Handling Unit (HU)

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Definition
A handling unit is a physical unit consisting of packaging materials (load carriers/packing material)
and the goods contained on/in it. A handling unit is always a combination of products and
packaging materials
. All the information contained in the product items, for example, about
batches, is retained in the handling units and is always available.

Handling units can be nested, and you can create a new handling unit from several other handling
units.

A handling unit has a unique, scannable identification number that you can construct according to
industry standards such as EAN 128 or SSCC.

Fig. 1: Example of a Handling Unit

Structure
The object ‘Handling Unit’ contains the following attributes:

Identification number

Dimension

Weight

Volume

Status

Products and quantities

Packaging material

Packaging specification

A handling unit consists of a handling unit header and handling unit items. It receives a unique
number that is used for identification purposes.

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Handling Unit Header
The header data of a handling unit is divided up as follows:

Weight/volume/dimension

General data

Storage-specific data

For more information about the different detailed information, see

Packing at the Work Center
.

Status
The handling unit is connected to general status management. This enables you to document the
various physical statuses (such as planned or realized) and other attributes (such as, weighed,
loaded, blocked, or posted for GI) for a handling unit.

If you want to use your own status, you can store a user schema for the packaging material type.

Handling Unit Item

The items of a handling unit can consist of products, auxiliary packaging materials, or other
handling units, which are displayed in an overview. For more information about this overview, see
Packing at the Work Center
.

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