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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To set up handling units</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Set up handling unit</Level1>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>To make the handling unit functionality meet the requirements of your organization, you must define some data as outlined in the following procedure. You can specify how handling units are used for particular items, warehouses, and/or business partners. For example, you can specify how items that go to a particular customer must be packed, or how items are stored in a particular warehouse.</Paragraph>
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	<ProcedureSection><Steps><Step><StepTitle><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common Data</GUIRef> setup</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common Data</GUIRef>, define the following data:</Paragraph>
				<List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">Masks</Link> for handling units. Optionally, you can define masks according to the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000413" role="glossary">serial-shipping container code (SSCC)</Link> standard for handling units.</ListItem>
					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#PackagItem.wh" role="glossary">Packaging items</Link> that are used as handling units and/or auxiliary packing materials. Auxiliary packaging materials are included in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000357" role="glossary">package definitions</Link>.</ListItem>
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			<Step><StepTitle>Parameter settings</StepTitle>
				<ProcedureList><ListIntro>In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehouse Management</GUIRef>, you must set various parameters.</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd0100s000" role="session">Master Data Parameters (whwmd0100s000)</GUIRef> session, select the preferred settings for the following fields: <List><ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd0100s000#whwmd000.uhnd" role="formfield">Handling Units in Use</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units for the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh" role="package">Warehouse Management</GUIRef> package.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the mask that must be used to generate handling unit codes in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd0100s000#whwmd000.dlmc" role="formfield">Handling Unit Mask</GUIRef> field. This mask is the default mask for all handling units. On item and warehouse level, you can define more specific masks.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the number group for handling unit templates in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd0100s000#whwmd000.htng" role="formfield">Number Group for HU Template</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the series for handling unit templates in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd0100s000#whwmd000.htsr" role="formfield">Series for HU Template</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
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					</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Select the preferred option of the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.gehu" role="fieldhelp">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</Link> option list of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session to enable automatic generation of handling units from ASNs for items that are not related to warehouses.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>In the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2105m000" role="session">WMS Integration Parameters (whwmd2105m000)</Link> session, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2105m000#whwmd205.uhnd" role="formfield">Handling Units in Use</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units for integrated WMS systems.</ListItem>
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			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Warehousing master data setup</StepTitle>
				<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To set up warehousing master data, proceed as follows:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Define label layouts for handling units if you use labels to identify and/or process goods in the warehouse. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000322" role="manual">Label setup</Link>.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Define <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000357" role="glossary">package definitions</Link> to set up packing structures for items by means of handling units. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000338" role="manual">The use of package definitions</Link>, and <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000334" role="manual">To define package definitions</Link>.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Define handling unit data for items in the following fields of the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000" role="session">Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000)</Link> session: <ProcedureList><ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.pkdf" role="formfield">Package Definition</GUIRef> field, select the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000357" role="glossary">package definition</Link> that must be used to create handling units for the item.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.uhnd" role="formfield">Handling Units in Use</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units for the selected item.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.vers" role="formfield">Handling Unit Version Controlled</GUIRef> check box to specify that version numbers must be maintained for handling units for which splitting is enabled.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.lveh" role="formfield">Log Version History</GUIRef> check box to specify that history records are generated for version-controlled handling units.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.thus" role="formfield">Track Handling Unit Status</GUIRef> check box to enable history maintenance for each status change of a handling unit.</ListItem>
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					<ListItem>In the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</Link> session, set the following controls for the use handling units for items related to warehouses: <ProcedureList><ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000#whwmd400.pkdf" role="formfield">Package Definition</GUIRef> field, select the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000357" role="glossary">package definition</Link> that must be used to create handling units for the item.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.uhnd" role="formfield">Handling Units in Use</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units for items in specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.uhir" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Receipt</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in receipts for items related to specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.uhoa" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Outbound Inspection</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in outbound inspections for items related to specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.uhii" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Inbound Inspection</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in inbound inspections for items related to specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.uhin" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Inventory</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in inventory for items related to specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.uhis" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Shipment</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units for shipment of items related to specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.gehu" role="formfield">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</GUIRef> field, specify how SSA ERP must generate handling units from ASNs that refer to items linked to selected warehouses.</ListItem>
						</ProcedureList>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Define handling unit data for warehouses in the following fields of the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</Link> session: <ProcedureList><ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.uhnd" role="formfield">Handling Units in Use</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units for warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.uhir" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Receipt</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in receipts for specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.aipd" role="formfield">Advise incomplete Package Definitions</GUIRef> check box to enable advising incomplete package definitions for specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.uhii" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Inbound Inspection</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in inbound inspections for specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.uhin" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Inventory</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in inventory for specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.uhoa" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Outbound Inspection</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units in outbound approvals for specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.uhis" role="formfield">Use Handling Unit in Shipment</GUIRef> check box to enable the use of handling units for shipments for specific warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.gehu" role="formfield">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</GUIRef> field, specify how SSA ERP must generate handling units from ASNs that refer to selected warehouses.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.gehp" role="formfield">Generate Handling Unit during Picking</GUIRef> field, specify whether SSA ERP must generate handling units after the outbound advice is released for items that are issued from the current warehouse. To generate handling units, handling units must be in use for the item and the warehouse.</ListItem>
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				</ProcedureList>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Sales and purchase settings</StepTitle>
				<List><ListIntro>You can specify that handling units are generated according to particular package definitions for goods that are received from specific suppliers and/or goods that must be shipped to specific customers. For this purpose, you must link the required package definitions to business partners in the following sessions:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/isa/tdisa0110s000#tdisa010.pkdf" role="formfield">Package Definition</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/isa/tdisa0110s000" role="session">Item - Sales Business Partner (tdisa0110s000)</GUIRef> session, select the package definition that includes the handling unit structure for specific items sold to specific customers.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000#tdipu010.pkdf" role="formfield">Package Definition</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session, select the package definition that includes the handling unit structure for specific items purchased from specific suppliers.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3102m000#tdpur302.pkdf" role="formfield">Package Definition</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3102m000" role="session">Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000)</GUIRef> session, select the package definition that includes the handling unit structure for specific items purchased from specific suppliers according to selected contracts.</ListItem>
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			</Step>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000318" role="manual">Handling units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000339" role="manual">To set up automatic generation of handling units from ASNs</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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