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Item Pack

Item packs are used in the system to describe the various ways items are packaged for sale. When item packs are properly defined and assigned to items, the tasks of order entry, shipping and labeling items is made fast and easy. Packs are used to define complex outer, inner, and individual unit packaging configurations for any item. Items can have more than one pack configuration, depending on how many different ways they are sold; this impacts the way quantities are entered in the Sales Orders, Update Pick List, and Shipping screens. Packs are always associated with items and can be specific to a customer. An item alias or an item alias group can be used to override a pack for a specific item or customer. Labels may be associated with packs in order to produce the label quantities needed. Additionally, a different label template can be assigned to each pack.

An example provides the easiest way of understanding an item pack. Assume that you sell cases of soda. The system will let you define a pack configuration to be "1 case of 4 boxes of 6 -12 ounce bottles". You can specify whether the 4 six-packs can be sold individually (the "break unit"), and you can override the system-generated designation for the pack with one of your own. Once you have defined the pack configuration, this configuration can be assigned to various items. For example, a retail pack for a chain is packed in a master carton that contains four boxes. Each box contains six 4-oz units. The pack would be a case with 6 packs that weigh 4 ounces each. The total weight of the case is 6 pounds. Another chain may take the same 4-oz item, but package it in a 36-piece bulk pack. Their case item pack may be a case with thirty-six 4-oz packages, weighing 9 pounds total. If the stocking unit of measure for the item is the 4-oz package, two case packs of the single item can be created to show that is shipped in a different carton.

The system allows units for items to be defined using either item packs or pounds. Net•Yield uses these packaging configurations to correctly calculate weights, so that the appropriate weight may be taken from inventory.

Weight-based items may still be sold in pounds. They can still be designated by the pound as before but packs can be used to describe additional weight-based units of measure such as gallons, kilograms, a 10 x 5 lb case pack, etc. The system will handle the corresponding calculations to convert the pack unit to the stocking unit of measure or pounds, which is still used throughout the system's costing and inventory routines.

Pack designations will now follow a "Slash/Dot notation" – a method that allows either a packaged case designation or a weight quantity (decimal values) to be entered in the same quantity field. For example, an "outer pack/inner pack" quantity could be entered (i.e. 4/2 packs of an item would mean 4 outer cases and 2 inner containers of that item are being specified). Or, you can enter a weight value, such as 10.125 lbs, as a quantity. The following examples depict this slash/dot notation for typical products:

(4/2) – Four full cases and two 5 lb "bags" of frozen shrimp, where the lowest saleable unit is defined as a bag weighing 5 pounds, and 4 bags make a case
(6/24) – Six cases and 24 cans of clam broth, where the can is the lowest saleable unit, and a case has been defined as having 100 cans
(8/2) – Eight cases and 2 six-packs of ketchup bottles, where the six-pack is the lowest saleable unit (for that pack configuration), and a case has been defined as having 4 six-packs each. (Note that you could have additional pack configurations for that item that would allow you to sell individual bottles, for example.)
(5.250) pounds of whole market cod, where the item has been defined as a weight-based item.
Item packs can be defined as Fixed Weight or Catch Weight. The quantity entered for catch weight items can be configured to be entered as the total weight shipped, the weight of each individual pack or the weight of each inner pack.
Pack configurations can also be defined to use decimal notation in addition to slash notation. This only applies to non-EACH type of descriptions, and where the pack can be divided evenly into whole pieces according to the decimal. Therefore, a pack containing 100 units and defined to allow decimal notation can have a quantity of 1.25 packs, whereas a pack configured to have 10 units could not (1.25 x 10 does not equal a whole number). There can never be a decimal portion of an EACH, as UCC defines this to be the lowest indivisible unit measure for e-commerce standards. If "Use Decimal Notation" is defined in a pack configuration, then the decimal will print on Pick Lists, Update Pick List, Load Sheets, Items Ordered Inquiry, Pick Tickets, Shipping Labels, Item Info Labels, and Pick List by Order.

The Catch Weight Level setting in Item Pack controls how many lines are printed on the pick list. The Fixed Weight setting will print one line to record or confirm the total weight shipped; the Order Line setting will print one line to record or confirm the number of units shipped; the Pack UOM setting will print one line for each unit ordered; the Break UOM setting will print one line for each pack break unit ordered.

Net•Yield item packs conform with the nomenclature and structure of both UCC.net and EDI standards, which recognize shipped units as falling into three main categories: cases, "eaches", or packages (portions of a case). Eaches, according to UCC rules, are the smallest unit and cannot be breakdown into smaller components.

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Item Pack Fields

Item Pack	The pack used for this item.
Customer Mask	The customer ID code or customer mask if the item pack is a customer pack. Customer packs are available for the customer or customer mask only.
Sort Order	The sort order the packs will display for this item.
Default EA	Denotes whether this pack ID the Net•Yield default "each". Only one pack can be assigned as the default each.
Default Selling Pack	The default selling pack for the item.
Pack Unit of Measure	The unit of measure used for the pack: CA – Case EA – Each PK – Package
Breaks in a Pack	The number of breaks in a pack (1=None).
Break Unit of Measure	The break unit of measure. Available options are: CA – Case EA – Each PK – Package AS – Assortment BG – Bag BI – Bar BO – Bottle BR – Barrel BU – Bushel BX – Box CN – Can CT – Carton CU – Cup DZ – Dozen GA – Gallon HD – Half Dozen JR – Jar KE – Keg PC – Piece PR – Pair PT – Pint PY – Peck Dry US TE – Tote
Pack Break Detail	Number of pack break detail units (0=None).
Quantity, Break or Detail	The number of quantity, break, or detail units. Available options are: CA – Case EA – Each PK – Package GR – Gram KG – Kilogram LB – Pound OZ – Ounce AS – Assortment BG – Bag BI – Bar BL – Block BO – Bottle BR – Barrel BU – Bushel BX – Box CN – Can CT – Carton CU – Cup DZ – Dozen GA – Gallon HD – Half Dozen JR - Jar KE – Keg LT - Liter PA – Pail PC – Piece PR – Pair PT – Pint PY – Peck Dry US QT – Quart TE – Tote UN – Unit
Quantity Unit of Measure	The unit of measure for the quantity, break, or detail units.
Net Weight of 1 Break	The net weight of one break unit.
Weight Unit of Measure	The weight unit of measure.
Pack Description	The description of a pack is automatically computed based on its configuration. This description can be overridden by the alternative pack description.
Alternate Pack Description	The alternative pack description (overrides the pack description).
Break Description	The break description is computed automatically based on its configuration.
Order Increment	The ordering increment based on the pack UOM or the pack break.
Catch Weight Level	These options are for unlotted items only. Used to define the pack as a fixed weight case, a catch weight or random weight pack (controlled at the order line level), a catch weight pack controlled at the pack UOM level or a catch weight pack controlled at the inner pack level. The Fixed Weight option ("FW") allows the pack to be shipped by entering the total number of cases shipped. The Order Line option ("LI") allows for total catch weight for the line item to be entered. The Pack UOM option allows for the weight of each individual pack shipped to be entered. The Break UOM option allows for the weight of each inner pack of the case to be entered.
Gross Weight	The gross weight of one pack.
UPC	The UPC code for the item.
Preferred Notation	The notation to use when entering quantity for this pack: S=Slash notation, D=Decimal notation. Slash allows for 3/2 meaning three cases and two bags. Decimals allows for the quantity to be entered as 3.25.

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