This activity is used to automatically pack parts into the handling units according to a packing instruction defined for the part or handling unit type.
In inventory this activity can be triggered manually for stock records that have a quantity available. It is possible to define packing of one or several stock records at the same time. One packing instruction will be applied at a time. When applied on inventory part in stock records the part will first be packed according to handling unit capacity for the handling unit type defined on the lowest level in the choosen packing instruction. Then the parent levels in the packing instruction is applied, creating new handling unit structures according to the packing instruction definition. It is also possible pack according to packing instruction for existing handling units. The packing instruction is then used to create additional parent levels in the handling unit structure according to the packing instruction definition.
For shipments this activity can be executed either manually per shipment, manually for all shipments connected to a consolidated shipment, or automatically in the shipment flow. Whether or not to automatically pack according to packing instruction, is controlled by the shipment type of the shipment. In the shipment type, it can be defined that pack according to packing instruction should be performed at the execution of a main activity in the shipment flow e.g. reservation, report picking, delivery. A consolidated shipment is defined as one departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When triggered from the consolidated shipment, the pack according to packing instruction is executed for all connected shipments. It is also possible pack according to packing instruction manually on a shipment for existing handling units. The packing instruction is then used to create additional parent levels in the handling unit structure according to the packing instruction definition.