Package
Definition
A Shipping Package is a list of Equipment and/or materials.
A Settlement Package is a list of equipment that is always sent and settled in its entirety. Amongst other things, it serves to allocate costs to different equipment (objects).
Structure
Structure of a Shipping Package
Equipment = shipping package ( header can be either “physical”/”real” equipment or “fictitious” equipment). Shipping package items can only be physical equipment and materials.
Structure of a Settlement Package
Equipment = settlement package ( header can only be “physical”/”real” equipment).
Settlement package items can only be physical equipment. They are not relevant in the shipping document. However, they are relevant in ETM Settlement .
Note
A box (equipment number 1000152) is sent to a usage site with a shipping document. The box contains, for example, 10 lengths of cable, 100 screws and so on (a pre-determined number of each object). Inventory management uses the settlement package header (1000152).
Prerequisites
All the equipment and materials that you want to use must have been created as master records.
You must have set the equipment item/multipart equipment indicator.
A shipping package can be a settlement package and vice versa.
A shipping package item cannot be a settlement package.
A settlement package item cannot be a shipping package.
You cannot enter any other shipping package as an item in the shipping package items.
You cannot enter any other settlement package as an item in the settlement package items.
Equipment that you want to enter on item level in a shipping or settlement package must be physical equipment.
Integration
Packages are assigned to equipment. Equipment can either be in the form of a shipping package or a settlement package. The assignment of the ETM BOM to the appropriate equipment is not affected. In other words, if you want to settle costs using an equipment catalog, a BOM has to have been assigned to each piece of equipment to be included in settlement.