Examples of changing single-item handling units into multi-item handling units
LN generates only single-item handling units. The composition of multi-item handling units is a manual process. You can change a single-item handling unit into a multi-item handling unit. When you change a single-item handling unit into a multi-item handling unit, often a different label layout applies. For details, refer to the online Help of:
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Automatic Labeling of Multi-Item Handling Unit field in Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session.
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Multi-Item Label Layout field in Handling Units (whwmd5130m000) session.
Example
A shipment contains two items, inner mirror and outer left mirror of a car. Initially the shipment has two shipment lines, one line for item inner mirror and one for item outer left mirror. Assume that there are 2 single-item masters and every master has 2 singles (this means that: every (single item) parent handling unit contains 2 child handling units. This means that there are 4 single-item singles (this means that there are four child hadling units). The table below shows the defined label layout codes.
| Selling Item | Packaging Info Single | Packaging Info Master |
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| Inner Mirror | KLT1234, Label Layout Code Single-Item = AAA | Pallet, Label Layout Single-Item = KKK, Label Layout Multi-Item = LLL |
| Outer Left Mirror | KLT5678, Label Layout Code Single-Item = BBB | Container, Label Layout Single-Item = MMM, Label Layout Multi-Item = NNN |
Different Scenarios
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Scenario 1: The singles containing the outer left mirrors are manually taken from the container and put on the pallet containing the inner mirrors. This means that the pallet becomes a multi-item handling unit. Multi-item label Layout LLL is now used for printing the label for the pallet. Label layouts AAA and BBB are still used for printing the labels of the singles. Multi-item label layout NNN of the container does not play a role.
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Scenario 2: Now in the alternative procedure, the singles containing the inner mirrors are manually taken from the pallet and put in the container containing the outer left mirrors. This means that the container becomes a multi-item handling unit. Multi-item label Layout NNN is now used for printing the label for the Container. Label layouts AAA and BBB will still be used for printing the labels of the singles. Multi-item label layout LLL of the Pallet does not play a role.
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Scenario 3: A brand new master handling unit is created. The singles are taken from the pallet and the container and put on the brand new handling unit. When creating the brand new handling unit, no package definition is available and also no default label layout is available. In this case it is the responsibility of the end-user to manually populate the desired label layout code.