Extended Case Calculation® – maximum filling level packages and pallets

Application areas

The pick-and-pack process is frequently used in the e-commerce sector. In this process, the goods are packed directly into the order package during picking. This eliminates subsequent packaging in shipping, which saves both time and money. With this concept, the size and contents of the shipping packages are already calculated in SAP EWM or SAP TM during production planning.

With traditional packaging methods, the shipping process can be very time-consuming and costly if many articles need to be dispatched. Again here, the suggestions generated during packaging planning can provide efficient support for your staff. To obtain an exact preview of the required cargo space for shipping or to implement either a system-based or fully automated palletising process, the calculated shipping units are re-planned as required in a second level of palletisation planning.

Using SAP EWM/TM Extended Case Calculation, all goods intended for storage, internal material flows or shipping can be optimally, cost-effectively and safely packed, palletised and shipped via guidance from the system.

By integrating a camera into the packaging process, the packages, their dimensions, position or orientation are recorded automatically. On the one hand, the master data is checked. On the other hand, the packing processes carried out on the basis of the packer's experience and know-how are taken into account for further packing proposals in the future. Recorded residual volumes are planned ad hoc for further articles.