Handling Units
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.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Master Data
- Section: Units & Packaging
- Screen: Handling Units
Address in the console: /scm/handling-units
List · 10 columns · 17 fields on its form · 1 of them required · 3 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | Code | hu_no |
| Package | Text | package_name |
| Status | Status | status |
| Where | Code | bin_address |
| Lines | Number | item_lines |
| Nested | Number | nested_count |
| Gross kg | Number | gross_weight_kg |
| Full % | Number | fill_pct |
| Inside | Code | parent_hu_no |
| Dangerous | Yes or no | is_dangerous_goods |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Package type required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Direction | Choice | inbound, outbound, internal, returnable, fixed | |
| Warehouse | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Bin | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Inside handling unit | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Tare weight (kg) | Number | ||
| Length (mm) | Number | ||
| Width (mm) | Number | ||
| Height (mm) | Number | ||
| SSCC | Text | ||
| Seal number | Text | ||
| Temperature (C) | Number | ||
| Dangerous goods | Yes or no | ||
| For delivery | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Status | Choice | planned, open, packed, staged, loaded, shipped, received, unpacked, emptied, cancelled | |
| Reference over there | Text | ||
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Pack a unit primary
Pack a handling unit
Asks for: Package type* Warehouse Bin Direction Seal number What goes on it*
Contents
What is on it, all the way down
Nest
Put it inside something, or take it out
Asks for: Inside
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.