Packaging item registration

Packaging items can be linked to a handling unit, receipt line, shipment, or container. LN records the received and issued quantities of packaging items by date. LN updates the Packaging Item Transactions (whinr1115m000) session during the receipt and shipping process for transactions that include a packaging item.

The Packaging Item Transactions (whinr1115m000) session is updated even if no shipping material account is used for packaging items.

You can also enter the packaging item transactions manually.

Note

These rules apply to the registration of packaging items:

  • Only receipts and shipments that are related to a business partner are updated in the Packaging Item Transactions (whinr1115m000) session. Also, the sessions that record related packaging item balances are updated only for business partner-related transactions. Consequently, warehouse transfer orders and inventory adjustments are not taken into account. For more information, refer to Logistic service providers (LSP) - packaging item registration.

  • Container related shipments for sales transfer orders are not logged, because no unique link can be determined between a container and the sales order.

For sales orders of type Transfer, an exception is made to support a VMI scenario where goods flow through a VMI warehouse. The transfer sales orders are used for VMI scenarios that deliver the goods from your own warehouse to a VMI warehouse, after which the issue to the customer is carried out.

The business partner is determined at the original sales order. You can select the stage in the supply process at which the packaging item related transactions are updated by LN in the Update Shipping Material Account during field of Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session. This applies to a logistical service provider (LSP) scenario. The field is enabled only for VMI warehouses in which warehouse management is not carried out by your own company.

The packaging item related transactions can be updated by LN at these points in the supply process:

  • Shipment to VMI Warehouse

    The shipping material account (SMA) must be updated during shipment of packaging items from the normal warehouse to the VMI warehouse.

  • Consumption by Customer

    The shipping material account must be updated during shipment of (packaging) items from the VMI warehouse (Logistical Service Provider (LSP) warehouse) to the customer/OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).

  • Not Applicable

    LN assigns this value for warehouses in which your own company performs inventory management. To record the packaging item transactions, you must select the Extended Packaging Item Registration check box in the Warehouse Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000) session.

Limitations

  • Only logistic data is stored in the session. No financial data is stored. Therefore, invoicing is a manual action.

  • The logging of packaging item transactions at the moment of consumption by the customer is not based on consumed stock point information from the VMI / LSP warehouse. Packaging material transactions must be logged separately from the regular item consumptions and are processed during the processing of (sales) consumptions.

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