Handling Units
Handling Units
Assignment
· Financial Accounting
o Assign Company Code to Company and Credit Control Area
· Logistics – General
Assignment
· Sales and Distribution
· Materials Management
· Logistics Execution
· Plant Maintenance
· Consistency Check
· Customer Master Data
o Customer Account Groups (Screen Layout/Field Selection)
o Creating Number Ranges and Assignment
o Common Distribution Channel and Common Division
Sales Document Header (Sales Document Types / Order Types) - TC: VOV8
· Sales Document Item (Item Categories)
· Item Category Determination
· Schedule Lines (Schedule Line Categories)
· Assign Schedule Line Categories
Billing
· Billing Documents (Billing Types)
Logistics Execution
· Deliveries (Delivery Types)
· Delivery Item Categories
· Delivery Item Category Determination
· Basic Shipping Functions
· Shipping Conditions, Picking and Packing
· Route Determination
· Shipping Point Determination
· Picking Location Determination
Special Sales Document Types and Billing Plan (Configuration and End User)
Special Sales Document Types
· Credit Memo Request
· Debit Memo Request
· Cash Sales (Configuration)
Special Sales Document Types and Billing Plan (Configuration and End User)
Special Sales Document Types
· Cash Sales Configuration and Process
· Rush Order
· Invoice Correction Process
Billing Plan
· Periodic Billing e.g. Rent/Services
Billing Plan and Customer Consignment Stock (Configuration and End User)
Billing Plan
· Periodic Billing e.g. Rent/Services
· Milestones Billing
Customer Consignment Stock
· The Consignment Fill-Up
· The Consignment Issue
· The Consignment Returns
· The Consignment Pick-Up
· Reporting (TC: MB58 / MMBE)
Answer: If there are HUs in the outbound delivery for the stock transport order, these can pass over to
the subsequent inbound delivery during the goods issue. However, the HUss are only transferred from
the outbound delivery if either the lean HU status update or unique number assignment are active for
HUs. You can find the relevant settings in the Implementation Guide under "Logistics Execution ->
Service Parts Management (SPM) -> Cross-Process Settings -> Handling Unit Management -> Set Lean
HU Status Update in Non-unique HU Numbering Scenario". You should only activate unique numbering
if you want to use HUM, otherwise you should use lean HU status update. If lean HU status update is
active, the status and the history of the handling units are updated, but there is no check to see if the
HU number is unique. If you use cross-delivery HUs (as they can be created in EWM), they can also be
transferred from the outbound delivery to the inbound delivery if the receiving warehouse is also
managed by an EWM system. Note however that this process does not work if you have activated
unique number assignment for HUs. You cannot use both HUM and cross-delivery HUs in ERP. When you
use batch splits with handling units, note that HUs can only be reassigned from the outbound delivery to
the inbound delivery when the batch split items are themselves packed. You cannot use the "Pack
accumulated batches / movement type item" indicator (TVLP-CHHPV) in the item category of the
delivery together with the two-step transfer scenario via the output SPED. In this case, the system
displays error message HUFUNCTIONS191 "Handling unit &1 is already assigned to outbound delivery
&2" when you create the inbound delivery.
Which restrictions apply if, instead of the outbound delivery message SPED, the shipping notification
IDoc DESADV is used to create the inbound delivery?
Answer: If you use the shipping notification IDoc DESADV to transfer the outbound delivery information
to the receiving warehouse, you cannot use cross-delivery handling units in this process. Neither
outbound processing and inbound processing of the IDoc nor the message itself (basis type DELVRY03 or
higher) are prepared for the transfer of the corresponding HU attributes.
What is the purpose of automatic inbound delivery creation for stock transfers?
Answer: If you use stock transfers according to the two-step procedure, you must post the goods
receipt separately in the receiving plant after posting the goods issue of the replenishment delivery from
the delivering plant. In the standard process, you use a goods receipt transaction of inventory
management for this posting (for example, transaction MIGO "Goods Receipt for Replenishment
Delivery"). However, replenishment delivery data is ignored in goods receipt posting using inventory
management, for example: - Quantities - Serial numbers - Batches - Handling units (HUs) However, if you
use automatic inbound delivery creation for two-step stock transfers, this data is copied from the
outbound delivery to the inbound delivery, which you can use to post the goods receipt in the receiving
plant. The automatically created inbound delivery saves you from entering the actual quantities
manually and, in addition, provides an preview of the expected goods receipt in the receiving plant.
Automatic inbound delivery creation is mandatory if the receiving plant is managed using a
decentralized Warehouse Management system (WMS) or an Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)
system; in this case, the inbound delivery is required as a communication document for the
decentralized system. Automatic inbound delivery creation is also required if Handling Unit
Management (HUM) is activated for the receiving storage location. In this case, the inbound delivery
serves as a reference document for the HUs that are transferred by the preceding replenishment
delivery.
Answer: The automatically created inbound delivery is based on outbound delivery data and the
underlying stock transport order. Therefore, it receives a purchase order reference; however, it copies
the data relevant for logistical processing from the outbound delivery, in particular - Materials -
Quantities - Batches and batch splits - Serial numbers - Handling units (HUs) - Header and item texts If a
receiving storage location is specified in the stock transport order, it is transferred to the inbound
delivery. If it is not specified, the receiving storage location is determined according to the standard
storage location determination rules.
inbound delivery?
Answer:
processing and inbound processing of the IDoc nor the message itself
(basis type DELVRY03 or higher) are prepared for the transfer of the
corresponding HU attributes