| To set up handling unitsTo make the handling unit functionality meet the requirements of
your organization, you must define some data as outlined in the following
procedure. You can specify how handling units are used for particular items,
warehouses, and/or business partners. For example, you can specify how items
that go to a particular customer must be packed, or how items are stored in a
particular warehouse. Step 1. Common setupIn Common, define the following data: Step 2. Parameter settingsIn Warehousing, you must set various parameters. - In the Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000) session, select the preferred settings for
the following fields:
- Select the Handling Units in Use check box to enable the use of
handling units for the Warehousing package.
- Select the mask that must be used to generate handling
unit codes in the Handling Unit Mask field. This mask is the default
mask for all handling units. On item and warehouse level, you can define more
specific masks.
- Select the number group for handling unit templates in
the Number Group for HU Template field.
- Select the series for handling unit templates in the Series for HU Template field.
- Select the preferred option of the Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs option
list of the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session
to enable automatic generation of handling units from ASNs for items that are
not related to warehouses.
- In the WMS Interface Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, select the Handling Units check box to enable the use of
handling units for integrated WMS systems.
Step 3. Warehousing master data setupTo set up warehousing master data, proceed as
follows: - Define label layouts for handling units if you use labels
to identify and/or process goods in the warehouse. For further information, see Label layout and printing.
- Define package definitions to set up packing structures for
items by means of handling units. For further information, see Package definitions, The use of package definitions, and To define package definitions.
- Define handling unit data for items in the following fields
of the Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000) session:
- In the Package Definition field, select the package definition that must be used to create handling
units for the item.
- Select the Handling Units in Use check box to enable the use of
handling units for the selected item.
- Select the Handling Unit Version Controlled check box to specify
that version numbers must be maintained for handling units for which splitting
is enabled.
- Select the Log Version History check box to specify that history records are
generated for version-controlled handling units.
- Select the Track Handling Unit Status check box to enable
history maintenance for each status change of a handling unit.
- In the Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000) session, set the
following controls for the use handling units for items related to warehouses:
- In the Package Definition field, select the package definition that must be used to create handling
units for the item.
- Select the Use Handling Units in check box to enable the use of
handling units for items in specific warehouses.
- Select the Use Handling Unit in Receipt check box to enable the use of handling
units in receipts for items related to specific warehouses.
- Select the Outbound Inspections check box to enable the use of
handling units in outbound inspections for items related to specific
warehouses.
- Select the Inbound Inspections check box to enable the use of
handling units in inbound inspections for items related to specific warehouses.
- Select the Inventory check box to enable the use of handling
units in inventory for items related to specific warehouses.
- Select the Shipments check box to enable the use of handling
units for shipment of items related to specific warehouses.
- In the Creation ASN field, specify how LN must generate handling units from ASNs that refer to items linked to selected
warehouses.
- Define handling unit data for warehouses in the following
fields of the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session:
- Select the Handling Units in Use check box to enable the use of handling units for
warehouses.
- Select the Use Handling Unit in Receipt check box to enable the use of handling units
in receipts for specific warehouses.
- Select the Advise Alternative Package Definition Allowed check box to
enable advising incomplete package definitions for specific warehouses.
- Select the Use Handling Unit in Inbound Inspection check box to enable the use of
handling units in inbound inspections for specific warehouses.
- Select the Use Handling Unit in Inventory check box to enable the use of handling
units in inventory for specific warehouses.
- Select the Use Handling Unit in Outbound Inspection check box to enable the use of
handling units in outbound approvals for specific warehouses.
- Select the Use Handling Unit in Shipment check box to enable the use of handling
units for shipments for specific warehouses.
- In the Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs field, specify how LN must generate handling
units from ASNs that refer to selected warehouses.
- In the Generate Handling Unit Automatically during Picking field, specify whether LN must generate handling
units after the outbound advice is released for items that are issued from the
current warehouse. To generate handling units, handling units must be in use
for the item and the warehouse.
Step 4. Sales and purchase settingsYou can specify that handling units are generated
according to particular package definitions for goods that are received from
specific suppliers and/or goods that must be shipped to specific customers. For
this purpose, you must link the required package definitions to business
partners in the following sessions: - In the Package Definition field of the Items - Sales Business Partner (tdisa0510m000) session, select the package definition
that includes the handling unit structure for specific items sold to specific
customers.
- In the Package Definition field of the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session, select the package
definition that includes the handling unit structure for specific items
purchased from specific suppliers.
- In the Package Definition field of the Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000) session, select the package
definition that includes the handling unit structure for specific items
purchased from specific suppliers according to selected contracts.
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