Handling Unit Management Configuration
In this blog, we are going to discuss the handling unit management
configuration settings in SAP S/4HANA Extended Warehouse Management.
Before going to handling unit management configuration settings to Extended
Warehouse Management we need to make handling unit management
configuration settings in SAP S/4HANA system.
Here I am configuring a generic packaging material for a generic pallet
Basic Settings in SAP S/4HANA
1. Define Number Ranges
Step 1: Click on Add New Line Enter the Number Range from One as Internal
to and save
Step 3: Enter on Add New Line Enter the Number Range One as External
from to and save
1. Define Packaging Material Type
The packaging material type combines packaging materials into groups and
contains essential control features which apply to the corresponding shipping
materials. When you specify a shipping material type in the material master
record, each shipping material is assigned to a shipping material type.
The packaging material type controls the following points:
Output determination procedure and output type
By specifying an output determination procedure and an output type, you
determine which output can be printed during packing.
Sorting sequence
If several handling units are processed, you can define the sorting sequence
with which the handling units are presented in the dialog.
Plant determination
Within delivery processing, delivery items can be generated from the handling
units. This allows you to manage stocks for packaging materials (for example,
your own or possibly special stocks) and to bill packaging materials. Two
requirements must be met to do this:
An item category must exist in the handling unit. For an automatic item
category determination, an item category group must be defined in the
material master for the packaging materials, which is maintained in the
delivery item category determination in Customizing for the relevant delivery
type.
Packaging material category
The packaging material category defines what is dealt with for the packaging
material type; the packaging material type "truck" could, for example, be
assigned to the packaging material category "means of transport", and a pallet
to the packaging material category "packaging".
Number assignment
By entering a packaging material, you define, when generating a handling unit
according to the method set for number assignment, how the identification of
the handling unit is created. The assignment of a SSCC18 is, where
necessary, also possible, if you set the number assignment here, using a
number range interval, as long as you have maintained the handling unit
category for the SSCC18 Generation.
Number range interval
If the identification of a handling unit results from a number range object, the
number range interval is then defined by the number being retrieved.
Handling unit category for SSCC18
Here, the category for the packaging material is defined for the generation of
SSCC18.
Tare variable
Defines whether the tare weight for packaging materials for this packaging
material type has a changeable tare volume.
Standard settings
In the standard delivery, plant determination is set so that the plant can be
entered manually in the handling unit.
Activities
1. If you want to create a new packaging material type, enter an alphanumeric
key with a maximum of 4 characters together with a textual description.
2. Make the necessary specifications in the detail screen of the packaging
material type.
Further notes
1. Packaging materials for the packaging material category "auxiliary
packaging materials" cannot be used for generating handling units. They can
only be used for supplementing the packaging in a handling unit.
2. Always assign numbers clearly, using a number range interval or an
SSCC18 generation.
Step 1: Enter 4 Digit and Description
Step 2: Plant Determination- The plant is entered manually in the handling
Unit
Step 3: Packing Material Category
Step 4: Number Assignment
Step 5: Handling Unit Type
Step 6: Assign Internal Number Range Interval and External Number Range
3. Define Packing Material Group
Define material groups with which materials that are to be packed into similar
packaging materials are grouped together.
Use
The material group for packaging materials is entered in the material master
record of the shipping material.
Example
A material group for packaging materials can, for example, include all
materials that are to be packed in bottles.
Activities
1. To create a new material grouping for packaging materials, enter an
alphanumeric key with a maximum of 4 characters together with a textual
description.
2. In the Define Allowed Packaging Materials IMG activity, assign the
packaging material types to the material groups for packaging materials.
Step 1: Click on New Entries
Step 2: Enter four digit and description and save
4. Define Allowed Packaging Material
Assign packaging material types to material groups to define which
combinations are allowed during packing or the creation of handling units.
Activities
Assign the allowed packaging material types to each material group for
packaging materials.
Further notes
For materials with no material group for packaging materials, no check is
carried out on the eligibility of the packaging material. These materials can
always be packed.
