Handling unit configuration

What exactly goes into handling unit configuration? how are they recognized in both shipment and delivery documents?

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Handling Units Configuration Steps

Can anybody please send me the step by step configuration steps for Handling Unit.
Thanks in Advace for your help.
SUNIL

The following process chain provides an example of how Handling Unit Management can be set up for integrated implementation in the relevant SAP components
Process Flow
Sales and Distribution
·        You receive a sales order for certain materials. If you have a special agreement with the customer as to the packaging in which this material is to be delivered, you can reflect this agreement by using existing (or creating) packing instructions and a corresponding packing-instruction determination record. You can use this agreement at any point during packing. If the agreement is limited to this particular order, the information is created in the order in the form of a packing proposal. This agreement is then also available during packing in repetitive manufacturing and in the delivery.
·        An availability check is run for the order items. If the system determines that the sales order cannot be filled by using the warehouse stock currently available, a requirement is created for production (in the case of in-house production) or for purchasing (in the case of external procurement).
Production
·        A manufacturing order (such as a work order) is created for the respective material on the basis of the order requirement.
·        The raw material required for production is reserved (if it is in stock).
Purchasing
·        If the raw material is not available in sufficient quantities, or if the material required for the sales order needs to be acquired externally, purchase orders are created from the requirements generated for material procurement.
Goods receipt
·        The vendor notifies the goods recipient of the delivery of the goods by using a shipping notification that also contains the packaging data. The shipping notification generates an inbound delivery that includes the packing information from the shipping notification. If there is no EDI notification, the inbound delivery must be created and packed manually for the purchase order. The handling units are put away and the inbound delivery is posted for goods receipt.
Quality Management
·        If the packing data is known in the inbound/outbound delivery, an inspection lot is created for these handling units and the stock is posted to quality inspection stock upon goods receipt/goods issue.
·        If the handling units have been put away in HU-managed storage locations, the handling units can be re-transferred since the stock is still managed through the handling unit.
Warehouse Management
·        Handling units with raw materials are provided in time for production in accordance with the production requirement.
Quality inspection
·        As soon as the quality inspection is complete, the stock in the handling units is posted to unrestricted-use stock or to scrap materials, depending on the usage decision.
Inventory Management
·        If the production storage location is not HU-managed, the goods issue of the raw material takes place through an explicit stock posting or through the verification from production.
·        If the production storage location is HU-managed, the goods issue takes place either after successful staging of the materials or through explicit specification of the handling unit.
Production
·        The production process is executed and the raw materials are used.
·        The handling units that result from this step are planned.
·        As a last step, the material that was produced is packed, either in production or after production. The handling units that are created in this way are confirmed as implemented. If there was no planning, the handling units are created directly as implemented handling units.
Quality Management
·        If the status of the handling unit changes from planned to implemented (or changes during creation of implemented handling units from production), an inspection lot is created for the handling units.
Inventory Management
·        The handling units are posted for goods receipt after verification from production (or in a separate step). Quality Management decides whether the handling unit is to be posted to unrestricted-use stock, inspection stock, or quality-inspection blocked stock.
Shipping
·        An outbound delivery is created from the sales order
Warehouse Management
·        Transfer orders are created for the materials to be delivered and the handling units are picked from stock. If only partial quantities of existing handling units are required, handling units are created for the picked materials.
·        The picked handling units are confirmed to the delivery.
Shipping
·        The handling units that were picked can be repacked in the delivery. If there is a packaging proposal in the sales order, the delivery can be packed automatically in accordance with this proposal.
·        Goods issue is posted for the handling units.
·        The customer is informed through EDI about this delivery.

URGENT DELIVERY HANDLING UNIT STATUS ERROR

Hi Experts when i am doing PGI i am getting the following error and system is not allowing to do PGI
ERROR: When trying to read the status of an object (HU 210868), a system error occurred: For object number HU0000210868 there is no status object.

Hi Ramesh,
The material is having the Packing ( Handling Units).
In delivery please do the Packing for the Materials because they have linked with the Handling Units. and Also check the wheather the Handling Units are configured properly.
For your Information please go through the Below which will help you further.
The SAP Handling Unit Management system allows you to manage the entire movement of the handling units and the materials they contain rather than tracking each material individually.
This paper is for the HUM Delivery although some of the contents is related to Inventory under the Logistics General modules.
Table of Contents
Objective
IMG Menu The Starting Point
Handling Unit Management Overview
Start of HUM Outbound Deliveries Manual Packing Configuration
Define Number Ranges for Handling Units
Define Packaging Material Types
Define Material Group for Packaging Materials
Define Allowed Packaging Materials
Use Handling Unit Supplements
Maintain Goods Movements for Handling Unit Stock-Posting
Define User Status Profile
Set QM Check and Delivery Type for Each Movement Type
HU Requirement for Storage Locations and Default Values for Deliveries
Packing Control By Item Category
Define Requirements for Packing in the Delivery
Delivery Type Determination
Set Unique Number Assignment for HU Identification
Number Range Maintenance for HU Identification
Define Number Assignment for Each Packaging Material Type
Delivery Output type for Packing List
Maintain the Delivery Output Determination Procedure
What else to maintain after the Manual Handling Units Configurations?
Start of the Automatic Packaging Configuration
Define Number Ranges for Packing Instructions
Define Determination Type for Packing Instructions
Define Number Ranges for Packing Instruction Determination Records
What else to maintain after the necessary Automatic Packaging Configurations?
Appendix A: How to do Manual Packing for Non-Assigned Handlings Units?
Appendix B: Scenario 1 How to do Manual Packing by Delivery Item?
Appendix C: Scenario 2 How to Manual Pack the Materials into Pallets?
Appendix D: How to do Automatic Packing?
Appendix E: How to do Goods Movement for Handling Unit Material?
Appendix F: How to Unpack the Handling Unit Material?
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 materials. All the information contained in the material items, such as batches and serial numbers, is always available by way of the handling units.
Handling units can be nested, meaning that you can also create new handling units from several handling units as often as you like.
Handling units have unique, scannable identification numbers that can be formed according to standards such as EAN 128 or SSCC.
Figure 1: Handling unit example
Structure
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
For more information about each of these detailed points, see Editing detailed data for handling units.
Status
The handling unit is linked to general status management. In this way, the various physical states (planned or implemented) and other attributes (weighed, loaded, blocked or posted goods issue) of handling units can be documented.
You can use the HU_ST_INIT user parameter when you create handling units without object reference to set which initial status the handling unit is to have when it is created.
If you want to implement a status of your own, you can define a user-specific procedure for the packaging material type (see also Define Packaging Material Types).
Handling unit item
The items of a handling unit can consist of material items, packaging materials or other handling units that appear in an overview. For more information about this overview, see the Contents section of Editing detailed data for handling units.
To access the item data of an individual handling unit, select the handling unit concerned and choose Goto  Detailed HU data  Contents.
Integration
Handling units can be used in all processes within the supply chain.
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Sateesh.Kandula

Who familiar with Handling Unit Management(HUM) module?

Hi,
It was said that if we active the HUM module in Clint level. Then the packing BOX number will not be allowed to be duplicated.
Whether this means that VEKP-EXIDV, this field will not be allowed to be duplicated??
Could anyone help my understanding on this? Thanks!
Thanks.

Hi,
HANDLING UNITS CONFIGURATION:
The SAP Handling Unit Management system allows you to manage the entire movement of the handling units and the materials they contain rather than tracking each material individually.
This paper is for the HUM Delivery although some of the contents is related to Inventory under the Logistics General modules.
Table of Contents
Objective
IMG Menu The Starting Point
Handling Unit Management Overview
Start of HUM Outbound Deliveries Manual Packing Configuration
Define Number Ranges for Handling Units
Define Packaging Material Types
Define Material Group for Packaging Materials
Define Allowed Packaging Materials
Use Handling Unit Supplements
Maintain Goods Movements for Handling Unit Stock-Posting
Define User Status Profile
Set QM Check and Delivery Type for Each Movement Type
HU Requirement for Storage Locations and Default Values for Deliveries
Packing Control By Item Category
Define Requirements for Packing in the Delivery
Delivery Type Determination
Set Unique Number Assignment for HU Identification
Number Range Maintenance for HU Identification
Define Number Assignment for Each Packaging Material Type
Delivery Output type for Packing List
Maintain the Delivery Output Determination Procedure
What else to maintain after the Manual Handling Units Configurations?
Start of the Automatic Packaging Configuration
Define Number Ranges for Packing Instructions
Define Determination Type for Packing Instructions
Define Number Ranges for Packing Instruction Determination Records
What else to maintain after the necessary Automatic Packaging Configurations?
Appendix A: How to do Manual Packing for Non-Assigned Handlings Units?
Appendix B: Scenario 1 How to do Manual Packing by Delivery Item?
Appendix C: Scenario 2 How to Manual Pack the Materials into Pallets?
Appendix D: How to do Automatic Packing?
Appendix E: How to do Goods Movement for Handling Unit Material?
Appendix F: How to Unpack the Handling Unit Material?
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 materials. All the information contained in the material items, such as batches and serial numbers, is always available by way of the handling units.
Handling units can be nested, meaning that you can also create new handling units from several handling units as often as you like.
Handling units have unique, scannable identification numbers that can be formed according to standards such as EAN 128 or SSCC.
Figure 1: Handling unit example
Structure
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
For more information about each of these detailed points, see Editing detailed data for handling units.
Status
The handling unit is linked to general status management. In this way, the various physical states (planned or implemented) and other attributes (weighed, loaded, blocked or posted goods issue) of handling units can be documented.
You can use the HU_ST_INIT user parameter when you create handling units without object reference to set which initial status the handling unit is to have when it is created.
If you want to implement a status of your own, you can define a user-specific procedure for the packaging material type (see also Define Packaging Material Types).
Handling unit item
The items of a handling unit can consist of material items, packaging materials or other handling units that appear in an overview. For more information about this overview, see the Contents section of Editing detailed data for handling units.
To access the item data of an individual handling unit, select the handling unit concerned and choose Goto  Detailed HU data  Contents.
Integration
Handling units can be used in all processes within the supply chain.
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Thanks and Regard,
Sateesh.Kandula

Configure for Handling units.

hi
Can anyone tell me the steps to configure for Handling units.
thanks

Dear Kumar
Please go through this Building Block
[Handling Unit Management|http://help.sap.com/bestpractices/BBLibrary/Documentation/G74_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_DE.doc]
thanks
G. Lakshmipathi

How i will configure handling unit(3shirt in one pocket and 10 pocket in ca

Hi MM guru,,,
i want to know how Handling unit is configured..
actually my client is garment company...
senero is shirt pack in one pocket..and 10 pocket pack in one cartoon...
then how i will configure this and in sales order what will be material code.....i have confusion
kindly suggest me...
how i will sale the cartoon.from which material code
kindly suggest me in detail
Regards
Aqueel

Packing Material ---> MM01
material group packing materials( sales: general/plant)
packing material type
Raw material/Finished Goods
Mat group pack matls (Basic data)
Note : System picks the packing materials based on the packing material group defined in the raw material/ Finished Goods .
PACKING INSTRUCTION
1.POP1
packing material and Refrence material is given.
(with target quantity )
2.POP1
packing instruction made and packaging material is given.
(with target quantity )
3.POF1
Condition record
Reference material for Material packed .
ok ,

Handling Unit label (V6) - multiple printers configuration

I would like to print the handling unit label (V6) in multiple printers. Currently the condition records are set to plant/Packaging material combination with printing in one printer. I would like to have the ability to print to different printer in HU02 t-code based on userID. Can I configure it based on storage location or userid? Thank you.

Are you using WM+HUM or only IM+HUM?
In OMJ3 you can define printer by Storage Location,
in OMLV you can defin printer by WM organizational levels (storage types), movement type etc.
You can use NACE t-code to set the output type you want in addition to MDoc printout.
Can you explain your config, when are you printing your HUs at the moment?

Custom output type configuration for Handling units

All, Can any one guide me how to configure AZ output types for handling units? My scenario is as follows.
To print a new label for the handling units as soon as the packing happens. User should be able to see this new custom output type in VLO2N/VL03N. Also user can print the labels thru VL74 by inputting the custom output type and processing mode.
For this I did the following.
Created a new custom output type in "NACE" under the application "V6 - Handling Units". And assigned print program and smart form for this output types. After this I am able to see the output types in VL74, when I did F4 on output type field. But I am not able to see the new output type in VL02N/VL03N.
Can anybody tell me what needs to be done to get the new output type in VL02N/VL03N.
Thanks in advance.

for Delivery , Application is V2.
regards
Prabhu

Configuration of external handling unit number range

Hello everyone,
I am working on a project that includes receiving of handling units from outside of our SAP system in EAN128 format, and am running into some challenges in setting up an appropriate external handling unit number range. The process will involve creation of an inbound delivery from an advance ship notice, with the delivery to then be packed based upon handling unit information in the ASN. I have set up an external number range interval in the number range object that is being used for generation of internal handling unit numbers, with the external interval being outside the range of the existing internal intervals. When the ASN is posted, the inbound delivery is created but cannot be packed (status 52), and I get a message stating "The check digit of SSCC 10000001000001648 is incorrect. 5 is correct" (just using this number as an example). In this case, the HU number actually had a leading zero, and changing the sample HU to start with a 5 results in the same message but stating that 0 is correct, which is kind of maddening. The bottom line is that I have not configured an external number range before for handling units and am clearly missing something here. Has somebody set this up successfully and can share your experience, or can point me to some good documentation? I am searching OSS, the Business Process Expert Community, and the overall web in general and am not finding any relevant information.

Per your info,
in std, You cant maintain HU number ranges with respect to year.
Still if you want to maintain, You have to use Userexit for Number ranges.
Generally, all sales documents number ranges are not year specific . ONly FI documents are year specific.
Why you want to have Year specific number ranges for HU's? - It is nothing to do with Year.
Convince your client, This year dependant HU number ranges doesnt carry any value addition. Still client insists, only way to achieve this is "USEREXIT_NUMBER_RANGE"
hope it helps

Line items are clubbed in Handling Unit's

There are two line items in delivery for same material , while packing I am selecting single line item and packing it . But when I select line item 10 and try to pack it, line item 20 also automatically getting clubbed with line item 10 and getting packed together .
For this material , rounding profile has been maintained .I canu2019t delete this rounding profile because when we process single line item for this material , system has to round off . Suppose , material is rounded off for 30 units in material master and rounding profile has been assigned for this material.
My requirement is handling unit need to be created for single line item , system should not consider 2nd line item while creating handling unit for first line item even though first and second line items consume same material .
In delivery, suppose , there are two line items for same material . for first line item quantity is 20 and for second line item , it is 23 .
When I try to pack it manually , system should create 2 handling units with quantity of 20 and 23 nos . System should not create handling units with quantity of 30 and 13 .
What configuration change I need to make in handling unit management .
Thanks In Advance
Jaya

Hi Pratyush
I have checked up in both the places, POP2 and POF2, target quantity was mentioned as 1 only for this material .
still ,Why is system not considering only one line item's quantity while packing . why is it clubbing both line items .
Pls help me ........

Deriving/ change the item category from handling unit

Hi SAP GURUS,
In vl01n I want to derive the item category based on the handling unit. Hnadling unit is derived from the payment terms.
Please let me know the required configuration or the development for this.
Thanks

i need ur help regarding the Sales order item category redetermination.
         we are having two item categories YNAE and YNAG and it contain schedule line categories CP and CB ( i.e for item category YNAE schedule line category is CP and
         for item category YNAG schedule line category is CB), for YNAG Purchase Requisition is automatically created becz of functional setting on save and it is working fine.
         For every line item in sales order line item level item category YNAE will be determined by default as per functional settings.
         Now my requirement is that, if sales order line item doesn't contain 100% confirmed quantity, than i needs to change the default line item category YNAE to YNAG
         which i am trying to do it in USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMP becz in this exit i am getting the values in XVBAP and XVBEP and it is working fine .
         But schedule line category is not getting redetermined automatically what i mean is, if i change the item category to YNAG from YNAE in user exit corresponding schedule line category CB of YNAG is getting determined automatically at the schedule line level and if ichange the schedule line categories in XVBEP in exit USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMP, changes are reflecting at the schedule line level but Purchase requisation is not getting created for schedule on SAVE and its delivary dates are also not getting determined properly. If press the option ATP check at the schedule line level than very things will getting corrected in the order.
i am using UPDKZ = U in both xvbap and xvbep for changes
I feel that i am not doing this in proper way, do u have any idea about how to redetermine item category. please let me know if u have any idea .
Regards,
Vaddepally Manoj

Single Transfer Order for Multiple Handling Units

I have been researchig the ability to create a single transfer order for multiple handling units. My assumptions are if it can be done that:
1) A transfer order can have a single source, so if the source document for the handling unit (delivery) is different, that means different transfer order
2) A TO can have multiple materials (line items) with different destination bins and quantities per bin
I looked at the configuration for TO Split, but it's not clear that this will handle my requirement.
I also saw this http://aq33.com/material-management/Articles-005798.html and it also says that my requirement can't be meant. I'm just checking before I tell my customer this cannot be done.

Yes you are right, if Source document is different, you need to go with different TO.
But you can choose the Handling unit split, while creating a TO itself. i.e., You can quantify the goods for each handling unit.
Edited by: Ganesh M on Feb 29, 2012 6:20 AM

Handling Unit not being assigned to TO for an outbound delivery

Hi All
When I create a TO for an outbound delivery then a handling unit is not being assigned to the TO.
I cannot confirm the TO as it complains about the non assignment of HU.
I have done the following so far:
1. Set up a default packing material w.r.t WhNo and movement type.
2. Defined a packing group and then assigned the packing group to the packing material.
3. Set 1 to the indicator for automatic HU creaion in customizations for automatic HU creation.
Is there something I am missing in the configuration?
Any suggestions would help.
Thanks,
Arup

Hello,
HU never get assign at the time of creation of TO. You can assign pick HU at the time of confirmation of TO. There are two ways
Use transaction code LH01 and assign pick HU
OR
(ii)Or at the time of confirmation of TO click on pack tab and complete the packing
Thanks,
Milind C

Confirming transfer order for nested handling units (picking and shipping)

Hi
My shipping location is HU + WM, I understand we cannot "auto confirm" Transfer Orders during creation from an outbound delivery (LT03) in the case of nested HUs because the system wants to know which exact box HUs ( The TO only specifies the pallet HU...storage unit)
I have an automatic Pick HU created during TO confirmation but the system still prompts for me to enter box HUs that need to be shipped/repacked on LT12. This makes logical sense but is slowing down our shipping process. Since we do not put HU labels on our boxes, the picker has to go into HUMO, enter the pallet HU, retrieve the box HUs and finally enter some of those on the TO confirmation screen to match the open quantity. In reality we don't really care what HUs he picks as long as he picks from the right pallet.
Is there any way to automate this? If the system can pick box HUs sequentially, randomly or create further pick HUs. Anything but doesnt ask the picker to put in the box HU numbers
OR
Is there a way to auto confirm TOs during creation
OR
Is there any way to putaway box level HUs into the warehouse at the end of the production line so that Storage Unit is the box HU number and not the pallet HU number, that way it wouldn't prompt me for box HUs during picking.
I would really appreciate your help.

This is the standard SAP for picking nested handling units. You can do some more reading on this by accessing the SAP note 829266.
We had a similar problem with nested handling units - what we ended up doing was writing a BDC program that would take the nested handling unit and pack it back onto that HU instead of the pick HU after TO confirmation was done in the delivery.
In order to get your TO to automatically confirm, check the configuration for the storage type that its picking from - look to see if "Storage Type requires confirmation for removal/placement" is checked.
You can als ocheck the movement type configuration for Propose Confirmation.

HANDLING UNITS ERROR

Hi All
we are working in HU and SU managed warehouse scenario , where for packing artiacles we are using HU units for carton and SU for pallet , HU and SU configuration is carried out and Put away is perfect successful with out any error , but while doing outbound delivery against sales order , i am getting lot of errors with HU's , can any body tells me how to do the packing for outbounddelivery , and subsequent TO creation picking step for HU and SU managed warehouse,
thanks in advance

Hi Chunduri,
we also use SAP WM with Handling Units.
The process works as follows:
With confirmation of the TO (Transport Order), the picked Handling-Units are assigned to the outbound delivery.
Please check Customizing table-view V_T340DC.
Pick&Pack should be checked (=X).
Best Regards,
Juergen

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