Pack into Handling Unit(s)

Explanation

This activity is used to pack parts into the handling units.

This activity can be executed either manually per shipment, manually for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment, or automatically in the shipment flow. Whether or not to automatically pack into handling unit, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type, it can be defined that pack into handling unit should be performed at the execution of a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery. A consolidated shipment is defined as one departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When triggered from the consolidated shipment, the pack into handling unit is executed for all connected shipments.

Prerequisites

• A handling unit structure must exist.
• The part's handling unit capacity must be defined either per part catalog record or for the capacity requirement group.

System Effects

The parts are packed into the handling units as specified in the handling unit structure.

Window

Shipment
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Related Window Descriptions

Shipment
Shipment/Handling Unit Structure/Unattached Shipment Lines
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Procedure

To manually pack into handling unit on a shipment:

1. Open the Shipment window and search for the required shipment.
2. In the handling unit structure, select the shipment ID.
3. Click the Unattached Shipment Lines tab.
4. Right-click and then click Pack into Handling Unit(s).
5. The parts on the selected shipment lines are packed into the handling unit defined on the unattached shipment lines.

Optionally:

    1.    Open the Shipment window and search for the required shipment.
    2.    Right-click and and then click  Pack into Handling Unit(s).
    3.    All unattached shipment lines on the shipment are packed into the handling unit defined on the unattached shipment lines.

To automatically pack into handling unit:

1. Execute a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery.
2. Pack into handling unit will be executed according to the maximum handling unit capacity defined for the part, if the main activity has this defined as an optional event in the shipment type.

To manually pack into handling unit for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment:

1. Open the Consolidated Shipment window or the Consolidated Shipments window.
2. Search for the consolidated shipment for which you want to pack into handling unit for all connected shipments.
3. Right-click and and then click Pack into Handling Unit(s).
4. All unattached shipment lines on the shipments connected to the consolidated shipment are packed into the handling unit defined on the unattached shipment lines.