A unit of measure that is used as packaging for a material.
A packaging unit can contain the product itself, (for example, a bottle) or hold other packaging units, (for example, a box containing bottles).
You can print specific labels for a material for each packaging unit specified and enter the following information:
Label size
Generation variant
Number of labels per packaging unit
Validity area
Transport packaging together with its labels could look like this:
Bottle with one horizontal A6 label
Box with two A5 labels (on opposite sides)
Pallet with four A4 labels (on all sides)
You specify the packaging units that can be used in
Global Label Management
in Customizing for
Global Label Management
. To do this, you refer to the units of measure in the SAP System.
You specify the relationship between the packaging units, for example, that a crate should contain 15 bottles, under
Alternative Units of Measure
in the material master, see
Specifying Packaging Hierarchies for a Material
and
Packaging Hierarchy
.
A packaging unit could be one of the following:
Can
Bottle
Barrel
Canister
Crate
Case
Bag
Box
Pallet