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SAP HU - SAP Handling Unit Management

(HUM)

The SAP HU is used for tracking the handling units used by the materials. Some

common handling units are packagings materials like cartons, pallets etc.

In the SAP system, the handling unit (HU) expands on the shipping unit. Handling units

can be nested and you can also create ne handling units !rom se"eral handling units as

o!ten as you like. At the material item le"el, HUs contain the complete material

identi!ication, the #uantity, and, in the case o! serial numbers, the respecti"e ob$ect list.

Handling units ha"e uni#ue,

scannable identi!ication numbers that can be de"eloped according to standards such as

%A& ' or SS**.

Handling units contain all in"entory management in!ormation o! the materials they

contain that are maintained in In"entory +anagement. here are also status messages

that you can call up at any time that indicate hether a handling unit is only planned or

i! the ship-to party has been noti!ied o! the arri"al o! this handling unit, or hether it is

in the arehouse or has already been posted to goods issue. he integrated history

!unction also records each business process in

the li!e cycle o! each handling unit, meaning that you can track the handling units path

and de"elopment at any time.

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In HU-managed storage locations, all goods mo"ements are executed through the

speci!ication o! the respecti"e HUs, and In"entory +anagement is per!ormed through

the handling units. I! you are orking ithout HU-managed storage locations, you can

ork ith handling units (ithout stock in!ormation) as be!ore in the deli"ery and in the

shipment.

In HU-managed storage locations, materials can be managed in HUs only. +ixed stock

made up o! packed and non-packed materials ithin the same storage location are not

supported. HUs can also be managed in interim storage types. Unpacking a material

!rom a HU means that the stock o! the material is posted to a storage location that is not

HU-managed.

I! you call up normal material mo"ements in connection ith an HU-managed storage

location, a deli"ery is created, rather than a direct material posting, hich has been the

 procedure up to no.

Please note that i! you ant to use 4'' to mo"e the material already in stock, but in a

non HU+ Storage 1ocation and you ant to trans!er those materials into a HU+

Storage 1ocation 456. I! this is the case you can use the transaction VLMOV ith the

destination plant and storage location. 7e!ore that you ha"e to create the HU ith the

transaction code HU!" Storage location0 here the material is and the status0 in stock.

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Handling units are uni#ue at client le"el in at least one system. Using an indicator at

client le"el, you can control hether you are going to ork ith the HU !unctions. Since

the handling unit is a physical unit, the central logistics processes are controlled through

the input o! the handling unit identi!ication. hese processes include putaay, picking,

and stock trans!ers, as ell as goods receipts and goods issues.

A handling units mobility can be limited i! #uality checks are acti"e. *hanges in the

stock category caused by a #uality inspection are made using a posting change in the

handling unit.

here is also a report a"ailable that you can use to !ind and display handling units using

di!!erent selection criteria such as material, packing instruction, or storage location.

Although the handling unit is basically a unit that remains constant in the system, you

can change it by repacking the materials it contains. All the packing !unctions, such as

 packing, repacking, and unpacking, are completely supported by the handling unit

!unctionality. In this ay, handling units can be created in production, during goods

receipt, or in the packing areas o! the arehouse. I! you ha"e automatic packing, the

handling unit is created !rom the packaging proposals de!ined in the system (!rom the

 packing instructions, !or example).