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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To define package definitions</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Package definition</Level1>
			<Level2>define</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Handling unit</Level1>
			<Level2>setup</Level2>
		</Keyword>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>To define package definitions, proceed as follows:</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<ProcedureSection><Steps><Step><StepTitle>Start session</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4110m000" role="session">Package Definitions (whwmd4110m000)</GUIRef> session. In this session, you must define the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000447" role="glossary">general-level package definition</Link>.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Code and description</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Enter the identification code and description of the package definition.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Package definition type</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Select the package definition type. See <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link> on the available package definition types.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Packaging levels</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>This step only applies to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pdtp#fixed" role="enum">Fixed</GUIRef> package definitions.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Define packaging levels for the package definition. To define packaging levels, select the package definition and start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4520m000" role="session">Package Definition Levels (whwmd4520m000)</GUIRef> session. You can access this session on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4110m000" role="session">Package Definitions (whwmd4110m000)</GUIRef> session. For further information on packaging levels, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000031" role="manual">Packaging levels</Link>.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Handling unit template</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>For <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pdtp#fixed" role="enum">Fixed</GUIRef> package definitions, skip this step if you do not use handling units.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Define the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000446" role="glossary">handling unit template</Link> for the package definition in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4160m000" role="session">Handling Unit Templates (whwmd4160m000)</GUIRef> session. You can access this session on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4110m000" role="session">Package Definitions (whwmd4110m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
				<List><ListTitle>Variable and mixed package definitions</ListTitle>
					<ListIntro>For each node, enter the following information:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>The number of the parent node (this does not apply to the top node).</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The packaging item for the node.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The number of packaging items.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4160m000#whwmd460.labl" role="formfield">Labeled</GUIRef> check box. Labeled means that, for each packing item defined for the node, a handling unit is created. In this way, each existing packing item is uniquely identified. These labels can be printed. If the boxes with milk cartons from the first example in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link> are labeled, each box obtains a label when handling units are generated for an order for milk cartons. For further information on labels, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000322" role="manual">Label setup</Link>.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The item that is to be packed. <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Note that this only applies to mixed package definitions.</GUIRef> For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link>.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The number of items that is to be packed in the packaging item in the parent node. You must only insert this number for the bottom node. For general-level handling unit templates, this is useful if you know that for all items for which the package definition is to be used, the same number will fit in the packaging item.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Auxiliary packaging, such as sealing plastics.</ListItem>
				</List>
				<List><ListTitle>Fixed package definitions</ListTitle>
					<ListIntro>If you define a fixed package definition, the information for the nodes is copied from the packaging levels. For further information on packaging levels, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000031" role="manual">Packaging levels</Link>. You cannot modify this information, but you can add the following information for each node:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>Auxiliary packaging information.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4160m000#whwmd460.labl" role="formfield">Labeled</GUIRef> check box. Labeled means that for each packing item defined for the node, a handling unit is created. In this way, each existing packing item is uniquely identified. The top node is always labeled, you do not need to specify this. These labels can be printed. If the boxes with milk cartons from the example in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link> are labeled, each box obtains a label when handling units are generated for an order for milk cartons. For further information on labels, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000322" role="manual">Label setup</Link>.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Save and quit handling unit template</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>For <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pdtp#fixed" role="enum">Fixed</GUIRef> package definitions, skip this step if you do not use handling units.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Save the general-level handling unit template and close the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4160m000" role="session">Handling Unit Templates (whwmd4160m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Validate handling unit template</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>For <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pdtp#fixed" role="enum">Fixed</GUIRef> package definitions, skip this step if you do not use handling units.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Return to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4110m000" role="session">Package Definitions (whwmd4110m000)</GUIRef> session to validate the general-level handling unit template. This step is the last step in the procedure to create general-level package definitions. After you have validated the template, you can no longer change the template, except for the auxiliary packaging and the packing instructions. To change a validated template, you must first use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4110m000#undo.validate.hu.template" role="formcommand">Undo Validate Package Definition</GUIRef> option on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu. In the next step, you must link the package definition and thus the handling unit template to an item to create the item-level package definition.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Define item-level package definition</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Define the item-level package definition. In this step, you link the package definition to an item. To link a package definition to an item, select the item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4500m000" role="session">Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)</GUIRef> session and access the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4130m000" role="session">Item - Package Definitions (whwmd4130m000)</GUIRef> session. You can access this session on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4500m000" role="session">Items - Warehousing (whwmd4500m000)</GUIRef> session. Note that you can link an item to various package definitions, this is useful if, for example, the item is sold to various business partners with various packing requirements.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Adjust packaging levels for item</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>This step applies only to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pdtp#fixed" role="enum">Fixed</GUIRef> package definitions.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Adjust the packaging levels of the package definition that you are linking to the item. To adjust the packaging level information, access the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4520m000" role="session">Package Definition Levels (whwmd4520m000)</GUIRef> session from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu. For further information on packaging levels, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000031" role="manual">Packaging levels</Link>.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Adjust handling unit template for item</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>Adjust the handling unit template of the package definition that you are linking to the item. Access the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4160m000" role="session">Handling Unit Templates (whwmd4160m000)</GUIRef> session from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu. You can add nodes and change nodes, as described in Steps 5 and 6.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Validate handling unit template for item</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>For <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pdtp#fixed" role="enum">Fixed</GUIRef> package definitions, skip this step if you do not use handling units.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Validate the handling unit template of the package definition that you are linking to the item. After you validate the template, you can no longer change the template. To change a validated template, you must first use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4110m000#undo.validate.hu.template" role="formcommand">Undo Validate Package Definition</GUIRef> option on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Link package definition to business partner</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/isa/tdisa0110s000" role="session">Item - Sales Business Partner (tdisa0110s000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session, you can link an item-level package definition to ship-to business partners or ship-from business partners. As a result, the package definition is defaulted on order lines listing the linked business partners, items, and package definition. You cannot use mixed package definitions for this purpose. Note that this step is optional.</Paragraph>
			</Step>
		</Steps>
	</ProcedureSection>
	<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>You cannot delete item-level package definitions if an inventory is present that is stored in the package definition for the item. In addition, the package definition levels and handling unit templates on item level must be deleted before a package definition by item can be deleted.</Paragraph>
	</Note>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000338" role="manual">The use of package definitions</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000337" role="manual">To set up handling units</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000031" role="manual">Packaging levels</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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