Picking & Packaging !

[Former Member]

1) Is it possible to automate Picking and Packing with out Warehouse Management? If so how can we do that?

2) Can we put batch jobs for Picking and Packing? If so please provide with necessary steps to configure?

Thanks & Regards,

Sreedhar

[Former Member]

Hi

You must have got the process overview from our SAP experts.

The answers to your question is

1) Is it possible to automate Picking and Packing with out Warehouse Management? If so how can we do that?

Yes ,

Picking you can automate , by using the config

Log Execution> Shipping>Picking>Determine Picking loc>assign picking loc.

Packing

You can do it automatic.

Controlled in Item Category.

After that , maintian records in POP1 & POF1

In deleivery the items will be packed automatically

2) Can we put batch jobs for Picking and Packing? If so please provide with necessary steps to configure?

Picking and Packaging are the real process done in the industry after generation of Pack list and Pick list .

You cannot treat them as Batch job

Regards

KRSNA

[Former Member]

Hi,

Picking configuration:-

Img>Logistics execution>Shipping>Picking>Determine picking location.

Here select Define rules for picking location determination.

Here Select u r delivery type. and assign MALA.

Ex: LF MALA

Now select the Assign Picking location Tab.

select new entries.

Here maintain the shipping point,Plant and storage loc.

Reward points if useful.

Regards,

Subhajeet

[Former Member]

Dear Friend,

The most helpful link for the query is as follows

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

regards,

Amlan Sarkar

[Former Member]

Hi,

To pack delivery items into handling units (HUs), proceed as follows:

Choose Edit - Pack in the quantities overview of the delivery.

Create the handling units that you will need on the All existing HUs (available for packing) screen.

You can also access handling units that were created previously ( Non-Assigned Handling Units).

In the Material to be packed (or All HUs that can be packed) section of the screen, select the items that you want to pack.

Also select the handling units into which the materials are to be packed in the All existing HUs section of the screen. Then, select Pack.

If you want Automatic Packing

If you want the automatic packing proposal to be called up during delivery creation, change the parameter settings for the delivery type in Customizing as follows:

In the Logistics Execution - Shipping - Deliveries section of Customizing, select the Define delivery types activity.

Position the cursor on one of the delivery types, such as delivery type LF-Delivery.

Choose Details and select the Autom. packing field.

[Former Member]

Basic Process of how Packing Works

Let's say you want to pack a material shirt_jai in test_pack.

Using MM01, create material type=packaging test_pack

SPRO

IMG-Logistics Execution-Shipping-Packing-

Define Packaging Material Types

Let's say JPAC. The settings that I chose:

Plant determ. - Plant is entered manually in handling unit

Pack. matl. cat. - Packaging materials

Generate Dlv. Items - blank

Number assignment - Number range interval 'HU_VEKP'

IMG-Logistics Execution-Shipping-Packing-

Define material group for packaging material

Let's say JGRP

IMG-Logistics Execution-Shipping-Packing-

Define allowed packaging materials

JGRP - JPAC

MM02: Check settings for the materials

First, test_pack

Sales:General/Plant -> Matl. Grp. Pack. Matls: JGRP (Note)

Sales:General/Plant -> Packaging Mat. Type: JPAC (Note)

Basic Data 1 -> Material: JMAT

Then, shirt_jai

Sales:General/Plant -> Matl. Grp. Pack. Matls: JGRP

Sales:General/Plant -> Packaging Mat. Type: -

Basic Data 1 -> Material: JMAT

VL01N Outbound Delivery -> Packing

Enter the materials at top and at bottom

(Select shirt_jai and

Edit - Pack)

This is how the basic process of packing works.

The "Packing Process" with an Example

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.

Regards.

[Former Member]

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

Regards.

[Former Member]

1.you can do automatic picking and packing by useing deliver document control and delivery itemcategory contorls