Packaging query

[Former Member]

How is packaging process(along with Handling Unit) is carried out and is linked to delivery

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sandeep,

The packing you can do for the material inthe delivery it self and also you can propose packing for the material in the sales order it self..

Steps u need to follow simply...

IMG--> Logistic Excution --> Shipping -

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> packing --->

1. Define Packing material Type : the control you need to maintain for packing material in this step..

2. Define Packing material group

3. Assign packing material type to packing material group

4. Ddefine packing material Station..

Now create packing Material ex: ABCD with Material Type VERP item category group is VERP ..In this in Basic Data tab assign Packing Materil Grooup and in sales org view assign Packing material type which is defined earlier in 1st step..

And now assign Packing Material Group To standard material for which u want to pack in Basic data 1..

Now Create order ---> delivery ---> select the standard Material go to Edit Packing , one more screen will open with 2 portions

in portion enter the packing material ABCD and select the line item and standard line item and press packing Icon in the left hand sind between these 2 portion, then u will get the message packing is completed.. then come back.. you will get packing line item in the delivery overview screen..

I hope this will help you..

Rewards, if it is help full..

Regards

Durga Prasad

[Former Member]

answered

[Former Member]

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

regard,

Amlan Sarkar

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

Before creating the packaging material you have to go to:

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 mterial 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). Slect 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, then select the packaging material type, the allowed pkg weight, allowed pkg volume (if required in your business process). 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 creen 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 (if in configuration you have specified an internal number range). 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 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 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 Mangement - 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 forthe handling units that you want and assign the same to your pckaging 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 ahve 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 whichcan be very useful for automatic packing.

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Allabaqsh Patil