Summary:

The objective of this document is to explain the concept of Good receipt for inbound delivery
of Handling Unit managed stock which is managed in Pallet storage type in WM

Authors: Babu Pon Immanuel

Company: Deloitte Consulting India Pvt Ltd.

Created on: 28th December 2015

Author Bio:

Babu is an SAP MM Functional Consultant. He has 2 year of domain experience in

Construction equipment manufacturing and 2 years of SAP MM and WM support experience.
He is currently working in US global retail giant.

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Good receipt for inbound
delivery of Handling Unit stock
managed in Pallet storage type
in Warehouse Management

Babu Gnanadhas

12/28/2015

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Table of Contents

Summary.....................................................................................................................................................4
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................5
Prerequisites................................................................................................................................................6
Objective.....................................................................................................................................................7
Good receipt for inbound delivery of Handling Unit stock managed in Pallet storage type in Warehouse
Management...............................................................................................................................................8
Business scenario........................................................................................................................................9
Data...........................................................................................................................................................10
Define confirmation control key................................................................................................................11
Assign confirmation control key to delivery type......................................................................................12
Set item category relevant for Putaway....................................................................................................12
Maintain confirmation control key in vendor master................................................................................13
Create Purchase Order..............................................................................................................................14
Create Inbound Delivery............................................................................................................................14
Create Handling unit via inbound delivery................................................................................................16
Putaway with respect to inbound delivery................................................................................................18
Post Goods Receipt via Inbound Delivery..................................................................................................20

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Summary
The objective of this document is to explain the process of inbound delivery using Handling
Units. This document explains the process of how to do Goods receipt in warehouse
managed storage location for material which has load carrier and also handling unit
managed

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Introduction
In Beverage industry, the bottles are packed and stored in pallets. Based on the order from Retail
industry, these Bottles along with load carrier are being shipped from vendor location. As soon as it
reaches the Retail store, inbound delivery is initiated. These bottles are packed in handling units which
in-turn will create storage units. These handling units are put away in warehouse. The good receipt is
being done for put away quantity.

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Prerequisites

 Define confirmation control key

 Maintain confirmation control key in vendor master and Purchase information record

 Maintain the proper assignment for Inbound Delivery Type and Item Categories.

 Maintain item category relevant for Put away.

 Maintain Storage unit management active for storage unit

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Objective
The objective of this document is to have a closer look at the Good receipt for inbound
delivery of HU managed stock which is managed in Pallet storage type in WM

A handling unit is a physical unit that consists of the packaging materials (load carrier /
packaging material) and the goods contained therein. A handling unit is always a
combination of materials and packaging materials. In Warehouse Management, inventory at
HU-managed storage locations is generally managed by using storage units. This occurs
regardless of whether Storage Unit Management is activated for a storage type. However, if
a storage type has a put away strategy, Storage Unit Management must be active in order
to be able to put away handling units.

The general procedure for the above process is as follow.

First, Purchase order (P.O) is created. Then Inbound Delivery is created with respect to P.O.
After this, it is packed using Pack in Inbound delivery option. This will create simultaneous
Storage unit number. Put away into warehouse will follow after which Goods receipt is
done.

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Good receipt for inbound delivery of Handling Unit stock managed in Pallet storage type in
Warehouse Management

Purchase order created for

material

Advance Ship notification

(Inbound Delivery)

Packaging of IBD material

Putaway of Packed material

Good receipt

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Business scenario
A typical Retail beverage industry place an order for number of bottles. As soon as the order
is received by supplier, the supplier acknowledges the order and send advanced shipment
notification to retail stating confirmation of the order and expected the date for the order
delivery.

This will be keyed in as inbound delivery in the order.

As soon as the supplier ships the order, it will reach the door of the warehouse managed
storage location.

The Storekeeper pack the bottles in cartons.

Then putaway happens which completes the inbound delivery with goods receipt process.

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Data

The following are the data used throughout this document.

System: EH5 (Client: 950)

Company code1: 1000

Plant1: 1000

Storage location1: 0001

Material used: MAT1000

Warehouse number: WHN

Packing material: CARTON

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Define confirmation control key

Menu SPRO >> Materials Management >> Purchasing >>

Confirmation >> Define internal confirmation categories

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Assign confirmation control key to delivery type

Menu SPRO >> Materials Management >> Purchasing >>

Confirmation >> Define internal confirmation categories

Set item category relevant for Putaway

Menu SPRO >> Logistics Execution >> Warehouse Management >>

Shipping >> Deliveries >> Define item categories for
deliveries

Item category ELN should be set relevant for putaway

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Maintain confirmation control key in vendor master

T code XK02

Menu SAP Menu->Logistics->Materials Management->Purchasing-

>Master Data->Vendor->Central->Change

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Create Purchase Order

T code ME21N

Menu SAP Easy Access >>Logistics >> Materials Management >>

Purchasing >> Purchase Order >> Create – Vendor/Supplying
Plant unknown

Create Inbound Delivery

T code VL31N

Menu SAP Menu->Logistics->Materials Management->Purchasing-

>Purchase Order->Inbound Delivery->Create

Inbound Delivery is created with respect to Purchase Order.

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Create Handling unit via inbound delivery
Click on pack button to pack the material

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Handling unit has been created

Putaway with respect to inbound delivery

Create transfer order with respect to inbound delivery

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Post Goods Receipt via Inbound Delivery

T code VL32n

Menu SAP Menu->Logistics->Materials Management->Purchasing-

>Purchase Order->Inbound Delivery->Change

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Reference:

http://help.sap.com

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