Cartonization Planning - Wave
Application component: Work Center
App type: SAP GUI
Description: You can use this function of automatic cartonization planning to have the system create planned shipping handling units (PSHUs) for waves based on predefined algorithms. 
Key features: Selection of Waves for Cartonization Planning You can select waves by the following criteria: Organizational data: warehouse numberWave cutoff date and timeWave number  Selection of Outbound Delivery Order Items for Cartonization Planning When you start cartonization planning for waves, the system selects outbound delivery order items that fulfill the following criteria: The delivery item is assigned to the selected wave.In case of split items, the split item is assigned to the selected wave.The delivery item has a process profile for cartonization planning in which the Create Planned Shipping HUs for Waves checkbox is selected.For more information, see Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management under Goods Issue Process  Cartonization Planning  Define Process Profiles for Cartonization Planning.   Execution of Cartonization Planning in Case of Existing PSHUs If a previous cartonization planning already created PSHUs, the system calculates for each selected outbound delivery order item how much quantity is not packed into PSHUs yet and is thus still available for cartonization planning. For each delivery item, the system then compares the unpacked quantities with the selected quantities: If the unpacked quantities are smaller than the selected quantities, the system cancels cartonization planning and does not create further PSHUs for the selected delivery items. See Example 1 below.If the unpacked quantities are equal or larger than the selected quantities, the system carries out cartonization planning and creates further PSHUs for the selected delivery items. See Example 2 below.  Grouping of Outbound Delivery Order Items Before executing the algorithms, the system groups outbound delivery order items that are to be packed together. During cartonization planning, the system processes each group independently of other groups. Delivery items from different groups are not planned to be packed together in the same PSHU. In cartonization planning for waves, the standard system uses wave numbers as one of the grouping criteria. As a consequence, the system does not assign delivery items of different waves to the same PSHU. To modify the standard grouping of outbound delivery order items before executing the cartonization planning algorithms, you need to implement the Business Add-In (BAdI) method GROUP_ITEMS. For more information, see Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management under Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Extended Warehouse Management  Goods Issue Process  Cartonization Planning  BAdI: Pre- and Postprocessing of CAP Algorithms.  Execution Mode Besides creating PSHUs, you can also use this function in the following execution modes: SimulationIn simulation mode, you can test cartonization planning without creating PSHUs in the database. DeletionIf you have already carried out cartonization planning, you can delete the existing PSHUs before starting cartonization planning for outbound delivery orders. For more information about other ways of deleting PSHUs, see Deletion of Planned Shipping Handling Units.   Application Log You can activate the application log to store information about the execution of cartonization planning.