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Auto TU and Vehicle creation though PPF- SAP EWM
Introduction: Now a days businesses are asking to create the automatic TU (Transportation Unit) creation once the PO &IBD created though ASN.
So, in this Blog I am going to explain the TU configuration and automatic TU & vehicle creation through PPF actions.
So, this blogs are categorized as below sections:
- TU and Vehicle configuration steps in S4 and EWM
- PPF Configurations
- Testing
A)
IN S4:
- Define Packaging Material Types for Shipping
Path: Logistics – General-Handling Unit Management- Basics- Define Packaging Material Types for Shipping
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- Define Material Group for Packaging Materials
Path: Logistics – General-Handling Unit Management- Basics – Define Material Group for Packaging Materials
- Define Allowed Packaging Materials
Path: Logistics – General- Handling Unit Management- Basics- Define Allowed Packaging Materials
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- Number Range Maintenance for HU Identification
Path: Logistics – General – Handling Unit Management- External Identification- Number Range Maintenance for HU Identification
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EWM side Configuration for TU:
- Define Packaging Material Types for Warehousing
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Handling Units- Basics- Define Packaging Material Types for Warehousing
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- Maintain Allowed Packaging Material Types for Packing Group
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Handling Units- Basics- Maintain Allowed Packaging Material Types for Packing Group
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- Define Number Range for HU Identification
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Handling Units- External Identification- Define Number Range for HU Identification
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- Assign Number Range Intervals to Packaging Material Types
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Handling Units- External Identification- Assign Number Range Intervals to Packaging Material Types.
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- Maintain Means of Transport
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- SCM Basis- Master Data- Master Data for Decentralized EWM- Transportation Lane- Maintain Means of Transport
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- Deactivate Shipping and Receiving for Warehouse
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Shipping and Receiving- General Settings- Deactivate Shipping and Receiving for Warehouse
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- Define Number Range Interval for Transportation Units
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Shipping and Receiving- Number Ranges- Define Number Range Interval for Transportation Units
Define Number Range Interval for Vehicles
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- General Settings for Shipping and Receiving
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Shipping and Receiving- General Settings- General Settings for Shipping and Receiving
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- Define Control Parameters for Forming Vehicles/Transportation Units
Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management- Extended Warehouse Management- Cross-Process Settings- Shipping and Receiving- General Settings- Define Control Parameters for Forming Vehicles/Transportation Units
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14.Link between packaging material and means of transport
T-CODE: /N/SCWM/PM_MTR
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- B) PPF CONFIGURATIONS:
T-CODE: SPPFCADM
15.Application: /SCDL/DELIVERY
Action Profile: /SCWM/PDI_01
Action Definition: ZTU/SCWM/PDI_01_WT_CREATE
b2
Method: /SCWM/WHR_CREATE_VEHICLE
b3
16.Condition Configuration
T-CODE: SPPFCADM
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C)Testing:
1.Create IBD- VL31N
2.Maintain IBD- /N/SCWM/PRDI
c3
c4
T-Code: /N/SCWM/TU
c5
You can clearly see the particularly created TU has the assigned IBD to it.
Conclusion: By above steps I hope you understand the configuration steps of TU and PPF action setup and testing of TU and vehicle .
Very informative , thanks for sharing..!!
Hi Rohela,
Such an informative blog!!
I have a query here, following this PPF process, can we link multiple IBDs to single TU?
I mean is it possible to link new IBDs to existing TU automatically through PPF?
Hi,
some things I do not understand:
- in step 10 you DEactivate Shipping and Receiving for Warehouse. Why? Especially if in the steps following you set up all the things in shipping and receiving. The flag is not necessary, all it does is that the activation of yard management is not possible.
- you define a means of transport ZTU and a packaging material type ZTU - these things have nothing to do with each other. The packaging material type is relevant for your packaging material. It does not have to be the same as the means of transport. You need to connect the packaging material and the means of transport (step 14), that is correct. You use a pack material TU4000, but I don't know if this is assigned to this packaging material group, you don't show that. And again, it is not necessary.
- the action profile /SCWM/PDI_01 (shown is step 1B PPF Configurations) uses the common profile /SCDL/PRD_CMMN. This common profile includes the action /SCWM/PRD_CREATE_VEH, which uses the method /SCWM/WHR_CREATE_VEHICLE. You assigned this method to your new action ZTU/SCWM/PDI_01_WT_CREATE (what is that? you copied the action for the WT creation???). And that's why you have now two PDF actions in the inbound delivery (see 2 Maintain IBD) - and I don't think that the second one does anything. The one in the common profile is enough.
So, no sure how helpful this really is.
Brgds
Juergen
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Hello Rohela,
How can i communicate start an End load derlivery time from ecc to ewm ?