PACKING AND HANDLING UNIT MANAGEMENT

HELLO GURUS,
Please help me out in handling a project consisting of Packing and HU. I want to know how it can be done in dairy products. Here in dairy, we will have two kinds of packing. One is milk into Plastic packet and the other one is packets into crates. If you give detailed customization part along with the sequence of the steps, it would be of great help. Your fast reply in this regard is highly appreciated.
Ravindra
SAP SD consultant

To define Packing you should follow the below mentioned SAP Menu path.
1. Define Number Ranges for Handling Units by going to IMG-->Logistics Execution >Shipping>Packing-->Define Number Ranges for Handling Units
2. Packing Control by Item Category
3. Define Packaging material Types
4. Define Material Group for Packaging Materials
5. Define Allowed Packaging Materials
6. Define Packing Instructions
Transaction code POP1
SAP Menu R/3 Easy Access>Logistics>Central Functions>Handling Unit Management>Master Data>Packing Instructions>Create
7. Define Packing Instructions Determination Records
Check with Material master data if the error comes. maintain material group pack matl.
regards
SB

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I would like to know in the ERP if you have any steps guide to configure
two step picking, packing and Handling Unit management.
You help is very appreicated.
Thanking you

Hi,
I would recommend to check the help.sap.com documents first for an overview.
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Hi,
(as already described,)
it is possible to use handling unit management together with lean
warehouse management. You activate handling unit management independent
from storage unit management (that is only possible in case of full-WM
as far as I know).
Only in case if storage location is full-WM- AND HU-managed the storage
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numbers. In all other cases HUM and SUM are independent from each other
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Dear All,
I am working and testing Handling Unit Management. As per the client requirement, he wants Multilevel Packaging (Manually) for materials as-
E.g. 100 Pieces will be packed in 1 Small Carton.
       100 Small Cartons will be packed in 1 Big Carton.
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First of all, why you don't have any quantities assigned against Small cartons, big cartons and pallets?
Well, for your requirement. As functional consultant, you should be smart enough to interpret & analysis the data when you have tables and data in hand. Anyways, in your case,
As Pallet is the highest level pack material.
Pass HU no of pallet in VEKP- EXIDV, in your case for one of the pallet, it is 1000013558.
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Table - Fields
Field Desc
VEPO-VEPOS
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Handling Unit Managment Process flow

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I am implementing Handling Unit Management currently. I am looking for; how does the business process flow change once HUM is activated.
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GR process:
Purchase Order -> Goods Receipt (MIGO) -> ASN(Inbound Delivery) -> Pack & Create Handling Unit -> Post Goods Receipt(via the Inbound Delivery)
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Please let me know if i am correct in my assumption.
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I store a material X in HU's in multiples of 500. I have to deliver to a customer around 100 pieces of X.
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Is it possible to do so ?
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http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/LOHU/LOHU.pdf

Reversal of delivery with handling unit management/HU #

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I would like to know whether the delivery with handling unit management is reversed using LTOG. if it is reversed using LTOG in which storage type would the stock be posted back and would the packaging material of the handling unit be the same when the delivery is canceled and posted back in stock. pl. advise.
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Maxx

Hi Ramana,
Thanks for your reply.
in your answer you have said it is not possible to reverse a TO with HU.
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Handling unit management rquired

Hi Friends,
How do we determine that we need to implement HUM with in four walls?What are the specific business scenarios that require the HUM to be implemented? is the HUM implemented at plant level or the storage location level ? Please provide some info.
Thanks

Hi,
you can activate HUM I) systemwide (TVSHP-EXIDV_UNIQUE). If you have HUM activated in your system, II) you can use handling unit managed storage locations (T001L-XHUPF).
I) If HUM is not activated in the system, the packing process takes place as in the former releases, before release 4.6C:
- packing object is called Shipping Unit
- packing is only allowed through delivery/shipment processing
- no chance to identify a Shipping Unit without reference to object (delivery/shipment).
HUM deals with all the packing processes
- links business processes across all logistics applications; logistics processes (goods movements) based on HU processing are easier, which in turn optimises all logistics operations; you track the movements of entire HUs and the materials they contain rather than tracking each material individually (simplified processing of material movements, which therefore optimizes the logistics processes)
- do not require a reference to a document and, in contrast to shipping units, are independent objects; you can identify an HU without reference to object (as they have a unique identification number)
II) Handling unit managed storage location:
- Handling Unit Management enables to control inventory management using packed stocks at storage location level.
- The guarantee that the total of all HU stocks is the same as the stock in the storage location, is only valid for handling unit managed storage locations.
- If you have HUs on storage locations that are not HU managed, you never know if the stock in the HU physically exists and if the stock information is still valid. There is no guarantee that the data is correct.
Regards,
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SAP Handling Unit Managment

Hi folks,
I very urgently need some documents about SAP HUM.
Can any one help me.
Laxmanan

SAP HU - SAP Handling Unit Management (HUM)
The SAP HU is used for tracking the handling units used by the materials. Some common handling units are packagings materials like cartons, pallets etc.
In the SAP system, the handling unit (HU) expands on the shipping unit. Handling units can be nested and you can also create new handling units from several handling units as often as you like. At the material item level, HUs contain the complete material identification, the quantity, and, in the case of serial numbers, the respective object list. Handling units have unique,
scannable identification numbers that can be developed according to standards such as EAN 128 or SSCC.
Handling units contain all inventory management information of the materials they contain that are maintained in Inventory Management. There are also status messages that you can call up at any time that indicate whether a handling unit is only planned or if the ship-to party has been notified of the arrival of this handling unit, or whether it is in the warehouse or has already been posted to goods issue. The integrated history function also records each business process in
the life cycle of each handling unit, meaning that you can track the handling units path and development at any time.
Refer to : Logistics -> Central Functions -> Handling Unit Management
In HU-managed storage locations, all goods movements are executed through the specification of the respective HUs, and Inventory Management is performed through the handling units. If you are working without HU-managed storage locations, you can work with handling units (without stock information) as before in the delivery and in the shipment.
In HU-managed storage locations, materials can be managed in HUs only. Mixed stock made up of packed and non-packed materials within the same storage location are not supported. HUs can also be managed in interim storage types. Unpacking a material from a HU means that the stock of the material is posted to a storage location that is not HU-managed.
If you call up normal material movements in connection with an HU-managed storage location, a delivery is created, rather than a direct material posting, which has been the procedure up to now.
Please note that if you want to use 311 to move the material already in stock, but in a non HUM Storage Location and you want to transfer those materials into a HUM Storage Location 304. If this is the case you can use the transaction VLMOVE with the destination plant and storage location. Before that you have to create the HU with the transaction code HU02 Storage location: where the material is and the status: in stock.
Handling units are unique at client level in at least one system. Using an indicator at client level, you can control whether you are going to work with the HU functions. Since the handling unit is a physical unit, the central logistics processes are controlled through the input of the handling unit identification. These processes include putaway, picking, and stock transfers, as well as goods receipts and goods issues.
A handling units mobility can be limited if quality checks are active. Changes in the stock category caused by a quality inspection are made using a posting change in the handling unit.
There is also a report available that you can use to find and display handling units using different selection criteria such as material, packing instruction, or storage location.
Although the handling unit is basically a unit that remains constant in the system, you can change it by repacking the materials it contains. All the packing functions, such as packing, repacking, and unpacking, are completely supported by the handling unit functionality. In this way, handling units can be created in production, during goods receipt, or in the packing areas of the warehouse. If you have automatic packing, the handling unit is created from the packaging proposals defined in the system (from the packing instructions, for example).
Regards,
Rajesh Banka
Reward points if helpful.

Why do we use Handling Unit management in SAP

Hi Experts,
I would like to know about the handling unit management.
What is the use of using/implementing handling unit management in SAP.
What is the need and what are the benefits.

Hello Raj,
I am still aprehensive about the usage of handling unit mangament. I am reading it and it seems that we generally use a handling unit mangement with WM & without WM as well.
Is there any document from where we can understand about it?
Does the end user/customer know about this handling unit is it mentioned in his invoice or EDI?
Will the customer track shipments based on the handling units or is it only for internal purposes.......
What i really dont understand is that relation between the packing instructions and handling units....
how and what level do they differ from each other......
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