Need to maintain material view -unit of measure will be eaches or boxes ?

[Former Member]

My warehouse receives material in boxes per example 4 per box. But i will palletize as 12 per pallet. How can my warehouse maintain the stock keeping unit?. Is it going to be eaches or boxes.and what will be unit of measure also..

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

I usually define the stock keeping unit (base unit) with the smallest unbreakable unit that is used for a goods issue.

I you always issue a complete box and never give away just 1 EA, then you can use boxes.

But if you then would have the situation to issue 2 ea from the box, then SAP would show 0,5 Boxes in stock, does this really make sense: having a half box in the warehouse?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Jurgan , i do goods issue only in boxes but i have one scenario that if from a box of 4 eaches one unit is damaged and another 3 is OK. Now you have to keep one each in your warehouse and other 3 you sent to customers. How do you map this scenario?

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

because such scenarios can happen, my base unit would be each for this material.

I can define boxes and pallets as alternative units, the can then be used as order units in purchasing or sales units in SD or a warehouse units in WM.

[former_member199502 · Accepted solution]

Hi ,

In Your case EACH will be the base unit,Box wil be the issuing unit (work scheduling view) and Purchasing unit

(purchasing unit) and pallet the Sale unit(sales view)

define conversions in additional data tab in material master.

Please follow the steps to do this in the link

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/x/E4zjBw

hope it helps