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   <Header>
      <Title>Pack: to generate a handling unit for several items</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2619060">
         <Level1>Pack</Level1>
         <Level2>create handling unit</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2619065">
         <Level1>Item</Level1>
         <Level2>pack</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2619070">
         <Level1>Handling unit</Level1>
         <Level2>maintain</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2619075">
         <Level1>Handling unit structure</Level1>
         <Level2>pack</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100#option.pack" role="command">Pack</GUIRef> command on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session to create a handling unit for a number
		of items of a particular type.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100#option.pack" role="command">Pack</GUIRef> command for items during all stages of the
		  inbound, storage, and outbound flows in the warehouse, which means that you can
		  use this command for items attached to the following entities:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Receipts</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Inbound order lines</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Inbound and outbound advice</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Inbound and outbound inspections</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Storage locations</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Shipments, unless the shipments have the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#shipped" role="option">Shipped</GUIRef> status.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Note that, except for items in storage locations, you can also
		use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5230m000" role="session">Generate Handling Units (whwmd5230m000)</GUIRef> session to create handling units for
		items.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100#option.pack" role="command">Pack</GUIRef> command if, for example, a large quantity of a
		particular item in your warehouse has no handling units and you want to
		maintain a handling unit for these items in LN.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To create a handling unit for a number of items of a
		  particular type, proceed as follows:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100#option.pack" role="command">Pack</GUIRef> command on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In the dialog box that appears, enter the following details of
		  the item for which you want to create handling units: <List>
               <ListItem>The warehouse where the item is located, or, in case of
				items listed on a receipt, the warehouse in which the item will be stored.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The location in which the item is stored or will be stored.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The code of the item.</ListItem>
               <ListItem> 
                  <List>
                     <ListIntro>The status that the handling unit must obtain:</ListIntro>
                     <ListItem>If you are creating a handling unit for items in a
					 storage location, you must select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#stock" role="option">In Stock</GUIRef> status. As a result, the handling unit that you are creating for the items will
					 obtain the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#stock" role="option">In Stock</GUIRef> status.</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>If you are creating a handling unit for items on a
					 receipt that are about to arrive, you must select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#receipt.open" role="option">Receipt Open</GUIRef> status. As a result, the handling unit will obtain the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#receipt.open" role="option">Receipt Open</GUIRef> status. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust" role="domain">Handling Unit Status</Link>.</ListItem>
                  </List>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Select Lines</GUIRef>. As a result, the session
		  opens that relates to the stage of the item in the inbound or outbound flow or
		  storage. The handling unit status that you specified in the previous step
		  determines the session that opens. <List>
               <ListIntro>For example:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>if your item is listed on a receipt and you selected the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#receipt.open" role="option">Receipt Open</GUIRef> status in the previous step, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh3512m700" role="session">Receipts by Order Line (whinh3512m700)</GUIRef> opens showing the receipt lines listing the item
				for which you want to create a handling unit.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>If you selected the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#stock" role="option">In Stock</GUIRef> status, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inr/whinr1550m000" role="session">Item - Inventory Structure (whinr1550m000)</GUIRef> session opens showing the
				inventory for the selected item.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>If your item is located on the staging location and you
				selected the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#staged" role="option">Staged</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#shipment.frozen" role="option">Shipment Frozen</GUIRef> status in the previous step, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh4131m000" role="session">Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000)</GUIRef> opens showing the shipment lines listing the selected
				item.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Select the order line, receipt line, shipment line, approval
		  line, advice line, or inventory structure, as the case may be, of the item for
		  which you want to create a handling unit and click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">OK</GUIRef>. As a
		  result, a dialog box appears, which informs you that a handling unit will be
		  generated if you continue.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>In the dialog box, click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Continue</GUIRef> to
			 generate a handling unit for the selected items. As a result:</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>An error message appears If the use of handling units is
				  not enabled for the selected item and warehouse, in which case you might
				  consider enabling handling units for the warehouse. For further information,
				  see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000337" role="manual">To set up handling units</Link>.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Paragraph>LN generates a handling unit that comprises the items on the selected order line,
				  receipt line, shipment line and so on. A message appears informing you that the
				  handling unit is generated and shows the code of the new handling unit.</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>You have now completed the procedure, unless you
				  selected the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#stock" role="option">In Stock</GUIRef> status in Step 2.</Paragraph>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>If you selected the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#stock" role="option">In Stock</GUIRef> status in Step 2, the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Required Quantity</GUIRef> dialog box appears.
				For further information, see the following procedure.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Required Quantity</GUIRef> dialog box, proceed
		  as follows:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.pkdf" role="manual">Package Definition</GUIRef> field, you can enter or select a
			 package definition. This step is optional.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>You can only enter a package definition that is linked to
			 the item for which you are defining a handling unit. As a result, the handling
			 unit will be generated as defined in the handling unit template of the package
			 definition after you carry out the next step. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000441" role="manual">How package definitions distribute item quantities</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Required Quantity</GUIRef> field, you can
			 enter the number of items for which you want to create a handling unit.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>For example, if 1000 items of the required item type are
			 available on the selected inventory structure, and you want to create handling
			 units for 150 items of the inventory structure, enter 150 in this field.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">OK</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>As a result, LN generates a handling unit that comprises the
			 items on the selected inventory structure. A message appears informing you that
			 the handling unit is generated and shows the code of the new handling unit.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If you entered a specific number of items in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Required Quantity</GUIRef> field, the handling unit is generated for
			 this number of items. If you entered a package definition in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.pkdf" role="manual">Package Definition</GUIRef> field, the handling unit is
			 generated as specified in the package definition. The message that appears
			 shows the codes of any child handling units.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>Note that if you did not specify a package definition, you can
		create a handling unit structure for the newly created handling unit, if
		required. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000355" role="manual">Create detail handling units</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000335" role="manual">To maintain handling units</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>