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669: Handling Unit Management for a Set of Products. SAP Best Practices. Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps. Purpose You use Handling Unit Management (HUM) to control logistical processes
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669: Handling Unit Management for a Set of Products SAP Best Practices
Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps • Purpose • You use Handling Unit Management (HUM) to control logistical processes • A handling unit represents a physical object in the SAP system. It consists of a load carrier, one or more packed products and an unlimited quantity of packaging materials. Each handling unit has a unique identification number, which is typically printed as a barcode on a material tag • You can specify the material and the quantity that is to be packed in certain packaging, that is, in one handling unit. These requirements are reproduced in a packing instruction. This packing instruction can be used to create handling units automatically • You can execute multi-level packing in delivery. Two packed HUs can be packed again into one HU so that a set of products are packed together. • Benefits • Automatic packaging according to packing instructions • Track movements of groups of individual materials by tracking the handling units that contain them • Full integration into the logistic chain
Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Required SAP Applications • Enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 • Company Roles • Shop Floor Specialist • Sales Administrator • Warehouse Clerk • Billing Administrator
Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Key Process Flows Covered • Stock transfer for HU from production • Create sales order for a set of products • Create outbound delivery • Pack in outbound delivery • Post Goods Issue • Create billing
Detailed Process Description • Handling Unit Management for a Set of Product • This scenario describes the packaging process and goods receipt at the end of a production order with HUM. The stock of the HU from production is transferred to target storage location. • The first step is creating sales order for the products that should be packed into Handling Units(HU) • Create outbound Delivery with reference to sales order • Multi-level packing is executed in outbound delivery • Post Goods Issue for outbound delivery • Create Billing
Process Flow Diagram Handling Unit Management for a Set of Products Warehouse Clerk Handling Unit Management for Production Order (226) Procurement w/o QM (130) Event Sales Administrator Shop Floor Specialist Billing Administrator Stock Transfer for F226-1 Create Sales Order Create Outbound Delivery with Order Reference Change Outbound Delivery - Pack Post Goods Issue Create Billing
Diagram Connection Legend <Function> Hardcopy / Document External to SAP Financial Actuals Business Activity / Event Budget Planning Unit Process Manual Process Process Reference Existing Version / Data Sub-Process Reference Process Decision System Pass/Fail Decision