packing

[Former Member]

hi friends,

What is Packing??

thanks

manu

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Manu,

Packing:

Suppose You buy a refrigerator. When you receive the delivery of it the refrigerator is not shipped to you as it is. It is put inside a corrugated box & sent to you. You remove the corrugated box & the thermocole pieces before using the refrigerator. The corrugated box is the packaging material.

This process of putting the finished product inside a packaging material is called as "packing".

Other example can be the mobile phone. It is first put inside a polythene bag, then a thermocole piece & then alongwith other accessories (charger/head set/battery) it is finally packed inside a corrugated box.

SAP has a standard function of packing by way of which you can carry out packing either in the sales order or in the delivery.

The configuration can be explained as below:

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 will see the MGPM same as the basic data 1 screen, then select the packaging material type, the allowed pkg weight, allowed pkg volume(if required). 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," insufficient packaging weight". 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. 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.

Hope this helps you understand the packing process.

Regards,

Allabaqsh G. Patil

[Lakshmipathi]

Dear manu

You go to some shop to buy some products. Will the shop owner hand over the product as it is to you. No. He will pack that product with some cover and hand over to you.

The same way in SAP, there is a process called packing which is nothing but when you despatch the material, based on the process of how are you packing, you have to configure in this area.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[ranjeetrajendra_jain]

Packing is a proccess where in you pack the material before you ship it. There are lot of other settings may be you want to pack a material in a polybag then in a box and then 100 boxes in big carton and carton in ...., that multilevel packing...

You have to create packing metarial with matrial grp verp.

Regards

[Former Member]

Dear Friend,

For packing is the way in whcih you solve the scenerio of Goods moving out of the plants to be packed.

please visist SAP.img you will get the necessary details

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Amlan Sarkar

[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.

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.

REWARD POINTS IF HELPFUL

Regards

Vishal

[Former Member]

Hi,

Packing in SAP is covered through Packing Instructions and Handling Unit managemnt.

Please find herewith the link for the understanding of the configuration and usage of the handling unit.

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-hu.htm

Reward points if this helps.

Regards,

Harsh