Packing Instructions
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.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Master Data
- Section: Units & Packaging
- Screen: Packing Instructions
Address in the console: /scm/packing-instructions
List · 10 columns · 21 fields on its form · 4 of them required · 1 action
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 |
| Item | Code | item_no |
| Level | Number | level_no |
| Packed in | Code | package_code |
| Per package | Number | quantity |
| Per layer | Number | per_layer |
| Layers | Number | layers |
| For customer | Text | account_name |
| Default | Yes or no | is_default |
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 | ||
| Item | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| For customer | Choice | Looked up from existing records | A customer may want the same item packed differently, and both instructions are correct. |
| From supplier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Warehouse | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Packed in required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Level | Number | 1 is innermost. Three rows describe a case in a carton on a pallet. | |
| How many go in one required | Number | ||
| Unit | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Of this package | Choice | Looked up from existing records | For a level above the innermost: what is being counted into this one. |
| Per layer | Number | ||
| Layers | Number | ||
| May hold more than one item | Yes or no | ||
| May hold more than one lot | Yes or no | ||
| Target fill % | Number | ||
| The default for this item | Yes or no | ||
| In force from | Date | ||
| Until | Date | ||
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Plan a pack
How many cartons and pallets does this quantity make?
Asks for: Item* Quantity* For customer
* 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.