Your vendor sends you inbound deliveries that do not contain any packing information about handling units (HUs). You can specify that the system automatically packs any unpacked delivery items. The packed goods can then be included in process-oriented storage control (see Storage Control).
Prerequisites
You have met the following prerequisites:
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You have created and activated a packaging specification (see Packaging Specification and Creation of Packaging Specifications).
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You have configured determination for the packaging specification for your business characteristics (for example, vendor and product) (see Packaging Specification Determination).
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You have configured the determination procedure for automatic packing. For more information, see Customizing for
Extended Warehouse Management
under
Inbound Delivery
Manual Settings
Define Document Types for Inbound Delivery Process
.
NoteIf you have selected the
No Automatic Packing
checkbox in Customizing forExtended Warehouse Management
under Inbound Delivery
Manual Settings
Define Document Types for Inbound Delivery Process
, the system does not perform automatic packing when it creates an inbound delivery. It does not perform automatic packing either if you configure no determination procedure for automatic packing.
Process
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An inbound delivery notification arrives in SAP Extended Warehouse Management through the ERP interface.
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When you activate the inbound delivery notification, the system simultaneously creates the HUs, where the vendor has sent you the HU data. Moreover, at this time, the system calls packaging specification determination for the unpacked items, using the determination procedure you have defined.
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If the system finds a packaging specification, it creates HUs according to the packaging specification. When creating packaging specifications, you should ensure that the
HU Check
function does not display any errors in the log. The system can only perform automatic packing successfully if the packaging specification contains all HU-relevant data (in particular, packaging material, target quantity, and product).
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