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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 unit’s 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 unit’s 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).
A Step by Step Guide to the SAP Handling Unit Management Configurations
The SAP Handling Unit Management system allows you to manage the entire movement of the handling units and the materials they contain rather than tracking each material individually.
This paper is for the HUM Delivery although some of the contents is related to Inventory under the Logistics General modules.
Table of Contents
Objective
IMG Menu – The Starting Point
Handling Unit Management Overview
Start of HUM Outbound Deliveries Manual Packing Configuration
Define Number Ranges for Handling Units
Define Packaging Material Types
Define Material Group for Packaging Materials
Define Allowed Packaging Materials
Use Handling Unit Supplements
Maintain Goods Movements for Handling Unit Stock-Posting
Define User Status Profile
Set QM Check and Delivery Type for Each Movement Type
HU Requirement for Storage Locations and Default Values for Deliveries
Packing Control By Item Category
Define Requirements for Packing in the Delivery
Delivery Type Determination
Set Unique Number Assignment for HU Identification
Number Range Maintenance for HU Identification
Define Number Assignment for Each Packaging Material Type
Delivery Output type for Packing List
Maintain the Delivery Output Determination Procedure
What else to maintain after the Manual Handling Units Configurations?
Start of the Automatic Packaging Configuration
Define Number Ranges for Packing Instructions
Define Determination Type for Packing Instructions
Define Number Ranges for Packing Instruction Determination Records
What else to maintain after the necessary Automatic Packaging Configurations?
Appendix A: How to do Manual Packing for Non-Assigned Handlings Units?
Appendix B: Scenario 1 – How to do Manual Packing by Delivery Item?
Appendix C: Scenario 2 – How to Manual Pack the Materials into Pallets?
Appendix 😧 How to do Automatic Packing?
Appendix E: How to do Goods Movement for Handling Unit Material?
Appendix F: How to Unpack the Handling Unit Material?
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/LOHU/LOHU.pdf
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