Pack According to Handling Unit Capacity

Explanation

This activity is used to automatically pack parts into the handling units according to the handling unit capacity defined for the handling unit type(s).

In inventory this activity can be triggered manually for stock records that have a quantity available. It is possible to define packing of one or several different handling unit types at the same time. It is also possible to either define the quantity to pack or the number of handling units desired for packing.

In receipt this activity can be manually executed for receipt lines that have quantity available in Arrival or QA location which are not already connected to a handling unit. This option will not be enabled for receipt lines already in picking locations.

In shipment 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

System Effects

Window

Handling Unit
Inventory Part In Stock
Receipt
Shipment
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Related Window Descriptions

Handling Unit
Handling Unit/Structure
Inventory Part In Stock
Receipt/Detail
Shipment
Shipment/Handling Unit Structure/Unattached Shipment Lines
Consolidated Shipment
Consolidated Shipments

Procedure

From Handling Unit window:

  1. Open the Handling Unit window.
  2. Query for an existing handling unit.
  3. Click the Structure tab to view the handling unit structure details.
  4. Click the Unattached Inventory Parts In Stock tab.
  5. Select the record you want to attach, right-click and then click Pack According to Handling Unit Capacity.
  6. On the dialog box that appears, enter either a quantity to pack or number of handling units per handling unit type to be packed. Click OK.
  7. The new handling units created can be viewed in the Handling Units tab. Note that if applied on a handling unit in the navigator, that handling unit ID will be parent to the created handling units.

From Inventory Part In Stock window:

  1. Open the Inventory Part In Stock window.
  2. Query for the inventory part in stock records to be packed. Note that only records with qty available >0 will be possible to attach to a handling unit.
  3. Select the record you want to attach, right-click and then click Pack According to Handling Unit Capacity.
  4. On the dialog box that appears, either enter a quantity to pack or number of handling units per handling unit type to be packed. Click OK.
  5. The record attached/packed to handling unit(s) updates the stock records regarding availability quantity and new inventory part in stock records are created for the packed parts.
  6. Click OK when asked to view the created handling unit(s). Then the Handling Units in Stock window is opened with the created handling unit(s).
  7. The complete handling unit(s) with its content can be viewed in the Handling Unit window.

From Receipt window:

  1. Open the Receipt window.
  2. Query for the receipt records to be packed. Note that only records with qty available >0 will be possible to attach to a handling unit. (only in Arrival/QA locations)
  3. Select the record you want to attach, right-click and then click Pack According to Handling Unit Capacity.
  4. On the dialog box that appears, enter either a quantity to pack or number of handling units per handling unit type to be packed. Click OK.
  5. The record attached/packed to handling unit(s) updates the receipt records regarding availability quantity and new receipt records are created for the packed parts. The complete handling unit(s) with its content can be viewed in the Handling Unit window or Handling Units In Receipt window.

 

From Shipment window

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 According to Handling Unit Capacity.
  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 According to Handling Unit Capacity.
  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.

From Consolidated Shipment window

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.into In
  2. Search for the consolidated shipment for which you want to pack into handling unit for all connected shipments.
  3. Right-click and then click Pack According to Handling Unit Capacity.
  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.