Pls help me in Packing

Question

Dear Guru
I have doubt in Packing, pls give me the step
regards
Mohammed Renu.I
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Answer 1

Hi Mohammed,
Please find below Step by Step process of Packing:
PACKING PROCESS
Packaging materials are materials used for packing or transporting goods. To store the packing information for an outbound delivery in the system, you must first specify a packaging material and create material master records for different packaging materials (material type VERP). In the material master, you specify special data such as packing weight and volume permitted for each shipping material. You can also activate this field for different material types.
Selected items from an outbound delivery can be packed in an individual packaging type called a Handling Unit. The handling unit is assigned a unique sequential number from a predefined number range. The handling unit header contains information about the packaging material used in packing. The overview screen of the packaging material displays the quantities of the delivery items or other handling units. You can change or enhance the data proposed from the material master record of the packaging material to include additional information, such as a pallet number.
Packing is primarily the process of assigning delivery items to packaging materials. This produces handling units, which can then in turn be packed in additional packing materials. Multilevel packing is also possible. You can also unpack items from handling units, as well as emptying and deleting the handling units themselves.
In customizing, you specify if each delivery item category is “relevant for packing”. Possible settings are –
a. packing allowed (default)
b. packing not allowed
c. packing mandatory
The system updates the packing status for each item in the outbound delivery, for example – partially packed or fully packed.
The packing function is available in following documents –
a. Sales Orders (as packing proposals)
b. Inbound and Outbound deliveries
c. Shipment document.
The packing proposal in the order can be copied to the outbound delivery. You can control this at the header level in the copy control table for deliveries. You can make packing in the outbound delivery subject to certain conditions. You activate the settings for this in customizing (standard: packing now allowed if there is credit block).
You can change packing in the outbound delivery as long as post goods issue has not been done. Packing in the outbound delivery is copied to the shipment. You can then choose to pack all the deliveries together.
You can use user exits to specify rules for automatic packing during creation of outbound deliveries. You activate automatic packing for each delivery type separately.
Similar packaging materials are grouped together in packaging material types. The material grouping for packaging materials is used to group together materials that have similar packaging requirements (for example, materials requiring same packaging materials).
You can display the allowed packaging materials for a material to be packed. The packaging materials are proposed from the table allowed Packaging Materials for each material group which you maintain in customizing. The system checks if the packaging material being used for packing is allowed. However, if the field Material Group: Packaging material has not been maintained in the material master, this material can be packed in any packaging material – depending on the weight and volume check.
Packing instructions can be used as packing proposals for online processing or as packing rules for Automatic packing. Packing instructions determination is carried out using the condition technique, for which you must define a corresponding procedure and condition types where three standard access sequences have been provided. Automatic packing can be implemented using either packing instructions and or a customer enhancement (packing sessions).
Packing instructions consist of –
a. packing materials
b. materials to be packed
c. text items
d. subordinate packing instructions
e. rules concerning rounding, minimum quantities and so on
f. definition of a check profile
Check this link
http://sap-img.com/sap-sd/the-packing-process-with-an-example.htm
IMG-Logistics Execution-Shipping -Packing.
1. Define packaging material types- it can be anything like boxes crates, etc. in this you have to maintain the output determination procedure, output type, plant determination, packaging material category, generate delivery items, number assignment. You can copy from standard also.
2. Then go to define material group for packaging materials - here you maintain the four digit code and the description. Actually, this group is nothing but similar products which require similar packing products. For Ex. Nokia Phones all types they are basically packed first into a polythene bag. So here nokia phones can become a material group for packaging materials and polythene bag can become the packaging material type which can include different sizes and types of polythene bags.
3. Define Allowed Packaging Materials - Here you assign the shipping group for packaging materials to the packaging material type. This is related to your material master data of the packaging material which you create.
4. Now go to MM01 to create a packaging material. use material type as Packaging material then inside the system will take the item category group as VERP. Then in the Basic Data1 screen you have the material group for packaging material (MGPM). Select the proper one. Now in the Sales: General/ Plant screen you have to maintain data regarding the packaging. You select the MGPM same as the basic data 1 screen, and then select the packaging material type, the allowed pkh weight, allowed pkg volume. This is important because if the weight of your finished item is 2 KG and in the allowed pkg weight you enter only 1.5 KG, then while you carry out the packing process in delivery, the system will give you error," packaging weight exceeded." The assignment in the IMG screen for Define allowed packaging materials should be same as u mention in the material master. Then save your material master for packaging material.
5. VA01 create the order, save it.
6. VL01N enter shipping point, go to edit - pack- you will face a screen with 2 parts. In the top part you select your packaging material in which you want to pack your finished item, enter the system will assign a number to that material. Now select the Material in the top part and the finished one in the lower part and click on the Icon Pack. Here one thing has to be taken care of. Suppose if you want to pack only one finished item in one packaging material, then in the lower part of the screen you have a field for partial quantity here you change it to 1. System will prompt quantity changed. Now you select the material in the top part and the one in the lower part and click on the PER PART. QTY ICON. In this way the system will pack only one finished item in a single packaging material. Packing is done go back, select the picking and do the PGI. Save the delivery and create the invoice.
HANDLING UNITS.
Basically handling units come into picture when you want to carry out multi level packing. Suppose you want to pack Nokia phone first into a polythene bag, then this polythene bag is again packed in to box. like that. Then this box will become a handling unit. For this go to:
IMG - Logistics General - Handling Unit Management - Basics.
1. In basics you do the same thing as you did in the packing in logistics execution. like you create the packaging material type, then MGPm and their assignment.
2. Then go to External Identification - and maintain the number ranges for the handling units that you want and assign the same to your packaging material type.
3. Now that you have done everything, create the order, save it, in VL01N, enter shipping point, go to edit - pack - do the same thing as I have told you in the step no. 6 (above). now after doing select the PACK HUs TAB. NOW IN THIS SCREEN IN THE TOP PART YOU WILL SEE THE ALREADY PACKED MATERIAL. In that same part again select your next packaging material that is BOX. Enter the system will assign the number to the BOX.
4. Now select the material which you have just entered and the materials which were already packed in the lower part of the screen and click on the ICON PACK.
This is what I know about the packing process and the handling unit. you have many things in the handling unit management which can be very useful for automatic packing.
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Sateesh.Kandula