Program: Container Maintenance

This program lets you add and maintain container types (including dimensions/capacity and label template).

Exploring

Things you can do in this program include:

  • Create and maintain container types (e.g., pallet, carton, cage) used when generating and managing LPNs.

  • Define a single global default container type used when no stock code container default is defined.

  • Assign a label template to control the label format printed for LPNs created using the container type.

  • Capture container attributes (dimensions, maximum weight/volume, stacking allowed, flexible volume) for reference during warehouse processing.

This program is accessed from the Program List of the Syspro menu:

    Program List > Warehouse Management > License Plate Numbering and Containerization > Setup

This refers to the physical type of container or storage (e.g., Pallet, Box, Cage) associated with an LPN, configured with dimensions, capacity, and label templates. Container Types are maintained in the Container Maintenance program and LPN Container Setup business object, which include the description, dimensions, maximum weight/volume, flags (default, stacking allowed, flexible volume), and associated label format.

A single global default container type must always be defined. When selecting a new default it clears the previous one so only one default container type will always exists at a time.
An optional default container can be stored against the stock code (Stock Code Maintenance) and is used when generating LPNs during receipting, if no stock code default is supplied, the global default container type is used.

Overview topic

Topic: WMS License Plate Numbering

Starting

  • A single global default container type must always be defined. When selecting a new default it clears the previous one so only one default container type will always exists at a time.

  • An optional default container can be stored against the stock code (Stock Code Maintenance) and is used when generating LPNs during receipting, if no stock code default is supplied, the global default container type is used.

Solving

The Container Query program is a query program and intended for enquiries only. To maintain container types you must use the corresponding setup/maintenance programs, such as Container Maintenance (Program List > Warehouse Management > License Plate Numbering and Containerization > Setup ), and the browse program LPN Container Browse)

Using

The Container Maintenance process is as follows:

A single global default container type must always be defined. When selecting a new default, it clears the previous one, so only one default container type will always exist at a time.

  • Ensure to create one default Container per company so that receipts and pallet make-up can pre-populate the container type if required.

  • Maintaining Container Types include the description, dimensions, Maximum Weight/Volume, Stacking Allowed, Flexible Volume, and Label Format.

  • Ensure each Container Type is assigned a Label Format as all LPNs must contain a label. Labels can be printed from LPN Container Label Print

  • Save your changes.

    A single global default container type is required per Company prior to running the License Plate Number Conversion (Program List > Warehouse Management > License Plate Numbering and Containerization System > Setup) program.
    A default container can also be set against a stock code in the Stock Code Maintenance program. This is not the same default container as the global default container type, but when left blank the global default container type will be used.

Referencing

This lets you capture a new data record.

This deletes the highlighted data record.

This saves the details you entered or changed.

This lets you enter a unique Container code.

This lets you browse an application.

Field Description

Container

This indicates the container type code used to identify the container definition (for example, a pallet, box, cage or tote type)

Description

This indicates the container type description to help you identify it during selection and reporting.

Default container

This indicates whether the container is the global default container type used the system when no specific default is available (for example, when a stock code does not have a default container defined)

A single global default container type must always be defined. When selecting a new default it clears the previous one so only one default container type will always exists at a time.
An optional default container can be stored against the stock code (Stock Code Maintenance) and is used when generating LPNs during receipting, if no stock code default is supplied, the global default container type is used.

Label format

Indicates the label format to use when printing labels for LPNs created using this container type.

Dimensions

Indicate the various dimensions of the container type.

Indicates the width dimension of the container type.

Indicates the depth dimension of the container type.

Indicates the height dimension of the container type.

Constraints

Indicate the various constraints for the container type.

Indicates the maximum permitted weight for the container type, used to support validation and container suitability rules.

Indicates the maximum permitted volume for the container type, used to support validation and container suitability rules.

Indicates whether the container type is treated as having flexible volume.

Indicates whether the container type is allowed to be stacked on.