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Use

You can display a list of the stock of one or more empties articles, limiting your selection to the site and storage location levels. You can branch from the basic list to the article master data display.

Features

A distinction is made in the list between tied and non-tied stock of empties.

The empties stock is said to be tied if it is assigned to the stock of a full product. You can assign an empty article to a unit of measure of a full product using a bill of material (BOM). The system determines the tied empties stock from the stock on-hand of the full product and the bill of material assignment.

If more than one bill of material exists for a full product, the system bases its calculation of the tied empties stock on the bill of material for the unit of issue of the full product in the site concerned. If you have not created a bill of material for the unit of issue, the system uses the first entry in the database table for bills of material for its calculation.

The empties stock is said to be non-tied if the full product to which the empties belongs has no stock.

Example

Article 50004720 has the description "Apple juice, 1 liter" and the base unit of measure piece. The article is issued from the distribution center in crates of 6 bottles. The following bill of material has been created for the unit of issue created:

Component

Description

Quantity

Unit of measure

50004790

Bottle, 1 liter

6

Bottle

50004791

Crate for 6 drinks

1

Crate

The stock is as follows in the distribution center:

Article

Description

Total stock

Tied

50004720

Apple juice

60 pieces

 

50004790

Bottle, 1 liter

100 bottles

60 bottles

50004791

Crate for 6 drinks

100 crates

10 crates

Sometimes tied or non-tied empties are displayed with figures after the decimal point, even though the unit of measure is usually a whole number. This is an indication that the SKU has been broken open.

If, in the above example, a goods issue was posted in the base unit of measure because 3 bottles were broken, for example, the stock of tied crates is displayed as a non-whole number.

Article

Description

Total stock

Tied

50004720

Apple juice

57 pieces

 

50004790

Bottle, 1 liter

100 bottles

57 bottles

50004791

Crate for 6 drinks

100 crates

9.5 crates

 

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