Supply Chain › Units & Packaging
Packaging Materials
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.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Master Data
- Section: Units & Packaging
- Screen: Packaging Materials
Address in the console: /scm/packaging-materials
List · 8 columns · 12 fields on its form · 3 of them required
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Code | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Status | material_type |
| Stock item | Code | item_no |
| Unit cost | Amount | unit_cost |
| Weight kg | Number | weight_kg |
| Recyclable | Yes or no | is_recyclable |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Type required | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Drawn from stock item | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Where it is stocked at all. A packaging material that consumes stock has to reduce it. |
| Unit | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Unit cost | Number | ||
| Currency | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Weight (kg) | Number | ||
| Recyclable | Yes or no | ||
| Recycled content % | Number | ||
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
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.