Simplified Label Determination 

Use

This function determines suitable labels or generation variants using the sample labeling scenario, from the data that was specified there.

Prerequisites

The following data must be available for simplified label determination:

·        The material for which the labels are to be determined

In Global Label Management, you can only determine labels for materials for which the following is true:

·         The material has been assigned to at least one plant in the material master.

·         The material is assigned to one specification only, unless you set the GLM_SPEC_POPUP environment parameter to equal X in Customizing for Basic Data and Tools under Specify Environment Parameters. If this is the case, before the label tree is called in label determination, the system displays a dialog window, in which you have to select one of the assigned specifications.

·        Label category, size, and number of labels

·        Modes of transport

·        Countries

Features

Simplified label determination takes place as follows:

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       1.      The system determines the label category that was specified in the labeling scenario.

       2.      The system checks whether the label category contains transport symbols, that is, it checks whether the TranspSymb indicator was set for the label category in Customizing for Global Label Management under Specify Label Categories. If the label category contains transport symbols, the system determines these and the transport symbol groups belonging to them from the dangerous goods data of the material and the countries and modes of transport specified in the labeling scenario (see Determination of Transport Symbol Groups).

       3.      The system determines suitable label stocks from the label category, label size, transport symbol groups, and validity areas (see Label Stock Determination).

       4.      The system determines suitable generation variants and combinations of generation variants from the label stocks, label category, and countries specified in the labeling scenario (see Generation Variant Determination).

       5.      For every generation variant that is found, the system checks whether the assigned report template has been released, and as it continues, uses only the generation variants whose report templates have been released.

       6.      The system checks whether the label category contains use symbols, that is, it checks whether the Use Symbol indicator was set for the label category in Customizing for Global Label Management under Specify Label Categories. If the label category contains use symbols, the system determines them. The system then uses this number to restrict the number of suitable generation variants (see Filtering of Generation Variants by Use Symbol).

       7.      The system determines from the remaining generation variants, those, whose validity area is the best match for the countries that have been determined (see Filtering of Generation Variants by Country).

       8.      The system determines from the remaining generation variants, those, whose validity area is the best match for the regulations that have been determined (see Filtering of Generation Variants by Regulation).

       9.      If a released report exists for a generation variant that has been found, the system uses this as a label for the packaging layer. If no released report exists, the system generates a label from the generation variant that was found.

The following flow chart shows the individual steps involved in simplified label determination.

The labels that have been determined are displayed in the form of an overview tree. From here, you can start further functions and print the labels.

Activities

See Determining Labels.