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Every Distribution Center follows Shipping & Receiving functions based on their core

business processes. In general, A Truck will arrival/departure at checkpoint with

planned yard movements and then the truck units will unload/load with goods
movements (Goods receipt and Goods issue). All these functions can be processed

from Transportation Unit in SAP EWM. This blog post will explain the important
functions of SAP transportation Unit.

SAP Transportation Unit is very important in Shipping &Receiving function. SAP SAP

Transportation Unit (TU) will allow you to process many complex functions in a single
transaction code. A SAP transportation unit is a smallest loadable unit of a vehicle that

is used to transport goods. The TU can be a xed part of the vehicle. 

Receiving hundreds of handling units/deliveries at one time from a TU is possible.

Posting goods issue of hundreds of Handling units/deliveries at one time from TU.
Set up Bill of Lading outputs from TU with with di erent status points with PPF-post

processing frame work.

The easiest way to GR/GI large volume of delivery items is possible through
transportation Unit.

You map transportation units as handling units (HUs) and assign packaging materials

to them. By linking these packaging materials to means of transport and you also
de ne the direction activity either Inbound or Outbound TU.

Prerequisites to Create a SAP Transportation Unit (TU) TOP

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Process Transportation Unit (/SCWM/TU) Create a means of transport. Below you can

see con guration points and master data required to create a TU.

De ne number ranges for vehicles, TUs, and shipping and receiving activities.

Customizing under   SCM Extended Warehouse Management  > Extended Warehouse

Management  > Cross-Process Settings  Shipping and Receiving  Number Ranges.

De ne whether the means of transport is relevant to shipping and receiving

(assignment as TU, vehicle, or both) and de ne additional parameters, for example,

number ranges and action pro le.

For more information, see De ne Control Parameters for Forming

Vehicles/Transportation Units in Customizing under   SCM Extended Warehouse

Management > Extended Warehouse Management > Cross-Process Settings  >

Shipping and Receiving  > General Settings  De ne Control Parameters for Forming

Vehicles/Transportation Units

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De ne a packaging material type with the packaging material category A (Means of

Transport, Transport Element, Transport Unit).

For more information, see De ne Packaging Material Types in Customizing under  

SCM Extended Warehouse Management > Extended Warehouse Management 

>Goods Receipt Process  Slotting  In uencing Parameters >  Packaging Material

Determination  >De ne Packaging Material Types  .

Create a packaging material with the packaging material type de ned previously.

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To do so, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Extended Warehouse

Management> Master Data   Product Maintain Product.

Link the packaging material to the means of transport.

To do so, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Extended Warehouse

Management > Settings Shipping and Receiving Link Between Packaging Material (TU)

and Means of Transport  .

TU Process

Load & Unload: You use this process to load and unload your SAP vehicles and SAP

transportation unit (TUs). For simple loading and unloading processes, you load or

unload your deliveries (outbound delivery orders or inbound deliveries) or handling

units and thereby automatically trigger a status change.

For complex loading and unloading processes, you create warehouse tasks (WTs) and

move the handling units into or out of the warehouse. For example, during unloading

you bring the goods from the door (source storage bin) to the staging area or to a

deconsolidation area or inspection area (destination storage bin).

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You can post a goods receipt or a goods issue at di erent times during the loading and
unloading process. For example, you can post goods issue without loading, or you can

post goods issue after loading. The above TU transaction screen shows the Actions

like Load,Unload,Block,Unblock,Door,Checkpoint and Goods movement.

You can post stock receipts and stock issues that result from goods receipts and

goods issues and stock is with TU.

The above SAP TU transaction screen shows the Actions like Assigning

deliveries/HU’s/ASN’s to a TU and Arrival/Departure &Yard movements for the TU

can be performed. The below TU status screen contains all the Status types with

status display

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Printer and Form Determination in Shipping and Receiving

/SCWM/SR_PRINT – Set Up Printer and Form Determination

You can use printer and form determination to control which printer is used and which

type of form is to be printed.

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Printer determination :You can use criteria to de ne which printer is to be used. If you
do not de ne any criteria, the printer that you have speci ed in the user pro le in your
system is used automatically. Printer determination is the same for transportation units

(TUs) and vehicles.

Form determination : For automatic printing, you can use criteria to specify which form,

in other words, which Smart Form, is to be printed.

Example :You can print freight lists on a carrier-speci c basis. A separate form
determination is available for TUs and vehicles.

Example: By default, form determination via the Post Processing Framework (PPF) is

used.

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Activities: To con gure printer and form determination, on the SAP Easy Access screen,
choose Extended Warehouse Management ® Settings ® Shipping and Receiving  ®
Con gure Printer and Form Determination.

see below mandatory elds that required to create a TU from n/scwm/tu

now see below important con gurations for the above TU mandatory elds

De ne Packaging Material Types

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This task allows you to de ne the packaging material types for transportation. In this
IMG activity, you de ne the packaging material types that will be matched with the

Means of Transport values de ned. The packaging material type needs to be de ned
in the R/3 system and in EWM. Packaging material types are set up for each type of
truck or trailer that will be tracked separately in the system and, for consistency, the

entries in EWM should match the entries in R/3.

SPRO>EWM>Cross-Process Settings>Handling Units>Basics>De ne Packaging

Material Types

Maintain Means of Transport

This task allows you to create and set values for a Means of Transport. A Means of
Transport contains values for dimensions, volume, and weight related to TUs. Also, it

contains values used for transportation planning. A di erent Means of Transport should
be created for each di erent type of TU that will enter the Yard.

SPRO>Advanced Planning and Optimization> Master Data>Transportation

Lane>Maintain Means of Transport

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Packaging Material Master Data Records

The EWM product master data record for the packaging material should contain the
same packaging material type and HU Type as in ERP. Changes made in ERP will be

automatically communicated to EWM, however changes in EWM are not

communicated to ERP. For this reason, all maintenance of the packaging material for

these elds should occur in ERP.

Create a Link Between Packaging Material and Means of Transport

This task allows you to assign which Packaging Material will be used with a speci c

Means of Transport.
/SCWM/PM_MTR
SAP Easy Access>EWM>Settings>Shipping and Receiving>Link Between Packaging

Material (TU) and Means of Transport

 Transaction Codes:
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Maintain Vehicle (/SCWM/VEH)

Maintain Transportation Unit (/SCWM/TU)

Arrival at/Departure from Checkpoint (/SCWM/CICO)

GI LOADtransaction (/SCWM/LOAD)

GR Unload transaction (/SCWM/UNLOAD).

De ne Packaging Material Types

This task allows you to de ne the packaging material types for transportation. In this

IMG activity, you de ne the packaging material types that will be matched with the
Means of Transport values de ned in section 3.6 below.

The packaging material type needs to be de ned in the R/3 system and in EWM.

Packaging material types are set up for each type of truck or trailer that will be tracked
separately in the system and, for consistency, the entries in EWM should match the

entries in R/3.

SPRO  EWM  Cross-Process Settings  Handling Units  Basics  De ne

Packaging Material Types

Tables:

/SCWM/TU_DLV              Assignment of Deliveries and HUs to Transportation Units

/SCWM/TU_STATUS      Status of Transportation Unit Activities

/SCWM/TUNIT                TU &other GUID’s

PPFTSFPRT2     PPF triggered printer related details.

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