| # To maintain handling units Handling unit and handling unit structure maintenance include the following activities: Create handling unit You can create new handling units and create a handling unit structure for the new handling unit in the Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100) session. Change handling unit details For further information, see To change handling unit data. Create handling unit structures You can use Package definitions to create handling unit structures or you can Manually create handling units and handling unit structure for items in the Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100) 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. Maintain handling unit structures In the Compose Handling Units (whwmd5130m100) session, the following commands are available for handling unit structure maintenance: Create detail handling units Pack: to generate a handling unit for several items Unlink: remove a child handling unit from a parent handling unit Link: add a child handling unit to a parent handling unit 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 Unlink: remove a child handling unit from a parent handling unit. Next, you link the unlinked handling unit to another parent, as discussed in Link: add a child handling unit to a parent handling unit. Close handling unit 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: Inactive Open In Stock Shipped Delete handling unit You can delete a handling unit if the handling unit has the following status: Inactive Closed Alternatively, you can use drag-and-drop functionality in the Tree Structure to maintain handling units and handling unit structures. For further information, see How to operate the Tree Structure. Note that handling unit maintenance is subject to various conditions. For further information, see Handling unit maintenance conditions. Related topics Handling unit structures Package definitions To generate handling units |