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<Session ID="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Item - Inventory Structure (whinr1550m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to view
		  the packaging structure on inventory level.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>LN displays the various <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000357" role="glossary">package definitions</Link> in this
		  session. For each level in this definition LN shows the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000040" role="glossary">storage unit</Link> and the
		  quantity.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Inventory reporting</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.item">
         <Header>
            <Title>Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>In LN,
		the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be
		purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>An item can also represent a set of items handled as one
		  (kit), or exist in multiple product variants.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held
			 in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers.
			 Examples of nonphysical items:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Cost items (for example, electricity)</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Service items</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Subcontracting services</ListItem>
               <ListItem>List items (menus/options)</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcibd001.cuni">
         <Header>
            <Title>Inventory Unit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is
		recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure
		  conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the
		  price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use
		  the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all
		  item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.cwar">
         <Header>
            <Title>Warehouse</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A place for storing goods. For each warehouse, you can enter
		address data and data relating to its type.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.loca">
         <Header>
            <Title>Location / ..</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A distinct place in a warehouse where goods are stored.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>A warehouse can be divided into locations to manage the
		  available space, and to locate the stored goods. Storage conditions and blocks
		  can be applied to individual locations.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.clot">
         <Header>
            <Title>.. / Lot</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A number of items produced and stored together that are
		identified by a (lot) code. Lots identify goods.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.idat">
         <Header>
            <Title>Inventory Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A date that is assigned to items when they are stored. You can
		use inventory dates to retrieve items based on FIFO (First In First Out) or
		LIFO (Last In First Out), without carrying out extensive lot control.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The meaning of the inventory date is connected to the
		  outbound priority of LIFO, FIFO, or the product expiry date of the item.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>With outbound priority LIFO or FIFO, the default for the
		  inventory date is the system date; however, you can overwrite this so that the
		  inventory date does not have to be equal to the storage date. If the item has a
		  particular shelf life, the inventory date is the product expiry date defined
		  for the item.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.pkdf">
         <Header>
            <Title>Package Definition</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A particular configuration of items and their packaging. A
		package definition for an item can, for example, be the following: a pallet
		contains 12 boxes and each box contains 4 pieces.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.levl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000357" role="glossary">package definition</Link> level of
		  the item.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <List>
               <ListItem>If no package definition is specified for the item, the
				level is zero.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>If a package definition is specified for the item, the
				levels are greater than zero. LN retrieves the package definition levels from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4540m000" role="session">Item - Package Definition - Packaging Levels (whwmd4540m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.cuni">
         <Header>
            <Title>Unit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is
		recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure
		  conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the
		  price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use
		  the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all
		  item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.qhds">
         <Header>
            <Title>Inventory (Storage Unit)</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000330" role="glossary">inventory on hand</Link> expressed
		  in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000040" role="glossary">storage unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="level.conv">
         <Header>
            <Title>Number of Previous Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The previous level of packaging.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="visual.stor">
         <Header>
            <Title>Visual Inventory (Storage Unit)</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The visual inventory of the item at the packaging level,
		  expressed in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000040" role="glossary">storage unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="visual.invn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Visual Inventory (Inventory Unit)</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The visual inventory of the item at the packaging level,
		  expressed in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000337" role="glossary">inventory unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.qals">
         <Header>
            <Title>Allocated</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Inventory throughout all warehouses that is allocated to
		outbound order lines. After the inventory is shipped, that is, has left the
		warehouse, the allocation is deleted. Also referred to as standard allocation
		or soft allocation. See also inventory location allocation.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>See also <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">location allocation</Link>
            </Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.prbl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Process Blocked</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The quantity that is blocked for one of the following:</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListItem>Inspection of
				received items.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Inspection of items
				to be issued.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Rejected items.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph> 
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.prbl" role="manual">Process Blocked</GUIRef> cannot overlap the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.mabl" role="manual">Manually Blocked</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.qals" role="manual">Allocated</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.mabl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Manually Blocked</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The quantity that is manually blocked in one of the following
		  sessions:</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd6110m000" role="session">Warehouse - Blocked Zones/Locations (whwmd6110m000)</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd6210m000" role="session">Global (Un)Block Zones/Locations (whwmd6210m000)</GUIRef>. You can only block entire locations.</ListItem>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd6120m000" role="session">Item - Blocked Lots (whwmd6120m000)</GUIRef>. You can only block entire lots.</ListItem>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd6130m000" role="session">Warehouse - Location - Item - Blocked Inventory (whwmd6130m000)</GUIRef>. You can block
				stockpoints entirely or partially.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>If the stockpoint is
			 partially blocked, LN retrieves the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.mabl" role="manual">Manually Blocked</GUIRef> from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd6130m000#whwmd630.qbls" role="manual">Blocked Quantity (Storage Units)</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd6130m000" role="session">Warehouse - Location - Item - Blocked Inventory (whwmd6130m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the stockpoint is
			 fully blocked, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.mabl" role="manual">Manually Blocked</GUIRef> is
			 equal to the difference between <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.qhds" role="manual">Inventory (Storage Unit)</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.prbl" role="manual">Process Blocked</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.mabl" role="manual">Manually Blocked</GUIRef> can overlap the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.qals" role="manual">Allocated</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.qavs">
         <Header>
            <Title>Available</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The quantity of the item inventory in the packaging level that
		  is available for production or sales or for other issues, expressed in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000040" role="glossary">storage unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>LN calculates the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.qavs" role="manual">Available</GUIRef> quantity
			 as follows:</Paragraph>
            <Formula space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <Paragraph>Inv. available = inv. on hand (st. unit) - (manually blocked in st. unit + process blocked in st. unit + allocated)</Paragraph>
            </Formula>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="whinr150.qavl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Available (Inventory Unit)</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The quantity of the item inventory in the packaging level that
		  is available for production or sales or for other issues, expressed in the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000337" role="glossary">inventory unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>LN calculates the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000#whinr150.qavl" role="manual">Available (Inventory Unit)</GUIRef> as follows:</Paragraph>
            <Formula space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <Paragraph>Inv. available in inv. unit = inv. available * conversion factor </Paragraph>
            </Formula>
            <Paragraph>The conversion
			 factor between the storage unit and the inventory unit is specified in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0103m000" role="session">Conversion Factors (tcibd0103m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="avail.non.hu.inv">
         <Header>
            <Title>Available non-HU Inventory</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The quantity of the item inventory in the packaging level for
		  which no <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000432" role="glossary">handling units</Link> are defined and that is available for
		  production or sales or for other issues, expressed in the inventory unit.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="start.hu.session">
         <Header>
            <Title>Handling Units</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000" role="session">Handling Units (whwmd5130m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="whinr1250m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Move to Location</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1250m000" role="session">Easy Inventory Movement (whinr1250m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>