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EWM Packing: Cartons into a Pallet — Nested Handling Units

At a packing work center, picked goods are packed into three cartons, and the cartons onto one pallet. Each carton and the pallet is a handling unit with its own number; the pallet HU contains the carton HUs, so one scan moves all of them.

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Demo data

01Pick to the packing station

60 EA picked from PICK-02-05 to PACK-01.

Business scenario

A delivery of 60 EA of FG-2000 is packed per the packaging specification: 20 EA per carton, 3 cartons per pallet.

All companies, numbers and documents are fictional demo data.

Step-by-step flow

  1. 01

    Pick to the packing station open in twin

    60 EA picked from PICK-02-05 to PACK-01.

    Storage control can route outbound goods through packing before staging.

  2. 02

    Pack three cartons open in twin

    3 carton HUs of 20 EA each.

    The packaging specification tells the packer what goes where.

  3. 03

    How do the cartons travel? open in twin

    Three cartons go to the same customer. How should they be handled from here?

    Moving or loading the top HU moves everything inside.

  4. 04

    Three of everything open in twin

    Three tasks, three scans at loading and three items for the customer to check in — and a higher risk of one carton going missing.

    Nesting reduces handling and errors.

  5. 05

    Nest the cartons on a pallet HU open in twin

    Pallet HU-000000100 now contains the three cartons. Its label lists the cartons inside.

    The delivery's packing view shows the structure; the shipping notification can pass it to the customer.

  6. 06

    Stage and ship the pallet open in twin

    One task moves the pallet (and all 60 EA) to GI-ZONE; goods issue posts 601.

    Stock moved by moving the top HU.

  7. 07

    Shipped as one pallet open in twin

    Pick → 3 cartons → 1 pallet → stage → ship.

    Customers increasingly require labelled, nested HUs for their own receiving.

SAP documents

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Stock impact

StepPlant / SLocStock typeMvTChange
Pick to the packing station1000 / AFS · PICK-02-05Unrestricted use—−60 EA
Pick to the packing station1000 / AFS · PACK-01Unrestricted use—+60 EA
Stage and ship the pallet1000 / AFS · PACK-01Unrestricted use—−60 EA
Stage and ship the pallet1000 / AFS · GI-ZONEUnrestricted use—+60 EA
Stage and ship the pallet1000 / AFS · GI-ZONEUnrestricted use601−60 EA

Accounting impact

Goods issue

Typical

Stage and ship the pallet

  • Dr Cost of goods sold (GBB/VAX)₹72,000
  • Cr Inventory — finished goods (BSX)₹72,000

Standard COGS posting for the delivery.

Typical conceptual flow. Actual G/L accounts and posting behaviour depend on material valuation, automatic account determination and system configuration.

Movement type

  • 601GI for deliveryReversal: 602

Packs outbound goods into labelled, trackable units — and units into units — so they can be moved, loaded and received as a whole.

Transactions & Fiori apps

  • /SCWM/PACK — Packing — General
  • /SCWM/PACKSPEC — Packaging Specifications
  • /SCWM/MON — Warehouse Monitor
  • Pack Outbound DeliveriesAvailability depends on release and scope

Differences by SAP version

HU management in logistics (HUM) without EWM work centers.

Configuration

  • Packing work center and storage control

    Configuration dependent

    Whether outbound goods pass through packing.

  • HU number ranges and labels

    Configuration dependent

    Identification and printing (e.g. SSCC).

Prerequisites

  • Packaging materials (material type VERP, typical)
  • Packing work center
  • Packaging specification (optional)

Master data

Packaging specification
Quantities per level and packaging materials.

Organizational structure

  • Warehouse EW01

Tables

TableDescription
/SCWM/HUHDRHandling unit header (EWM) — requires configuration validation

Integration

  • SDHU data can be sent to the customer with the shipping notification.

Common errors

  • “Cannot pack into the pallet”

    Likely causes: Packaging material weight/volume limits; HU already closed

    Where to look: Packaging material master · HU status

Troubleshooting

Something went wrong? Work through these checks in order. They are diagnostic questions, not configuration instructions — confirm changes with your system owner.

  1. CHECK 1

    Packing

    • Packaging material limits?
    • Packaging specification found?

Interview questions

  • What is a nested handling unit?

    An HU that contains other HUs, e.g. cartons on a pallet. Moving or loading the top-level HU moves its contents; each level keeps its own number and label for tracking.

Quiz

Q1 · Multiple choice

What happens when a nested pallet HU is moved?

References

  • SAP SE — SAP Help Portal: Packing in EWM (source)
  • SAP SE — SAP Help Portal: Handling Units (source)

Explanations are original. They summarize standard behaviour; always validate against your system's release and configuration.

Version history

VersionChange
1.0.0Initial version.