| # Shipment Line Packing Structure (whinh4136m000) Use this session to: Record shortages in shipment lines Update the number of reusable packaging items used to ship goods Shipment Line All goods that are transported to a specific address on a specific date and time by using a specific route. An identifiable part of a load. Shipment Line The shipment line's position number. Item In ERP Enterprise, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on. An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or exist in multiple product variants. 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. The following are examples of nonphysical items: Cost items (for example, electricity) Service items Subcontracting services List items (menus/options) Staged Quantity The quantity of items picked for the shipment. Quantity Staged The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter. 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. Package Definition 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. Level The packaging level in the packaging definition. Related topics Package definitions Shipped Quantity in Storage Unit The quantity of items actually shipped. Unit The unit in which the shipped quantity is expressed. Conversion to Lower Unit The conversion factor between the higher and lower packing levels. Related topics Package definitions Previous Unit The unit in which the lower level is expressed. Quantity in Lower Unit The quantity of items expressed in the lower level. Shipped Quantity in Inventory Unit The quantity of items shipped, expressed in the item's inventory unit. Number of Packaging Items The number of reusable packaging items for this package definition (for example, pallets.) Packaging items identified as reusable items in the Packaging Items (whwmd4105s000) session are counted into and out of the warehouse per business partner in the Packaging Items by Business Partner (whwmd4107m000) session. |