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Let me introduce you to the basics required to understand the Automatic packing concept in outbound delivery.
Packing Materials are material that can be used to pack or transport goods.
Items from an outbound delivery when packed into a packing material, the whole unit together is called the Handling Unit.
Packing process in SAP is the process of assigning delivery items to packing materials, which will produce Handling
Units, which will then be packed into additional packing materials. Which in turn will create a new handling unit, this process of
packing one handling unit into another packing material is called Multi-level packing.
The packing function is available in:
Orders (as Packing Instructions)
Inbound Deliveries
Outbound Deliveries
Shipment Document
Packing can be done manually as well as automatically in outbound delivery. Manual packing is done in outbound delivery by
choosing PACK button manually while automatic packing uses the Condition Technique to automatically identify the material to be
packed and create handling units.
As most of us would be aware of how manual packing is done, in this document I have explained how automatic packing is
configured for outbound delivery.
I have noted down few steps that would be required to configure Automatic packing, these are listed below:
a)
Activate Delivery Document type with Automatic Packing - OVLK
b)
Define Packaging material type- VHAR
c)
Define Material Group for Packaging - VEGR
d)
Define Allowed Packing Material - VHZU
e)
Define Material Master Data - MM01
f)
Maintain Packing Transaction Profile for Outbound delivery - OVHU2
g)
Set up Condition Technique for Packing Instruction Determination
h)
Create Packing Master Data - POP1
i)
Maintain Packing Instruction Determination Master Data - POF1
Let us see how each of these steps are accomplished in SAP with screenshots
a)
In this step you can activate the delivery type for automatic packing using the TCode OVLK as shown below.
b)
Define Packaging material types
You can define Packaging Material Types using TCode VHAR. As discussed earlier this field plays an important role in setting up a
packing material master record.
Lets say we use already defined packing material type 0001- pallets in our case.(If you want to create new please copy an
existing one that matches your requirement and create one) PFB the screenshot for the same.
When packing an item in delivery, the system checks whether an entry for Material Group for Packaging for the delivery item
and the Packaging Material Type for the packing material exists in Tcode VHZU.
By assigning Packaging Material Type to the Material Group for Packaging, you define which packaging materials are
allowed for packing a delivery item.
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.
e) Define Material Master Data (Finished goods and Packing Material)
In this step create Material master record(MM01) for Finished goods and Packing Material based on the configuration done in the
earlier steps.
Firstly define a FERT material code for Sales View having below data related to packaging.
As can be seen in above screen shots we have created a material TATA1 with Material Type FERT and Material Group for
Packaging Material as 0001- Yard Mgmt.
Now, create another Material master record(MM01) with Material Type VERP (packing), so that this material could be used as a
packing material in Deliveries.
Important information required for packing is shown in below:
Item Category Group (Sales: Organisation 2 tab)
Packing Material Data (Sales: General/Plant)
Packaging Material Type
Allowed Weight
Allowed Volume
As seen above we have created a packing material PACK1 with Item category group VERP, Packaging Material Type 0001Pallet and allowed packing weight as 200kg.
f) Maintain Packing Transaction Profile
The configurations done from this step are specifically valid for Automatic packing in outbound delivery.
In this step, you can modify the Packing Transaction Profiles using TCode OVHU2.
For each application, in which the packing transaction can be used, there is a packing transaction profile. The profiles are set as
standard in the system. You can change the descriptions and the settings for each profile. However, you cannot create new profiles,
delete existing ones, or change the assignment of profile to application.
In our case we will use the transaction profile available for outbound delivery i.e. 0002- Outbound Delivery.
We have a Packing Instruction Determination Procedure ZSHIP1 assigned to the Packing Transaction Profile of Outbound
delivery. This procedure uses the condition technique to identify Packing Instructions maintained as master data which will be
discussed going ahead.
Also we have activated Start packing automatically, Respect Rounding Quantities and Respect Alternate Packing Instructions. Pack
Strategy is set to pack all delivery items.
TATA1 is the material to be packed while PACK1 is the packing material. In the above master data set up I have specified that
1qty ofPACK1 can be used to pack 4qtys of TATA1.
In the above screenshot you can see that I have maintained a record for Determination Type SHIP in Procedure ZHSIP1. The
condition table has the combination of Material & Ship-to party while packing instruction number specified
is 231 which we have created in the previous step.
This means that whenever Material TATA1 and Ship-to 4000401 combination occurs in delivery type LF the packing
instruction 231 would be identified by using Transaction profile of outbound delivery & Packing instruction
procedure ZHSIP1. This will in turn pack the delivery items using the material specified in packing instruction number
231.
Once you configure all of the above steps Automatic packing would be active in Delivery and Handling Units would
be automatically created based on the master data you have maintained.
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