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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">The use of package definitions</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Package definition</Level1>
			<Level2>use of</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Handling unit</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000357" role="glossary">package definitions</Link> to generate handling units for items in the following warehouse flows:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItem>Receipt</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Shipping</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Storage</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>In addition, you can use fixed package definitions to define packing structures for items without handling units and specify the inventory structure of an item. For further information on fixed, variable, and mixed package definitions, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link>.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Receipt</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>You can use a package definition to generate actual handling unit structures at the moment goods are received. If you know how your suppliers pack the goods they send to you, you can define package definitions with handling unit templates that match your suppliers' packing structures, and link these package definitions to the corresponding item and ship-from business partners. For this purpose, you can use variable and fixed package definitions.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>These package definitions will be defaulted on order lines and receipt lines originating from the suppliers. On the receipt line, you can change the default package definition as long as the receipt line is not confirmed. When you generate handling units for goods from these suppliers, the handling units are generated as defined in the packing definition.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can also select settings for automatic generation of handling units for items that are listed on <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000308" role="glossary">advance shipment notices (ASN)</Link>. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000339" role="manual">To set up automatic generation of handling units from ASNs</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Shipping</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>You can specify how the goods that go to a particular customer must be packed. If you now how a particular customer wants their goods packed, you can define a package definition with a matching handling unit template and link the package definition to the relevant sales item and ship-to business partner. If an outbound line is created for the item and ship-to business partner, the package definition is defaulted on the outbound line. For this purpose, you can use variable and fixed package definitions.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Storage</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>You can use handling units to store items in a warehouse, and use a package definition to specify how the items are packed. For example, to store an item you can use the same handling units and package definition that were used to receive the item. If you use a fixed package definition for storage in inventory, the inventory structure of the items is defined, as well.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000334" role="manual">To define package definitions</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
