Handling unit management

Definition
A handling unit is a physical unit that consists of the packaging materials (load carrier / packaging
material) and the goods contained therein. A handling unit is always a combination of materials
and packaging material

Purpose
Track the movements of entire handling units and the materials they contain rather than
tracking each material individually

In HU-managed storage locations, materials can be managed in HUs only

Mixed stock is not supported in HU managed storage location
Handling unit are unique at client level
The handling unit object contains the following attributes:

Identification number

Dimensions

Weight

Volume

Status

Materials and quantities

Packaging materials

Packing instructions

A handling unit consists of a handling unit header and handling unit items. For identification purposes, it is
given a unique number.
Handling unit header
The header data of a handling unit is divided in the following way:

Weight/Volume/Dimensions

General data

Means-of-transport data

Additional data

Output determination procedure

The packaging material can be a load carrier. The most important packaging materials include crates,
boxes, containers, wire baskets, and pallet

Manintain the packaging material VERP

Handling unit management

SPRO
LO>HUM>DEFINE PACKAGING MATERIAL TYPE

packaging materials
Definition
Specifies the means of packing (box, wooden pallet, container) that can be used to pack and transport
goods. Data for each packaging material you use is stored in a material master record.

Use
When you specify a packaging material for a handling unit, the system automatically proposes default
data from the corresponding material master record (maximum allowed weight and volume, for example).

Define Packaging Material Types

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 generation of SSCC18.
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.

Recommendation
Maintenance for the handling unit category SSCC18 generation should always be scheduled, as an
SSCC18 can be assigned at any time.

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 a SSCC18 generation.

Define material group for packaging materials.

Define Material Group for Packaging Materials

In this menu option, you define

material groupings packaging materials , with which materials that are to be packed into
similar packaging materialsare grouped together. The material grouping for packaging materials is
entered in the material master record of the shipping material.

Example
A material grouping for packaging materials can, for example, include all materials that are to packed in
bottles.

Activities
1. If you want 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. Assign the allowed packaging material types for the material grouping for packaging materials

Define allowed packaging materials

Define Allowed Packaging Materials
When packing materials or handling units, the system checks whether the packaging materials for the
handling unit, to which the items are to be packed, is allowed for packing.
By assigning packaging material types to the material groups for packaging materials, you define which
packaging materials are allowed for packing.
By assigning shipping material types to material groups for shipping materials, you define which shipping
materials are allowed for packing.
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 elegibility of the
packaging material. These materials can always be packed.
By assigning the allowed packaging material types for the various material groups for packaging materials,
allowed packaging materials can be displayed for materials that have maintained a material group packaging
material.