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Packaging is a packaging material or a combination of packaging materials and/or packagings, in which materials are packed. A packaging does not have a direct assignment to the material to be packed, that means, you can use the packaging for different materials.
In its simplest form, packaging consists of one packaging material. The term packaging always describes the assembled, usable packaging material, whereas a packaging material is always described as an empty.
For example, a collapsible wire basket in its assembled form is described as packaging, whereas it is described as a packaging material when collapsed.
The packaging is represented by a master record and a packaging BOM.
The master record contains characteristics of the packaging (for example, dimensions). The packaging BOM describes the structure of packaging consisting of packaging materials.