External Packaging Item Transactions (whinr1116m000)

Use this session to view and maintain the received and issued quantities of packaging items by date from the external business partner who is the owner of the packaging items.

The external business partner's packaging-item transaction records are sent to LN through the external application Automotive Exchange Export Manager (EXM).

Field Information

Packaging Item

The packaging item of the transaction.

Transaction Date

The date on which the transaction is processed. If you specify an earlier transaction date, the transaction date precedes the actual log date.

Sequence

The sequence in which LN records the packaging item transactions.

Transaction Type

The nature of the transaction.

  • Receipt

    The packaging items are received in the warehouse.

  • Issue

    The packaging items are issued from the warehouse.

  • Inventory Adjustment

    Manual adjustment of the number of packaging items that are available in the warehouse.

Note: 

  • In the Packaging Item Transactions (whinr1115m000) session, the transaction type is viewed from your organization's perspective.

    In the External Packaging Item Transactions (whinr1116m000) session, the transaction type is viewed from the external business partner's perspective.

    For example, if you are a supplier and you receive empty packaging materials from your PSP, this transaction would be a receipt transaction into your warehouse. From the PSP's perspective, it would be an issue from the PSP's depot to your warehouse.

  • The values Receipt and Issue are allowed for order-related transactions.
External Business Partner

The business partner who is responsible for the timely supply of packaging materials and to whom the shipping material account (SMA) is dedicated.

Shipping Material Account

The shipping material account (SMA) related to the external business partner.

Business Partner

The business partner from whom the packaging items are received or to whom the packaging items are shipped.

Quantity in Inventory Unit

The quantity received into or shipped from the warehouse, from the external business partner's perspective.

For example, an issue of 15 empty pallets from the external business partner to your own warehouse is registered as an issue in the external business partner's transaction records, and as a receipt of 15 empty pallets in your own transaction records.

inventory unit

Shipping Material Account Balance

The field is updated with the value of the latest transaction for each combination of shipping material account and item, and adjusted with the value of the Quantity in Inventory Unit field of the transaction. The field must be updated for all transactions of the shipping material account (SMA) and item combination that have a higher transaction date.

Item Code System

item code system

The description or name of the code.

Customer Item

The Business Partner Packaging Item Code. If not defined, this field shows the Business Partner Item.

The Business Partner Packaging Item Code is defined in the Business Partner Packaging Item Codes (whwmd4506m000) session. The Business Partner Item is defined in the Item Code System - Items (tcibd0104m000) session.

User

The description or name of the code.

Status

The status indicating the movement of the packaging item.

Allowed values

  • New
  • To be Reconciled
  • Reconciled
Packing Slip (external)

The customer's or the external business partner's packing slip.

User

The user who added or changed the transaction.

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