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   <Header>
      <Title>To maintain handling units</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3009612">
         <Level1>Maintenance</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3009615">
         <Level1>Handling unit</Level1>
         <Level2>maintain</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000432" role="glossary">Handling unit</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000433" role="glossary">handling unit structure</Link> maintenance include the following
		activities:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>Create handling unit</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can create new handling units and create a handling unit
		  structure for the new handling unit in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Change handling unit details</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000358" role="manual">To change handling unit data</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Create handling unit structures</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link> to create handling unit
		  structures or you can <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000359" role="manual">Manually create handling units and handling unit structure for items</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session. The easiest way to create a handling
		  unit structure for an item is to define a package definition with a handling
		  unit template for the item, and, if required, manually change the handling unit
		  structure. Changing the handling unit structure can be required if, for
		  example, goods must be repacked for shipping or storage.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Maintain handling unit structures</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd5130m100" role="session">Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100)</GUIRef> session, the following commands are available
		  for handling unit structure maintenance: <List>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000355" role="manual">Create detail handling units</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000354" role="manual">Pack: to generate a handling unit for several items</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000356" role="manual">Unlink: remove a child handling unit from a parent handling unit</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000357" role="manual">Link: add a child handling unit to a parent handling unit</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>Move child handling unit to other parent handling unit. For
				this purpose, you first unlink the child handling unit from the parent, as
				discussed in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000356" role="manual">Unlink: remove a child handling unit from a parent handling unit</Link>. Next, you link the unlinked handling unit to another
				parent, as discussed in <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000357" role="manual">Link: add a child handling unit to a parent handling unit</Link>.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Close handling unit</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can close handling units that are not being processed in
		  the inbound or the outbound flow. You can close a handling unit if the handling
		  unit has one of the following statuses: <List>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#inactive" role="option">Inactive</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#open" role="option">Open</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#stock" role="option">In Stock</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#shipped" role="option">Shipped</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Delete handling unit</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>You can delete a handling unit if the handling unit has the
		  following status: <List>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#inactive" role="option">Inactive</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/hust#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Alternatively, you can use drag-and-drop functionality in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Tree Structure</GUIRef> to maintain handling units and handling unit
		structures. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000388" role="manual">How to operate the Tree Structure</Link>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Note that handling unit maintenance is subject to various
		conditions. For further information, see <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000395" role="manual">Handling unit maintenance conditions</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000342" role="manual">Handling unit structures</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Package definitions</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000336" role="manual">To generate handling units</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>