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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000389" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Handling unit dimensions</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3000809">
         <Level1>Handling unit dimensions</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3000812">
         <Level1>Dimensions</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>The method used to calculate the dimensions of a handling unit
		is determined by the following factors:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>The use of packaging items</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If you use packaging items, the <Link href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pktp" role="domain">Package Type</Link> of the packaging item. A packaging item is either of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pktp#internal" role="option">Internal</GUIRef> or of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/wmd.pktp#external" role="option">External</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The presence of child handling units for the handling unit.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Note that the calculated results are default values, you can
		overwrite these values.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>A handling unit can have a packaging item of either type. A
		parent handling unit with or without a packaging item of either type can have
		at least one level of child handling units with packaging items of either type.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Handling unit has internal packaging item</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The following list shows how the dimensions of handling units
		with internal packaging items are calculated for handling units in various
		levels of a handling unit structure.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>Parent has internal packaging item</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If the parent has an internal packaging item, the dimensions of
		  the parent handling unit are equal to those of the internal packaging item
		  defined for the parent, as described in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000392" role="manual">Handling unit dimensions, example A</Link>. In
		  this example, the dimensions of the parent are equal to those of internal
		  packaging item of type <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Container</GUIRef>. The gross weight is equal to
		  the weight of the packaging items of the parent and the child handling units
		  added with the aggregated weight of the items contained in the handling unit.
		  The net weight is the weight of the items contained in the handling unit
		  without packaging items.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Child handling unit or single structure handling unit has
		  packaging item</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If a child handling unit, such as the second level child
		  handling units in example <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000392" role="manual">Handling unit dimensions, example A</Link>, or a
		  handling unit without a parent or children, has an internal packaging item, the
		  dimensions of the handling unit are equal to those of the internal packaging
		  item defined for the handling unit. The gross weight of the handling unit is
		  equal to the weight of the packaging item and the items contained in the
		  handling unit. The net weight is the weight of the items contained in the
		  handling unit without packaging items.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Handling unit has more than one packaging
		  item</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If a handling unit has more than one internal packaging item,
		  the dimensions of the handling unit are as follows: <List>
               <ListItem>The width of the handling unit is equal to the aggregated
				width of the internal packaging items. This means, that the packaging items lie
				in a row. ERP Enterprise does not
				provide any suggestion as to stacking.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The gross weight is equal to the aggregated weight of the
				packaging items and the items contained in the handling unit, the net weight is
				without the weight of the packaging items.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The other dimensions are equal to the dimensions of an
				individual packaging item.</ListItem>
            </List> This calculation method is also used if the handling unit is a parent
		  without a packaging item whose children have various packaging items. In such
		  cases, the aggregated width, the aggregated weight, and the other dimensions
		  become the dimensions of the parent. See <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000390" role="manual">Handling unit dimensions, example B</Link> for an
		  example of how the dimensions are calculated.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Parent has no packaging item, children have different types
		  of internal packaging items</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If a parent handling unit has no packaging item, and the
		  children have internal packaging items of different types, such as boxes of
		  different sizes, for the parent, the dimensions are based on the dimensions of
		  the packaging items of the child handling units. For information on how the
		  dimensions are calculated, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000391" role="manual">Handling unit dimensions, example C</Link>.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Handling unit has external packaging item</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>For handling units with external packaging items, the dimensions
		of the handling unit are determined by the surface area of the external
		packaging item and the dimensions of the items carried by the packaging item.
		If the handling unit with the external packaging item is a parent, the children
		can have internal packaging items.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the aggregated surface area of the items or the internal
		packaging items exceeds the surface area of the external packaging items, the
		items or internal packaging items must be stacked on the external packaging
		item. This impacts the height of the handling unit.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The depth and the width of the handling unit is equal to the
		width and the depth of the external packaging item. The height of the items or
		internal packaging items loaded on the external packaging item is added to the
		height of the external packaging item. To determine the height of the stacked
		items or internal packaging items on the external packaging item, ERP Enterprise calculates the height
		of the handling unit as follows:</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListItem>Add the aggregated volume of items or internal packaging items
		  to the volume of the external packaging items</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Divide the result by the floor space of the external packaging
		  items</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>For an example of how ERP Enterprise calculates the dimensions of handling units
		with external packaging items, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000393" role="manual">Handling unit dimensions, example D</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Parent has external packaging item, children have items of
		different heights</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If the parent handling unit has an external packaging item and
		the children have items or internal packaging items with different heights, ERP Enterprise calculates the height
		of the handling unit as follows:</Paragraph>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListItem>Divide the aggregated floor space of the internal packaging
		  items, no matter the type of packaging item, by the floor space of the external
		  packaging item</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Multiply the result with the height of the internal packaging
		  item with the greatest height</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Add the result of step 2 to the height of the external
		  packaging item</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>For an example of how ERP Enterprise calculates the dimensions of handling units
		with external packaging items, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000394" role="manual">Handling unit dimensions, example E</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The calculated heights of handling units with external
		  packaging items are not always the real heights of the handling units, but
		  approximated heights. After all, if the boxes are not allowed to jut out from
		  the edge of the pallet, the size of the boxes may require you to stack them
		  higher than the surface areas of the pallet and the boxes would indicate.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>For example, if the surface area of your pallet is 1 square
		  metre, and you have 10 boxes of 0.4 m * 0.25 m, only eight boxes would fit on
		  the pallet without jutting out from the edge of the pallet. Because the space
		  left on the pallet is insufficient, you must stack the remaining two boxes on
		  top of the first layer of boxes.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>In particular, if you put boxes or items of different sizes on
		  the pallet, ERP Enterprise only gives
		  approximated heights, because ERP Enterprise uses the height of the boxes with the
		  greatest height to calculate the height of the handling unit.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Handling units without packaging items</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>For handling units without packaging items, the dimensions are
		determined as follows:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.wdth" role="manual">Width</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The aggregated width of the items included in the handling
		  unit. Note that for parent handling units whose child handling units have
		  different width values, the width of the child handling unit with the greatest
		  width value is defaulted in this field.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.dpth" role="manual">Length</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The depth of the item included in the handling unit. This value
		  is the default value taken from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000" role="session">Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000)</GUIRef> session. Note that for parent handling units whose
		  child handling units have items with different depths, the default value in
		  this field is the added depth value of one item of each of the child handling
		  units.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.hght" role="manual">Height</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The height of the item included in the handling unit. This
		  value is the default value taken from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd4100s000" role="session">Item - Warehousing (whwmd4100s000)</GUIRef> session. Note that for parent handling units whose
		  child handling units have different heights, the height of the child handling
		  unit with the greatest height value is defaulted in this field.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.flsp" role="manual">Floor Space</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.dpth" role="manual">Length</GUIRef> field multiplied by the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.wdth" role="manual">Width</GUIRef> field. For parent handling units whose child
		  handling units contain different items, the default value in this field is the
		  aggregated floor space of each of the child handling units.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.volu" role="manual">Volume</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.flsp" role="manual">Floor Space</GUIRef> field multiplied by the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m000#whwmd530.hght" role="manual">Height</GUIRef> field. For parent handling units whose child
		  handling units contain different items, the default value in this field is the
		  aggregated volume of each of the child handling units.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>