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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To set up automatic generation of handling units from ASNs</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>ASN</Level1>
			<Level2>generate handling unit</Level2>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>You can set up automatic generation of handling units from <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000308" role="glossary">advance shipment notices (ASN)</Link> that include the following information:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItemHead>Items not linked to any warehouse</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>ASNs that list items that are not linked to any warehouse. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.gaau" role="formfield">Generate ASNs Automatically</GUIRef> field of the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</Link> session, you can specify how SSA ERP must generate handling units from ASNs that refer to items not linked to any warehouses.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Warehouses listed on the ASN</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.gehu" role="formfield">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session, you can control automatic generation of handling units from inbound ASNs that list particular warehouses. If the warehouse, for which automatic generation of handling units is specified, is listed on an inbound ASN, handling units are generated for this ASN.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Items linked to one or more warehouses</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>ASNs that list items that are linked to a warehouse. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.gehu" role="formfield">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session, you can specify how SSA ERP must generate handling units from ASNs that refer to items linked to a particular warehouse.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.gehu" role="formfield">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session, you can control automatic generation of handling units from inbound ASNs for items that are linked to a particular warehouse. If an item/warehouse combination, for which automatic generation of handling units is specified, is listed on an inbound ASN, handling units are generated for this ASN.</ListItem>
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	<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListItem>The settings made in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session overrule the settings made in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In addition, the settings specified in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session overrule those made in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
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	</Note>
	<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000" role="session">Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000)</GUIRef> session, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh0100m000#whinh000.gaau" role="formfield">Generate ASNs Automatically</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.gehu#always" role="enum">Always</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000#whwmd200.gehu" role="formfield">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2100s000" role="session">Warehouse (whwmd2100s000)</GUIRef> session is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.gehu#no" role="enum">Never</GUIRef> for warehouse A.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>As a result, SSA ERP generates no handling units for ASNs that list warehouse A.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>However, if <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000#whwmd210.gehu" role="formfield">Generate Handling Units Automatically from ASNs</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2110s000" role="session">Warehouse - Item (whwmd2110s000)</GUIRef> session is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.gehu#exhu.received" role="enum">Handling Unit Received</GUIRef> for warehouse A and item X, SSA ERP generates handling units for ASNs that list warehouse A and item X.</Paragraph>
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