Packing Process#

Overview#

The Packing feature aims to manage and track the process of preparing finished goods for shipment or storage.

Packing process features:

• Open Packing Container
• Close Packing Container
• Add Items to Packing Container
• Remove Items From Packing Container

Setting up Packing Process#

In order for the user to be able to successfully use the packing process features, the following configuration is needed:

• SMTMaterialPackingContext
• SMTMaterialNameGenerationContext
• SMTMaterialPrintableDocumentContext
• The config /SMT/MaterialPacking/IsEnabled/ must be enabled
• The Step in which the packing will be performed must have the IsPacking attribute set

Below there is a description of each of the Smart Tables.

SMTMaterialPackingContext#

This smart table is used only to support the packing process functionality. It defines the list of product containers available to pack a product.

In the example above, there is a packing scenario with 2 levels. In the 1st level Materials with Product SMT_Board can be packed into Materials with Product SMT_PackingBox and in the 2nd level the Materials with Product SMTPackingBox can be packed into Materials with Product SMT_Pallet.

SMTMaterialNameGenerationContext#

Configures the name generator to apply when creating new packing container materials at specified packing Step.

The example shown sets the name generator for newly created packing container materials at SMT_Packing Step.

SMTMaterialPrintableDocumentContext#

Sets the labels to apply for different packing operations. If a label is not set for a specific packing operation, no labels will be printed during execution.

The configuration shown above sets labels for 3 different packing scenarios performed at the SMT_Packing step, therefore labels will be printed for the type of material defined:

• Adding a board to a packing container
• Adding a packing container to another packing container
• Closing a packing container

Administration#

The config /SMT/MaterialPacking/IsEnabled/ must be enabled. The /SMT/MaterialPacking/ContainerQuantityIsZero/ will determine whether packing containers will be created with a primary quantity of 1 or 0.