity of each line items.

4. Packaging: Type of box (wooden, etc.,)

5. Total number of boxes (if line items are 20 and packaged in 4 types of packing boxes each containing 5 items, then total boxes will be 4 boxes)

5. Scanned by (support personnel who scans the items using hand-held device etc.,)

tia.

[madlercm]

Hi,

With all due respect, you are not answering my question.

You say that they want to use BARCODE technology "to keep track of...". BARCODE can't be used to keep track of anything!

Lets try to simulate the process:

You create a delivery in SAP. It has one line item, just to make it simple.

Then you need to pick. Do you have WM? What is your picking process?

Here's your first place where barcodes can play a role. You may have the picking process in WM automated using barcode. You can use to confirm TOs, bin locations, etc..

Then you pack it in handling units (is that correct? when you say boxes, are those handling units in SAP?). Lets say you have created 2 HUs.

When packing you print a HU label. Here too you can use barcode.

Then you can make the loading process more automated by reading HU barcodes.

Now, how is it really in your case?

[darcy_curtin]

If you need to connect barcode scanners to SAP you should check out this web site: http://www.adc-to-sap.com

Third-party commercial SAP barcode scanning systems, like this one, can provide significant technical and financial advantages over trying to do something like that internally - and will not require you to output text files or write dot net code. Of course, even with commercial products you still need to be able to properly define what the business requirements are that you are hoping to achieve and you will need to be able to provide a functional description of the business process you are trying to automate and simplify using barcode scanners.