Pls help me in Packing

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Dear Guru

I have doubt in Packing, pls give me the step

regards

Mohammed Renu.I

mohammedrenu@yahoo.co.in

[Former Member]

Hi

Refer below

<b>Packing Process</b>

Example:

You created a order for a material(R-1160 - hard disks) for a qty - 120 pieces.

You need to create a delivery and

A)pack 40 pieces each of the material are grouped together into larger cardboard boxes (PK-100 - shipping/packing material) and

B)these 3 cardboard boxes are put into pallet (PK-095).

Solution:

A)Packing 40 pieces each of material (40 x 3 = 120 pieces)

1)Goto [VL02N] to change the delivery, you already created.

Or you can do the following steps while you are creating a delivery also.

2)Go to "pack" icon.

3)In the upper section, enter the "packing material" (PK-100)

4)In the lower section, change the "partial quantity" to 40 of material R-1160.

5)Select both the lines of upper section and lower section and click the green ok. It generates a shipping unit/handling unit number.

6)Now, select both lines of upper & lower section & click the button "per part. qty" (New HU per part qty of material)

Check: click "General Overview" icon to see whether it packed 40 pieces of material in 3 cartons.

B)Packing all 3 cartons in one big carton(PK-095)

1) from above screen, click "pack HUs" (pack shipping unit)

2)enter the packaging material (PK-095) in the upper section and select this line.

3)select 3 lines of PK-100 in lower section since you want to pack them in PK-095.

4)selecting both lines, click "pack" icon.

5)Now all the 3 cartons(PK-100 with 40 pieces each of material) are packed in one big carton (PK-095).

Check: "General overview" icon.

Then "save" the delivery.

[former_member227476]

dear mohammed

Packing for Inbound and Outbound Deliveries

Use

Packing delivery items is carried out right in the delivery itself. From the overview screen, choose Edit ® Pack in order to access the packing screen.

Features

The following functions are available during packing:

Packing delivery items in handling units (HUs) and allocating individual items to several handling units.

In addition to the standard packing of delivery items in handling units, you have the option of automatically packing a specific quantity into several different handling units.

Multi-level packing

You can pack handling units in one another. In this case, packing is multi-level. The number of possible packing levels is 999999.

Unpacking items that were already packed

Items that have already been packed can be unpacked again. This is also the case for handling units that were packed in multiple levels.

Responses to exceeding weight or volume

If the weight or volume limit is reached when packing items in handling units, then only the maximum packable partial quantity is packed. If you have selected another handling unit that has space for packing, the remaining quantities are packed into that handling unit.

Deleting handling units

Handling units can be deleted in the delivery. First, the handling unit that is to be deleted is unpacked and then it is removed from any higher-level handling units (if applicable) before it is actually deleted.

Emptying handling units

Handling units can be emptied out. Unlike unpacking, where only selected items are removed from the HU, here the handling unit in question is emptied completely.

Handling unit single entry

You can enter HUs and HU contents manually by using the single entry function.

Changing packing quantities

Changing the packing quantities is possible in various overviews. However, the packing quantities can no longer be changed after goods issue has been posted. In Customizing for packing, you can specify further conditions under which packing is not to be possible.

Creating delivery items from handling units

Delivery items can be created from handling units. In this way, it is possible to keep inventory for packaging materials and also to include packaging material in the invoice. To accomplish this, the system must generate delivery items for packaging materials, which must be set for the delivery type in Customizing, and the packaging material type must suggest delivery item generation as a default.

Displaying the Allowed packaging materials

You can display a list of all allowed packaging materials for an item to be packed, as long as the material group Packaging material is maintained in the packaging data in the material master for the material concerned.

Checking for allowed packaging materials

A check is carried out to make sure that the packaging material is intended for packing a certain material. Customizing for packing is used to control which packaging materials are allowed for packing.

Packing proposals in sales orders and scheduling agreements

It is possible to enter packing proposals in sales orders and scheduling agreements. These specifications automatically lead to a packing proposal in the delivery if a special data transfer routine is maintained in Customizing for copying control between the sales documents and the delivery. The packing proposal can be changed in the delivery. It is also possible to pack the delivery according to the packing proposal in the preceding document by using the Use proposal function in delivery processing.

Packing and decentralized Warehouse Management

If you are working with decentralized Warehouse Management, packing takes place in several steps.

The packing proposal that was determined in the central system is reported to the decentralized system.

The packing proposal can be copied or changed in the decentralized system, depending on the actual packing process.

With confirmation of the delivery to the central system, the original packing proposal is deleted and is replaced by the actual packing from the decentralized system.

Automatic packing and batch split

For a batch split in the delivery, you can set the item category in Customizing to indicate whether the entire batch quantity or only an individual batch item is to be packed.

If you enter " " in the Pack batch main item field and no split items are available, then no items are proposed for packing. If the delivery item contains an HU-managed storage location, this delivery item must be packed at the split level. In this case, the indicator (pack batch main item) is overridden.

If a packing proposal has been defined in the order for materials that are handled in batches, and if automatic batch determination is not carried out when a delivery is created, then this delivery is not automatically packed.

You must then pack this delivery manually (see also Automatic packing in the delivery).

Example for packing with batch split, taking the Batch main item indicator into consideration:

Item

Material

Delivery qty.

Accum.batch qty

Batch main item

Result

10

Mat1

10 pcs

Nothing packed

10

Mat1

10 pcs

X

10 pcs

10

Mat1

0 pcs

10

X

10 pcs

900001

Mat1

4 pcs

X

Batch 1 not packed

900002

Mat1

6 pcs

X

Batch 2 not packed

10

Mat1

0 pcs

10

Not packed

900001

Mat1

4 pcs

Batch 1 = 4 pcs

900002

Mat1

6 pcs

Batch 2 = 6 pcs

Creating packing data from subsystems

It is possible to copy packaging data from subsystems to the delivery.

Cross-delivery packing in shipment processing

In shipment processing you can pack in the following ways:

Delivery items that have not been packed in the delivery and which are not required to be packed in the delivery can be packed.

Highest-level handling units in the delivery can be packed in shipment handling-units.

Since the packing depends on the shipment, different packing methods can be used in a follow-up shipment with the same deliveries. If a delivery HU is packed in a shipment HU, the entire contents of the handling unit in the delivery can no longer be changed. No storage units are created for shipment HUs.

The following diagram shows how handling units are packed in the delivery.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/38/c1853488601e33e10000009b38f83b/frameset.htm

rewards if it helps

siva

[Former Member]

hi,

we have to types of packing.

1)Manual

2)Automatic

in which you have a problem please let me know.

venkat

[Former Member]

Hi,

Before creating the packaging material you have to go to:

<b>IMG-Logistics Execution-Shipping -Packing</b>.

1.<b> Define packaging material types</b>- it can be anything like boxes crates, etc. in this you have to maintain the output determination procedure, output type, plant determination, packaging material category, generate delivery items, number assignment. you can copy from standard also.

2. <b>Then go to define material group for packaging materials</b> - here you maintain the four digit code and the description. Actually, this group is nothing but similar products which require similar packing products. For Ex. Nokia Phones all types they are basically packed first into a polythene bag. So here nokia phones can become a material group for packaging materials and polythene bag can become the packaging material type which can include different sizes and types of polythene bags.

3. <b>Define Allowed Packaging Materials</b> - Here you assign the shipping group for packaging materials to the packaging material type. This is related to your mterial master data of the packaging material which you create.

4. <b>Now go to MM01</b> to create a packaging material. use material type as <b>Packaging material</b> then inside the system will take the item category group as <b>VERP</b>. Then in the <b>Basic Data1</b> screen you have the material group for packaging material <b>(MGPM)</b>. Slect the proper one. Now in the <b>Sales:General/ Plant</b> screen you have to maintain data regarding the packaging. The <b>MGPM</b> will be copied from the basic data 1 screen, then select the <b>packaging material type</b>, the <b>allowed pkg weight</b>, <b>allowed pkg volume</b>. This is important because if the weight of your finished item is 2 KG and in the allowed pkg weight you enter only 1.5 KG, then while you carry out the packing process in delivery, the system will give you error, <b>"packaging weight exceeded."</b> The assignment in the IMG creen for <b>Define allowed packaging materials</b> should be same as you mention in the material master. Then save your material master for packaging material.

5. <b>VA01</b> create the order, save it.

6. <b>VL01N</b> enter shipping point, go to <b>edit - pack</b>- you will face a screen with 2 parts. In the top part you select your packaging material in which you want to pack your finished item, enter the system will assign a number to that material. Now select the Material in the top part and the finished one in the lower part and click on the Icon <b>PACK</b>.

Here one thing has to be taken care of. Suppose if you want to pack only one finished item in one packaging material, then in the lower part of the screen you have a field for partial quantity here you chnge it to 1. system will prompt quantity changed. now you select the material in the top part and the one in the lower part and click on the <b>PER PART. QTY ICON</b>. In this way the system will pack only one finished item in a single packaging material. Packing is done go back, select the picking and do the PGI. save the delivery and create the invoice.

This will help you in doing packing. I have mailed you the same content.

Reward points if solution helps.

Regards,

Allabaqsh G. Patil

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allabaqsh patil

[Former Member]

Hi Mohammed,

Please find below Step by Step process of Packing:

PACKING PROCESS

Packaging materials are materials used for packing or transporting goods. To store the packing information for an outbound delivery in the system, you must first specify a packaging material and create material master records for different packaging materials (material type VERP). In the material master, you specify special data such as packing weight and volume permitted for each shipping material. You can also activate this field for different material types.

Selected items from an outbound delivery can be packed in an individual packaging type called a Handling Unit. The handling unit is assigned a unique sequential number from a predefined number range. The handling unit header contains information about the packaging material used in packing. The overview screen of the packaging material displays the quantities of the delivery items or other handling units. You can change or enhance the data proposed from the material master record of the packaging material to include additional information, such as a pallet number.

Packing is primarily the process of assigning delivery items to packaging materials. This produces handling units, which can then in turn be packed in additional packing materials. Multilevel packing is also possible. You can also unpack items from handling units, as well as emptying and deleting the handling units themselves.

In customizing, you specify if each delivery item category is “relevant for packing”. Possible settings are –

a. packing allowed (default)

b. packing not allowed

c. packing mandatory

The system updates the packing status for each item in the outbound delivery, for example – partially packed or fully packed.

The packing function is available in following documents –

a. Sales Orders (as packing proposals)

b. Inbound and Outbound deliveries

c. Shipment document.

The packing proposal in the order can be copied to the outbound delivery. You can control this at the header level in the copy control table for deliveries. You can make packing in the outbound delivery subject to certain conditions. You activate the settings for this in customizing (standard: packing now allowed if there is credit block).

You can change packing in the outbound delivery as long as post goods issue has not been done. Packing in the outbound delivery is copied to the shipment. You can then choose to pack all the deliveries together.

You can use user exits to specify rules for automatic packing during creation of outbound deliveries. You activate automatic packing for each delivery type separately.

Similar packaging materials are grouped together in packaging material types. The material grouping for packaging materials is used to group together materials that have similar packaging requirements (for example, materials requiring same packaging materials).

You can display the allowed packaging materials for a material to be packed. The packaging materials are proposed from the table allowed Packaging Materials for each material group which you maintain in customizing. The system checks if the packaging material being used for packing is allowed. However, if the field Material Group: Packaging material has not been maintained in the material master, this material can be packed in any packaging material – depending on the weight and volume check.

Packing instructions can be used as packing proposals for online processing or as packing rules for Automatic packing. Packing instructions determination is carried out using the condition technique, for which you must define a corresponding procedure and condition types where three standard access sequences have been provided. Automatic packing can be implemented using either packing instructions and or a customer enhancement (packing sessions).

Packing instructions consist of –

a. packing materials

b. materials to be packed

c. text items

d. subordinate packing instructions

e. rules concerning rounding, minimum quantities and so on

f. definition of a check profile

Check this link

http://sap-img.com/sap-sd/the-packing-process-with-an-example.htm

IMG-Logistics Execution-Shipping -Packing.

1. Define packaging material types- it can be anything like boxes crates, etc. in this you have to maintain the output determination procedure, output type, plant determination, packaging material category, generate delivery items, number assignment. You can copy from standard also.

2. Then go to define material group for packaging materials - here you maintain the four digit code and the description. Actually, this group is nothing but similar products which require similar packing products. For Ex. Nokia Phones all types they are basically packed first into a polythene bag. So here nokia phones can become a material group for packaging materials and polythene bag can become the packaging material type which can include different sizes and types of polythene bags.

3. Define Allowed Packaging Materials - Here you assign the shipping group for packaging materials to the packaging material type. This is related to your material master data of the packaging material which you create.

4. Now go to MM01 to create a packaging material. use material type as Packaging material then inside the system will take the item category group as VERP. Then in the Basic Data1 screen you have the material group for packaging material (MGPM). Select the proper one. Now in the Sales: General/ Plant screen you have to maintain data regarding the packaging. You select the MGPM same as the basic data 1 screen, and then select the packaging material type, the allowed pkh weight, allowed pkg volume. This is important because if the weight of your finished item is 2 KG and in the allowed pkg weight you enter only 1.5 KG, then while you carry out the packing process in delivery, the system will give you error," packaging weight exceeded." The assignment in the IMG screen for Define allowed packaging materials should be same as u mention in the material master. Then save your material master for packaging material.

5. VA01 create the order, save it.

6. VL01N enter shipping point, go to edit - pack- you will face a screen with 2 parts. In the top part you select your packaging material in which you want to pack your finished item, enter the system will assign a number to that material. Now select the Material in the top part and the finished one in the lower part and click on the Icon Pack. Here one thing has to be taken care of. Suppose if you want to pack only one finished item in one packaging material, then in the lower part of the screen you have a field for partial quantity here you change it to 1. System will prompt quantity changed. Now you select the material in the top part and the one in the lower part and click on the PER PART. QTY ICON. In this way the system will pack only one finished item in a single packaging material. Packing is done go back, select the picking and do the PGI. Save the delivery and create the invoice.

HANDLING UNITS.

Basically handling units come into picture when you want to carry out multi level packing. Suppose you want to pack Nokia phone first into a polythene bag, then this polythene bag is again packed in to box. like that. Then this box will become a handling unit. For this go to:

IMG - Logistics General - Handling Unit Management - Basics.

1. In basics you do the same thing as you did in the packing in logistics execution. like you create the packaging material type, then MGPm and their assignment.

2. Then go to External Identification - and maintain the number ranges for the handling units that you want and assign the same to your packaging material type.

3. Now that you have done everything, create the order, save it, in VL01N, enter shipping point, go to edit - pack - do the same thing as I have told you in the step no. 6 (above). now after doing select the PACK HUs TAB. NOW IN THIS SCREEN IN THE TOP PART YOU WILL SEE THE ALREADY PACKED MATERIAL. In that same part again select your next packaging material that is BOX. Enter the system will assign the number to the BOX.

4. Now select the material which you have just entered and the materials which were already packed in the lower part of the screen and click on the ICON PACK.

This is what I know about the packing process and the handling unit. you have many things in the handling unit management which can be very useful for automatic packing.

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Sateesh.Kandula

[Former Member]

Check the link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/38/c1853488601e33e10000009b38f83b/frameset.htm