Packaging Units

How shipping units can help you save costs

Let's say you sell water bottles, and each individual bottle is packed in a box, and these individual boxes are packed in an outer box of 4. This means you have two possible shipping units:

1. A single bottle
2. A pack of 4 bottles (outer box holds 4 bottles)

Often, the second shipping unit is forgotten, resulting in higher costs when ordering 4 bottles than necessary. Instead of 4 picks, only one would be required. You also benefit from lower inbound costs, as fewer handling steps are needed.

In the following sections, you will learn how to add packaging units to reduce your costs.

Single-variety master cartons and master pallets can be created for each item in the article base data within the Connector. You can find this option within the packaging unit section of the base data for an individual SKU.

Creation in the Connector

Select the Packaging Units section within the SKU in the article base data in the Connector under Inventory → Articles.

• A carton can be created with the number of individual units per carton.
• A pallet can be created with the number of individual units per pallet.

For each carton or pallet, a separate barcode is also defined.

Inbound / Outbound

Single SKU cartons and pallets can now be scanned directly during inbound and stored as a single box or pallet.

If the quantity of a packaging unit — or a multiple thereof — is ordered, the master carton or master pallet can also be scanned directly during outbound.