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Handling Unit Management:Workshop
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Handling Unit - Motivation
Usually, the logistics of a company are not based on individual materials, but on packages consisting of certain quantities of materials. In the SAP system, these physical units are represented by handling units.
After a HU has been created, the information contained in the HU can be used in all subsequent processes. Most importantly, HUs can be transferred throughout the logistical system and passed on to partners in the supply chain. They can also be changed if necessary.
The purpose of handling units is to simplify the logistics process:
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Handling Units: Technical Background I
are based on shipping units. integrate business processes across all logistics applications. do not require document references and are independent
objects (unlike shipping units). are linked to storage units, whereby the highest-level HU
corresponds to the storage unit. The WM system automatically creates storage units for the handling units.
can be managed in WM interim storage areas such as the GR area or the GI area.
Handling Units
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Header Data
Handling Units: Technical Background II
HU identification EAN SSCC18 (including coding,
decoding and barcode) NVE
packaging material (pallet, container)
weight, volume, dimensions warehouse number status
user status system status
packing instruction
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Handling Units: Technical Background III
packed material packed handling unit
can be packed into any number of other HUs
batch / movement type quantity, unit of measure plant / storage location stock category
unrestricted, Q, blocked, consignment, ...
reference to packed serial numbers
reference to QM – inspection lot
1 2 34 5 6
HU Contents: Item Data
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Handling Units and Inventory Management
A handling unit is an inventory managing object.
With Handling Unit Management you can control your processes with packed stocks on storage location level. The handling unit knows the exact stock category of the packed stock.
All stocks in HU-managed storage locations are packed. Only HU-managed storage locations guarantee that the sum of all HU stocks corresponds to the stocks of the IM storage location.
Goods movements in HU-managed storage locations are only possible if the handling unit containing the stock to be posted is specified.
If handling units are changed, unpacked stocks are posted to non-HU-managed storage locations. Packed stocks are posted to HU-managed storage locations.
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Handling Units - Overview of Processes I
Production
WarehouseManagement
QualityAssurance
Goods Receipt GoodsIssue
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Handling Unit - Overview of Processes II
The handling unit identification supports goods movements for packages without the need to specify the materials or the quantities. Such goods movements may include: Putaway, pick, stock transfers within the warehouse (using Warehouse
Management) Material posting changes to a different storage location Posting changes of the stock category Goods issue and goods receipt for production
Goods movements initiated by material-related postings create deliveries. In these deliveries the corresponding HUs are assigned. Thus all movement types are supported.
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Handling Unit - History
All documents concerning a HU are recorded on the highest level of the HU. These documents may include: inbound and outbound deliveries material documents work orders pick processes
The history allows you to track the HU throughout the complete process for process documentation purposes for information purposes
Detailed information such as the sales order, transfer orders or split deliveries can be accessed via the document flow of the deliveries involved.
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Basic Functions: Overview
Packing hierarchy
Handling units and storage units
Handling Unit Monitor
Handling unit transactions
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Handling Unit - Definition
Handling Unit (HU) is the SAP term for a package (pallet, container, truck) and describes the physical combination of packaging material (e.g. pallet, carton, shrink-wrap, container,
truck) goods (to be shipped, stored, used, etc.)
Each HU has a unique identification. All necessary information is contained in this identification number.
123456
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Handling Units and Storage Units
can have a hierarchyknow the serial numberknow the packing material
Handling UnitsHandling Units Storage UnitsStorage Unitsknow the quantcontain the cumulative information of all nested HUsare generated automatically by the HU
Share the same identification
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Characteristics of SU and HU
Warehouse Management works with storage units. Each storage unit created from a HU keeps its reference to the handling unit.
The HU can be displayed in the stock overviews.
Evaluations are performed on the level of the storage unit, the highest packing level of the HU.
Lower-level HUs are not immediately visible in WM stock overviews.
When picking partial quantities of a storage unit, the affected lower-level handling units or serial numbers have to be recorded.
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Packing Hierarchy Definition
Material master packaging mat. Pallet
• Basic data: mat. group pack. mat. MCON • Sales view: packaging mat.type PALL
Material master material Phone directory
• Basic data: mat. group pack. mat. MPAL
Which material group packaging material may be packed into which packaging material type?
Pack. mat. type CustomizingPALL : palletCONT : container
Mat. group packaging mat. in CustomizingMPAL : on palletsMCON : in container
Material group packaging mat. -> Packaging material typeMPAL -> PALLMCON -> CONT
Pallet
Phone Directory
Container
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Handling Unit Monitor
Finding HUs (Transaction HUMO) When searching for a
HU item (e.g. a certain material, plant ..) either the first or the highest HU in the packing hierarchy can be displayed.
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Handling Unit Monitor In addition to the
ALV functions there are HU-specific functions:
Delete HUs Display / Edit
contents and hierarchy of HUs
Posting changes to unrestricted, Q or blocked stock or to a different storage location
Display the History of a HU
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HU Monitor: Object Reference of the HU
01 - This handling unit is currently contained in an outbound delivery.
02 - This is a packing proposal in a sales document.
03 - This handling unit is currently contained in an inbound delivery.
04 - This HU is a shipment HU.06 - This handling unit has no document reference.
It is a non-assigned HU and contains no stock information.
07 - This handling unit has no document reference. It was created in repetitive manufacturing and goods receipt posting has not yet taken place.
08 - This handling unit is assigned to a work order for goods issue posting.
09 -This handling unit was created for a work order for goods receipt posting.
12 - This handling unit has no document reference. It is a non-assigned HU and contains stock information.
The HU‘s object reference ensures that a HU which is currently being used in a different process cannot be processed by mistake.
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Handling Units - Transactions I
Menu Path:
Logistics Central Functions Handling Unit Management
Creating/Processing Handling Units Create/Change/Repack - General (HU02) Packing Station in the Warehouse (HUPAST) Pack Work Orders (COPAWA/COWBPACK) Using HU Monitor (HUMO)
Display Functions for Handling Units MMBE with link / HU Monitor (HUMO) / Display HU (HU03) Handling Units for Inbound and Outbound Delivery, Shipment, Material Document,
etc. (HUIBD, HUOBD, HUTRA, etc.)
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Handling Units - Transactions II
Goods Movements of Handling Units Goods Movements (VLMOVE) Changes to Stock Category / Storage Location to Storage Location
from HU Monitor (HUMO) Using HU Numbers (HU03) For Inbound Delivery (HUIBD / VL33N) For Outbound Delivery (HUOBD / VL03N) Components for Work Order (HUCOWA) Finished Product for Work Order (HUCOWE) For Shipment (HUTRA / VT03)
Putaway, Picking, Stock Transfers of HUs in WM (LT09)
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Handling Units - Transactions III
Master Data Packing Instructions for HUs (POP1 - POP4) Packing Instruction Determination Records (POF1 - POF3) Output Conditions for HUs (VV61 - VV63)
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Integration of Handling Units and Batches
The handling unit knows the batchOne batch can be present in several HUsOne HU can contain several batchesThe batch is the object recommended for quality and recall purposes The HU requires no characteristics
Batch 4711
123456 123456123456 123456 123456123456 123456 123456123456 123456 123456123456
HUs 4801 .... 4812
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Handling Units and Serial Numbers
A handling unit identifies a group of materials.A serial number identifies one piece of a material.A serial number can pass through several HUs during its history, but it is only active in one HU.Serial numbers are entered when
creating a HU changing a HU (Repacking, Picking)
Serial numbers are copied into the delivery at the time of goods issue posting.A delivery split with serial numbers can only be carried out with the help of handling units.
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Handling Units and Quality Management (QM)
The handling unit knows the inspection lots of the materials it contains.
The inspection type in the material master determines whether inspections take place for the handling unit.
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Exercise – Scenario
1. A customer orders screens from IDES AG. The screens in the WM-managed warehouse are already packed into handling units. The handling units are then picked and delivered to the customer without any further packing.
2. IDES AG orders screens from its vendor. On arrival, the material is not unpacked, but put away in the WM-managed warehouse in the form of handling units.
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Overview - Goods Receipt
Goods receipt process with handling units
Basic system settings for handling units
Identification according to SSCC18
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Inboundshipment
Inbound delivery/ shipping notification with HU no.
Transfer order Putaway
Storage bindetermination
HU-No. 69179HU-No. 69180
HU-No. 69181
Goods receiptposting HU-Nr. 69179
HU-Nr. 69180HU-Nr. 69181
Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
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Document Overview
NegativeNegativequant in quant in GR areaGR area
TO
Destin. BinPalletizationStrategies
ConfirmTO
Quant atQuant atbinbin
Difference?
Goodsreceipt
Purchase order Inbound del
Inventory Management Warehouse Management System
Cleardifference
Correction?
HU-Nr. 69179HU-Nr. 69180
HU-Nr. 69181
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Comparison: Old Process
DifferencesConfirmation/
Differences
IM WM IM
Transfer
Order
Goods
Receipt
Transfer
Requirement
Quant
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Comparison: Old Process II
Goods receiptposting TO
from TR
Confirmtransfer
order
Pallet slip
TO
Stock available
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Shipping Notification via Web
supplier
Business Scenario:ASN
customer
Business Scenario:ASN
Front endFront end
Create a purchase order
Accept and create an inbound delivery
Back endFinancials & Logistics
Internet Browser
R/3
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Handling Unit - Required Customizing I
Activate unique number assignment
Set number ranges for handling units for internal number assignment for external number assignment for packing processes for repacking processes for SSCC18
Define packaging material type
Activate database indices for packaging material type in the material master HU indices for fields to be used in the selection
HU-Nr. 69179HU-Nr. 69180
HU-Nr. 69181
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Handling Unit - Required Customizing II
Define material groups for packaging materials Define allowed packaging material types
Define movement types for stock posting changes during packing and unpacking, for storage location posting changes and for changes to the stock qualification
Define HU requirement of storage locations (including the required delivery information for posting change deliveries)
Maintain packing instructions and packing instruction determination records
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Identification (EAN 128)
SSCC-18 = Serialized Shipping Container Code (18 digits) Worldwide unique for one year
T Origin (ILN) Consecutive Nr C 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 8 9 . . . . . . . . . . 17 18
T = Handling Unit Type C = Check Digit
EAN 128 Definition Application Identification Barcode Profile
EAN 128 Decode Functions
(02) ||| | ||| | ||| (15) | || || ||| (37) | || ||| ||
(00) | ||| || ||| | ||| | |||| (10) | ||| | || ||| ||||
(37) | || ||| || (311) || | ||| (321) |||| | ||SSCC Batch
EAN 13
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HU Label
Shipping unit
Consecutive number of the shipping units within thetransfer order
DeliveryTransfer orderStorage type / storage binShipping materialStorage unit type
Technical name: LVSHULABEL
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Exercises: Scenario
1. It is your responsibility to ensure that each handling unit in your HU-managed storage location has a unique identification. Check the HU requirement for your storage location and make the required Customizing settings.
2. Your IDES vendor delivers screens packed in cartons. These cartons are stored on pallets. This packaging is recorded in the goods receipt area and the pallet is put away in the WM-managed warehouse as a nested handling unit. You want to assign the identification of the pallets and cartons for your combination of plant/storage location according to SSCC18.
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Goods Issue: Overview
Goods issue process with handling units
Creating and assigning pick handling units
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Outbound delivery with material items
Transfer order Picking
Picking
Goods issue posting
HU-Nr. 69179HU-Nr. 69180
HU-Nr. 69181
HU-Nr. 69179HU-Nr. 69180
HU-Nr. 69181
Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
GI area
HU-Nr. 69179HU-Nr. 69180
HU-Nr. 69181
HU3
HU1HU2
HU-Nr. 69179HU-Nr. 69180
HU-Nr. 69181
Confirm TO
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Picking Processes
1. Create TO with reference to delivery The Warehouse Management System determines the storage bins from
which materials are to be picked.2. Create picking container (Pick HU)
If complete storage units are picked no separate picking container is necessary.
3. Confirm material withdrawal Record picking difference quantities Assign picked items to picking container
4. Complete picking Report arrival of picking containers in GI area
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Transfer Order Creation
TO creation with delivery reference
For each delivery item the systems uses the picking strategy to find stocks that can be picked Decisions depend on the material and the quantity HUs to be picked cannot be determined in the delivery User exits exist for picking e.g. specific serial numbers or mixed
pallets
A TO split ensures that the TO contains only HU-relevant or only non-HU-relevant items.
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Picking with Pick HUs
A pick HU is required whenever only a partial quantity of a storage unit is picked.
The pick HU must be created and assigned to the transfer order before the TO is confirmed. When creating the pick HU, you can print a pick-HU label.
Procedure for pick HU creation: Manual pick HU creation using transaction LH01 Automatic pick HU creation at the time of TO creation
Additional pick HUs can be generated manually using transaction LH01.
User exit; one TO can be assigned several pick HUs
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Customizing: Pick-HU Creation
Pick-HU creation is determined by
Source and destination storage type
Movement type Generic entries (***) are
possible Table access sequence
first fully qualified then generic access
Options are aut. HU = 1:
Pick HU is created and assigned
aut. HU = 2: Only the packaging material is determined and recorded in the TO for sub-system
aut. HU = blank:no pick-HU creation
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Pick-HU Assignment in the Transfer Order
If a shipping material is not automatically assigned when the TO is created, the system will generally create one line for the pick handling unit for every destination storage bin. In this line, the packaging material or the handling unit can be entered.
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Updated Pick-HU Assignments
Updated entries cannot be edited. The assignments made automatically at TO creation cannot be deleted. Only assignments created manually (with transaction LH01) can be edited (deleted) subsequently.
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Transfer Order Confirmation
Transfer order confirmation can be carried out in two steps
First step: Confirmation of material withdrawal The Material is cleared from the storage bin and posted to the pick HU. Picking differences must be reported during the first step. The delivery is not updated.
Second step: Confirmation of material transport The transport of the pick HU to the shipping area is confirmed in the
second step. The Material is available at the destination storage bin. Differences require a repacking process. Picked quantities and pick HUs are reported to the delivery.
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Confirmation of Material Withdrawal – Scenario 1
Picking complete storage units:
When a TO is created, the Warehouse Management System decides whether a storage unit can be picked completely.
A storage unit can be a nested HU. A storage unit can be picked into a pick HU.
In this case the result is a nested pick-HU. If the storage unit is not picked into a pick HU, it is reported directly
to the delivery when the TO is confirmed. In this case the storage unit retains its number.
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Confirmation of Material Withdrawal – Scenario 2
Picking partial quantities:
For every TO item the picked quantity must be assigned to a pick HU.
A TO item can be divided into two pick HUs. A TO item cannot be assigned to a lower-level HU of the pick HU. It is possible to pick entire lower-level HUs; the lower-level HUs
must be recorded. It is also possible to pick partial quantities from lower-level HUs.
If the picked materials are managed with serial numbers, the picked serial numbers have to be recorded.
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Confirmation of Material Withdrawal – Differences
Difference handling:
Difference quantities are posted to a „differences HU“ in the differences storage type.
The differences HU is created automatically. Differences cannot be recorded when picking a serialized material. If differences occur for picks from nested HUs, the system needs to
be informed in which lower-level HU the difference occured.
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Confirmation of Transfer Order
Assignment of TO item to pick HU using either the „HU identifier“ or the HU number
Flag: Source storage unit is copied into the pick HU
Several possibilities: Source SU transferred into
destination SU Source SU transferred into
pick HU (Pick HU becomes nested HU)
Entire quantity of material is transferred from the source SU to the pick HU without transferring the source SU
Partial quantity is picked from the source SU to the pick HU
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TO Item Confirmation for Nested HUs
Lower-level HUs have to be recorded if
a partial quantity is to be picked from the source SU
a difference quantity was recordedThe system needs to be informed in which lower-level HU the difference occurred.
Entire lower-level HUs can be transferred to the pick HU. The pick HU becomes a nested HU.
The entire quantity of material in the lower-level HU can be transferred into the pick HU without transferring the lower-level HU.
Partial picks from lower-level HUs are possible.
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Exercises – Scenario
1. In your warehouse the screens, which are packed in cartons, are picked on pallets. The pallets are then shipped as shipping HUs. Define the automatic creation and assignment of the pick HU for outbound delivery transfer orders.
2. Test the system‘s reaction to picking an entire HU and to partial picks of the nested handling units.
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Production Supply with Handling Units
Outbound delivery/Transfer Requirement
Transfer Order
Staging
HU-No. 69179HU-No. 69180
HU-No. 69181
Work Order:Production OrderRepetitive OrderProcess Order
Production Goods Issuefor Production
order HU-No. 69179HU-No. 69180
HU-No. 69181
HU-Nr. 69179HU-No. 69180
HU-No. 69181
Picking / Packing
Transfer to production
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Production Replenishment
Production Supply Material
Storage Location
Packing for Production Order
WM / PPPick Parts
WM- Crate Parts / WM-Release Order Parts
Delivery
Production Order Production Order
HU-Assignment
Production Order 1
Production Order 2
HU-Assignment / Backflush / Unpack to PO
Storage Location
Production Supply Area
Production Supply Area
Staging against a single Order Order Independent Staging
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Handling Unit Picking (without WM)
IDES AG stores HUs in a non-WM storage location. Production supply is processed to a HU managed storage location because GI will be posted to the particular HU. No backflush is needed.
Scenario
Open reservations will be served by already existing or new created HUs with transaction COPAWA. With transaction COWBHUWA, GI can be posted for this HUs.
Process
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Handling Unit Picking (with WM)
Production order is released and creates a requirement. This requirement can technically be a transfer requirement (TR) or an outbound delivery. Picking for the delivery is done as usual (TO with confirmation). If a TR is created, the TO will be created automatically and then confirmation finishes the process. GI posting is done fro the production order or for the delivery.
Production supply is processed to an HU managed storage location because GI will be posted to the particular HU. No backflush is needed. Also, for pick parts WM-PP production supply will be needed.
Scenario
Process
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Release Order Parts for Process Orders
Release Order Part: Material is requested order independent. The requesting worker in production decides about the quantity to be replenished.
The process of picking divides into WM staging for the release order parts to an HU-managed production supply area and picking of the HUs for the production line. Here, the assignment to the process order is done via PI sheet.
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Prepacking of Handling Units
Process:Material is posted to a non-HU storage location or non-WM storage location. Here, the PI sheet can create the assignment of the manually created HUs with messages. Also, an external production control can create the HUs.
The material usage is posted for the HU. Also, in the PI sheet there are possibilities of completeness and sequencing checks
Scenario: Manual packing and weighing of raw materials for production.
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Goods Receipt
Packing instruction
HU-Nr. 69179HU-Nr. 69180
HU-Nr. 69181
Productionorder Pack
100 PC
Model HU by Packing instruction
Putaway
Creation of Handling Units in Production
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Quality Management with Handling Units
Invoice
Material A
Usage decision
In inspection stock
Invoice
Material A
Purchase OrderMaterial A
Inspectionlot
Inbound Delivery withHU identification
HU-No. 69179HU-No. 69180
HU-No. 69181
123456
123456
unrestricted
123456
HU-No. 69179HU-No. 69180
HU-No. 69181
123456
123456
123456
Release of HU‘sQ
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Exercises – Scenario
1. IDES AG produces flat screen monitors. The components for the production order are staged with Handling Units. Process the material staging (without Warehouse Management) and post goods issue for the components.
2. For some material, IDES AG uses Quality Management in combination with Handling Unit Management. Process a goods receipt for a Purchase Order with Quality Management and post the material to unrestricted stock after the putaway.
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Packing in the Processes
Production Warehouse Delivery
Packing Work order
COWBPACK
Warenausgangsprozess
Packing StationHUPAST
Pick&Pack
Packing dialog
Shipment
Pack components
COPAWA
Free Packing (HU02)
Packing repetitive
manufacturing HUP1
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Handling Unit – Packing Dialog
Search HU (position) Display and assign messages Assign identification according to SSCC18 Assign serial numbers to HU item Read serial number profile Display totals of used packaging materials Display storage unit for Handling Unit Display material master of the packaging material Define start screen (tab strip or tree display)
During packing in the packing dialog, different actions can be started:
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Handling Unit – Packing Dialog
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Handling Unit – Packing Dialog
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Handling Unit – Packing Dialog
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Handling Unit – Packing Dialog
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Handling Unit – Packing Dialog
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Handling Unit – Packing Dialog Detail
On the detailed screenof the Handling Unit, all HU relevant data is displayed on tab strips
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Packing Instruction
Result from packing planning Optimal container use Transport safety Automated in-house transfer Cost minimizing
Packing instructions are agreed upon supplier and customer
Supplier requests Derivation of proposals during packing data
creation Manual for packer (text, graphics)
Manufacturer requests Check of the delivered Handling Units
against the demand of the packing instruction
Business Background
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Packing Instruction – Blueprint for the HU
Packing instruction as target bill of material for an HU (master data)
Structure of a packing instruction One packaging material (e.g. pallet) One or more materials Any auxiliary packaging materials
Nested packing instructions Packing instructions can be nested Sub-packing instructions can be used
several times in upper-level packing instructions 11
11
111212
2211
99
PI60
PI44
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Packing Instruction: Components
Item category:Material
Packaging materialsSubordinate packing instruction
Text item
Load carrier indicator
First item of a packing instruction
Item that is not relevant
for handling unit
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Packing Instruction: Dimensions
Dimensions are built
by packing instruction.
Values are taken frommaterial master
Manual data entry possible.
Values are taken over to the HU
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Determination Records
Flexible packing instruction determination based on condition technique for e.g. specific packing situations
In production In shipping In goods receipt
Search key can be defined in customizing for e.g. Material number, plant, ship-to party, sold-to party,
unloading point, vendor, shipping type, ... Alternative packing instructions
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Automatic Packing
Searches for appropriate packing instruction for the materials to be packed and creates relevant Handling Units
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Packing station
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Packing station: Customizing
To use the packing station you have to define how Handling Units are created at this place: Terminal identification Packing station type: You can differentiate between packing deliveries
(inbound and outbound deliveries) and creating handling units without object reference.
Quantity proposal Information on the plant/storage location/storage bin for HUs without
reference Print profile Printer assignment Packing for deliveries:
GI/GR upon saving Automatic HU creation
Creation of an HU via external number Attach a scale to the packing station
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Putaway and picking of HUs
Already picked HUs can be put away again. LT0I – Pick mixed HUs LT0H – Putaway mixed HUs
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Exercises – Scenario
1. The screens produced by IDES AG are packed in production before putaway into the warehouse. Define a packing instruction for the finished products and pack the materials before you process the putaway.
2. In the warehouse of the IDES AG, materials are packed during picking (pick & pack) as well as at the packing station before goods issue. Test the different possibilities to pack delivery items.
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Radio Frequency - Content
Direct Radio Frequency enabling
Handling Unit Transaction
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Example: Putaway Scenario
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Example: Confirmation of Destination Location
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Avoid errors by using barcodes
Support of different bar code standards
IdentificationIdentification
VerificationVerification
Storage bins Material Quantity Handling units
other fields determined in user exit
Deliveries MS areas Shipments Picking waves
Verification and Identification by scanning data
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HU Supported Processes in RF
The radio frequency solution supports the following HU processes. The HU is identified by scanning the label on the goods. Pick and Pack Pack and Unpack Load and Unload Handling Unit Detail Handling Unit Labels
LM18 Handling Unit InquiryLM19 Handling Unit - PackingLM22 Handling Unit - UnpackingLM24 Packing Handling Unit for DeliveryLM25 Unpack Handling Unit for DeliveryLM35 Load ControlLM45 Pick and PackLM46 Pick and Pack for de liveryLM66 Post Goods IssueLM76 Post Goods Receipt
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Content
1. Handling Unit Management: Motivation and Business Background
2. Master Data and Basic Functions
3. Goods Receipt Process with Handling Units
4. Goods Issue Process with Handling Units
5. Production and Quality Management with Handling Units
6. Packing: In Production, at the Packing Station and Pick & Pack
7. Radio Frequency Transactions
8. Tips and Tricks
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Tips & Tricks for
Identification Basic Configuration HU-Management (generally) Material Movements Packing Dialog Functions Production Serial Numbers Pick-HUs and Packing Station Archiving Database Indexes
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Identification
Number assignment has to be unique Number range for LE_SSCC has to be defined Internal number range has to be defined Without overlap to ERP/DEC and storage unit number range To adopt the HU-identification from the vendor: Use SSCC18 or define
an according external number range Length of the number range for storage units has to converted to the
HU identification External number assignment in production is only possible with an
user-exit For number assignment in production, a default entry without plant
and storage location has to exist
To carry out logistics via HU-identification instead of material and quantity you need following configuration settings concerning HU-identification:
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Basic Configuration
Maintain the internal number range interval in the maximum range How should numbers be assigned? Define number range
configuration accordingly Activate unique number assignment Which groups of packing materials exist? Define packaging
material types Which groups of materials with regard to how they are packed
exist (e.g. liquids, bulk material, small parts)? Define material group for packaging materials
Define packing hierarchy: Which material group for packaging materials can be packed into which packing material?
Define storage locations as HU-managed only possible for unique number assignment and packaging materials
with a corresponding number assignment
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Material movements
Material movements affecting HU-managed storage locations are only possible if the Handling Unit concerned is given
Possible movements from the Handling Unit Monitor: Transfer posting to unrestricted stock Transfer posting to blocked stock Transfer posting to quality inspection stock Transfer posting to different storage location
With deliveries, all material movements are possible. Using an IM transaction (MBxx) to post to an HU-managed storage location a delivery is created. The data necessary to post have to be maintained in configuration. Otherwise, an error message occurs.
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Material Movements
With transaction VLMOVE: Material movements for a few movements types can be posted directly
for the HU Deliveries can be created for HUs or materials. As well, necessary data
for the posting is taken from the HU configuration For goods receipt from production and goods issue to production
specific transactions exist (COWBPACK, COPAWA, COWBHUWA and COPAWE).
Goods receipt for purchase orders are processed in principle with deliveries (the confirmation control key has to be set in the purchase order) GR for Advanced Shipping Notification is deactivated to prevent the
creation of a new delivery Confirmation as of 4.6C is independent from HU‘s
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Material Movements
Stock transfers via two step procedure are possible As direct posting with movement types 303 and 305 as well as 313
and 315 with VLMOVE With deliveries. A workflow scenario exists where the GI posting
for the outbound delivery creates an inbound delivery automatically. The Handling Units posted GI are assigned to the inbound delivery in case of A follow-up delivery type to the delivery type exists The delivery type is an outbound delivery type (VBTYP is J)
You find more detailed information in the consulting OSS note 340238.
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Repacking and HU Changes
Repacking is a combination of packing and unpacking
A transfer posting from the non-HU managed partner storage location is done if there is more packed than unpacked quantity. If there is more unpacked than packed quantity, the unpacked quantity is posted to the partner storage location.
Repacking and changes of an HU can be forbidden because: Delivery HU is packed in a shipment Status denies changes (GI posted, blocked, user status) HU is in WM in a storage type that does not allow direct IM postings
because of a stock placement strategy or capacity checks Then, you have to bring the HU to a different storage type (interim storage
type, for example 925 – Packing) before it can be changed. HU cannot be blocked
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Production
Material staging to production Alternatives: Packing of the components for the work order without
WM or assignment of an existing HU to the work order As soon as an HU is assigned to an order, it can be posted GI for the
work order completely or partially HUs assigned to a work order and that are not needed anymore can be
assigned to a different order. Deleting the assignment is not possible. Production storage location is non-HU managed. For back flushed
materials, already staged HUs have to be deleted manually time by time.
Finished products repetitive or in discrete manufacturing HU creation only material and batch specific Serial number assignment not possible (later with HU02) No giving of shelf life expiration date possible
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Serial Numbers
To be able to use serial numbers in a HU, the serial number profile of the material has to contain the serializing procedure HUSL.
The configuration entry optional/mandatory referes to the optional/mandatory entry of the HU before saving it. Transfer postings of an HU to an HU-managed storage location is possible only with serial numbers principally, i.e. in an HU-managed storage location it is mandatory to have serialization.
Delivery split with serial numbers is only possible with using Handling Units. A quantity based split ist not allowed.
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Pick HU and Packing Station
A typical scenario is picking of materials into a warehouse container (the pick HU) and the transfer to a packing station. There, the material is repacked into the shipping handling unit.
The function of Empty is not available at the packing station, i.e. to pack material into the shipping HU, the pick HU has to be deleted or the materials have to be unpacked individually.
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Archiving
HUs are no longer connected to document archiving of the delivery or shipment. There is a report responsible for archiving Handling Units.
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Database Indexes
Searching for specific Handling Units? Yes criteria? Activate Indexes or create your own No do nothing
When searching for a specific material with plant/storage location combination or displaying the HU overview from transaction MMBE, an index should created for the fields MATNR, WERKS, LGORT on the HU item VEPO.When working without packing instructions or using them only for creation of HUs, no index should be created or activated that contains these packing instructions.
Standard indexes: EXIDV – Identification number VPOBJ, VPOBJKEY – assigned object
In table VEVW an index OBJECT OBJKEY should be created. In general: the more indexes there are on one table the slower any
access to the database will be - write or read.
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