Packaging

Specifications
Supply Chain Execution
SCM 5.0

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 Packaging Specification

Packaging specifications are:

Master data that define all the necessary packing levels for a product in
order to put away the product or transport it.
For a product, a packaging specification mainly describes in which
quantities the product is packed into which packaging materials in
which sequence.
In printed form, a packaging specification is:
A set of instructions for the employee in the warehouse.
The work steps that you enter in a packaging specification are intended as
information for the employee. In this way you can, for example, give
the employee exact instructions as to where to place the label on
a box, or how a product should be stacked onto a pallet.
The system can find packaging specifications during various processes.
Processes that determine packaging specifications often use only parts or
specific attributes from the packaging specification.

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„ A packaging specification is master data. The packaging specification defines all the necessary packing
levels for a product in order, for example, to put away or transport the product. For a product, a packaging
specification mainly describes in which quantities you can pack the product into which packaging
materials in which sequence.

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 Definition ‘Packaging Specification’

SAPterm Defintion:

A document containing information on how to package a product for

storage or pack a product for shipping. A packaging specification
contains:

- product and quantities

- combinations of packaging materials and packaging work steps.

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 Elements of a Packaging Specification

‰ Header
Spec name, created by, status…

‰ Condition Record(s)
Business keys for which this pack spec applies (supplier, warehouse, product …)

‰ Content(s)
Which product is packaged and in which quantity (or reference to another pack spec)

‰ Level(s)
Describes how the product is packaged (first into a small box and then on pallets)

‰ Element(s)
A packaging material or a work step

‰ Packaging Material
Product with packaging material type in material master
‰ Step
Text which can be used in multiple pack specs

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„ Header: Name: PS1, Status: New

Contents: product A, 1 piece
Level 1: Target quantity 1, element group EG1
Element group EG1:
Element E1: packaging material ‘Small box’, work step ‘Place 1 piece upright in each box’
Element E2: additional packaging material ‘Label’, work step ‘Place label on upper left’
Level 2: Target quantity 50, shift quantity 10, element group EG2
Element group EG2:
Element E3: packaging material ‘Pallet’, work step ‘Place boxes layer by layer onto pallet’

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 Packaging Spec Structure

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 Processes
Processes using
using Packaging
Packaging Specifications
Specifications

Inb. Delivery/ASN Putaway TO Removal TO Pick-HU Deployment

Slotting ATP Sourcing
Proposal

Automatic Palletization
HU creation Warehouse Order Rounding Rules
Data

ICH EWM Planning

Pack.Specification

Cond.
iPPE
techn.

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„ In both the Inventory Collaboration Hub (ICH) and in Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), you can
use the same packaging specification for an inbound delivery or an ASN that you then use for the
Automatic Packing process.
„ Packaging specifications use the database engine of iPPE to write to the database.
„ The condition technique is used to determine packaging specifications.

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 Packaging Specification Determination

The following processes in EWM use Packaging Specification

Determination (condition technique):

ƒ Automatic Packing in the Inbound Delivery

ƒ Packaging material determination during warehouse order
creation
ƒ Packaging material determination during outbound delivery
ƒ Packaging material determination during deconsolidation
ƒ Slotting
ƒ Internal Warehouse Processes (palletization data, operative
unit of measure determination)

In Service Parts Planning (SPP):

ƒ ATP Sourcing Rounding Rules

ƒ MM Deployment Rounding Rules

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 Packing Possibilities

ƒ Packing in the Work Center

ƒ Automatic Packing in the Inbound Delivery
ƒ Packing during Warehouse Task Confirmation
ƒ Deconsolidation using Radio Frequency
ƒ Packing using Radio Frequency

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