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Units & Packaging
What a quantity actually means, what it is packed in, and the numbered pallet standing on the floor.
In Supply Chain → Master Data · 7 screens
| Screen | Kind | What it is | Columns | Fields | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units of Measure | List | A unit belongs to a dimension and carries a factor to that dimension’s base unit, so any two units of one dimension convert without anybody declaring anything. | 10 | 19 | 1 |
| Unit Conversions | List | The conversions arithmetic cannot derive. A rule with no item is a company rule; a rule with one belongs to that item and beats it. | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| Item Units | List | Every unit one item may be transacted in, and what each is worth in the item’s stocking unit. This is what a purchase order line’s unit picker reads. | 11 | 22 | 0 |
| Package Types | List | The pallets, cartons, totes, drums and containers goods are shipped in — with the outside dimensions and the tare weight that make a load plan arithmetic rather than an opinion. | 12 | 29 | 0 |
| Packaging Materials | List | What goes into a pack and is not the goods: film, void fill, desiccant, the label. Costed, because packaging cost per order is a real number nobody can produce without it. | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Packing Instructions | List | How many go in the carton, how many cartons on the layer, how many layers on the pallet. One row per level, so a customer who wants it packed differently is a second instruction rather than an argument. | 10 | 21 | 1 |
| Handling Units | List | The actual, physical, numbered thing on the floor: pallet, carton, container. They nest, and the weight of a parent is the sum of everything under it — maintained rather than typed, because a pallet whose weight is a guess is a pallet that overloads an axle. | 10 | 17 | 3 |