Handling Unit Management (4MM)

A handling unit is a physical unit consisting of packaging materials (load carriers or packing material) and the goods contained on or in it. A handling unit is always a combination of products and packaging materials. All the information contained in the product items (for example, about batches) is retained in the handling units and is always available. 

This scope item sets up packaging of materials in outbound, inbound, inventory and production, including batches and serial numbers. Because it only includes the steps for packaging, it requires a standard process scope item to work with.

Key Process Steps Covered

• Execute packing manually in Outbound Delivery
• Execute packing automatically in Outbound Delivery
• Manage handling units in inventory
• Execute packing manually in Inbound Delivery
• Execute packing automatically in Inbound Delivery
• Plan and create handling units in discrete and process manufacturing
• Confirm handling units in production (discrete and process)
• Execute Intracompany
• Execute Intercompany Stock Transfer
• Execute Intercompany Stock Transfer Return
• Execute Customer Consignment

Benefits

• Use a unique identifier across all locations (such as GTL, SSCC, or other number formats)
• Print labels
• Reflect packing-based logistic structures across logistic unit levels - such as production and distribution, across plants, or across a plant and customer (Outbound)
• Track movements of packed goods in logistics easily

Where is Handling Unit Management(4MM) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

• As a core function of Logistics Material Identification within Supply Chain Scope Item Group

Process flow of Handling Unit Management (4MM)

• Best Practices of SAP S/4HANA On Premise *1
• Best Practices of SAP S/4HANA Cloud *2
• Best Practices of SAP Analytics Cloud *2
• Best Practices of Robotics Process Automation(RPA) with SAP Leonardo *2

• RISE with SAP
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud
• SAP on Azure
• Business Process Management