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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To maintain handling units</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Maintenance</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>Handling unit</Level1>
			<Level2>maintain</Level2>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph><Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000432" role="glossary">Handling unit</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000433" role="glossary">handling unit structure</Link> maintenance include the following activities:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItemHead>Create handling unit</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can create new handling units and create a handling unit structure for the new handling unit in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Change handling unit details</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000358" role="manual">To change handling unit data</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Create handling unit structures</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link> to create handling unit structures or you can <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000359" role="manual">Manually create handling units and handling unit structure for items</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session. The easiest way to create a handling unit structure for an item is to define a package definition with a handling unit template for the item, and, if required, manually change the handling unit structure. Changing the handling unit structure can be required if, for example, goods must be repacked for shipping or storage.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Maintain handling unit structures</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session, the following commands are available for handling unit structure maintenance: <List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000355" role="manual">Create detail handling units</Link>
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					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000354" role="manual">Pack: to generate a handling unit for several items</Link>
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					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000356" role="manual">Unlink: remove a child handling unit from a parent handling unit</Link>
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					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000357" role="manual">Link: add a child handling unit to a parent handling unit</Link>
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					<ListItem>Move child handling unit to other parent handling unit. For this purpose, you first unlink the child handling unit from the parent, as discussed in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000356" role="manual">Unlink: remove a child handling unit from a parent handling unit</Link>. Next, you link the unlinked handling unit to another parent, as discussed in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000357" role="manual">Link: add a child handling unit to a parent handling unit</Link>.</ListItem>
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			<ListItemHead>Close handling unit</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can close handling units that are not being processed in the inbound or the outbound flow. You can close a handling unit if the handling unit has one of the following statuses: <List><ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#inactive" role="enum">Inactive</GUIRef>
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					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#open" role="enum">Open</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#stock" role="enum">In Stock</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#shipped" role="enum">Shipped</GUIRef>
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				</List>
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			<ListItemHead>Delete handling unit</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>You can delete a handling unit if the handling unit has the following status: <List><ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#inactive" role="enum">Inactive</GUIRef>
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					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#closed" role="enum">Closed</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>Alternatively, you can use drag-and-drop functionality in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Tree Structure</GUIRef> to maintain handling units and handling unit structures. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000388" role="manual">How to operate the Tree Structure</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Note that handling unit maintenance is subject to various conditions. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000395" role="manual">Handling unit maintenance conditions</Link>.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000342" role="manual">Handling unit structures</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000336" role="manual">To generate handling units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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