Packaging Materials Specifications assigned to packaging components will automatically be added to the finished goods where the packaged component is part of the Bill of Materials.
In this situation, one or more packaging components can be linked to a trade item (finished good or shipping unit) via the Bill of Materials (part of Tab Manufacturing in Product Data Management).
All packaging elements (example a bottle, label, sleeve, cap, lid) of the packaging component will automatically be added to the finished goods once a packaging component is linked in the Bill of Materials.
While you can still add packaging elements directly to the finished good. The combination offers great flexibility. For example, the material specifications for the product specific printed label are added directly to the finished good, while the bottle (which is a standard bottle that is used for many other finished goods) is linked via the bill of materials.
Distribution via GS1-GDSN
When one or more trade hierarchies (often pallet configurations) are published to GS1-GDSN the packaging materials specifications of all to the finished goods and shipping unit linked packaging components are automatically added to the related Trade Item (GTIN).
Packaging Material Taxonomy
- A Packaging Component is a SKU item with its own ID that is managed in SyncForce as a separate item.
- Finished Goods, Shipping Units and Packaging Components can have one or more packaging elements.
- A packaging element can consist of one or more packaging materials
- Some materials are composites and can consist of one or more layers, each with their own material specs.
- The material attributes are dependent on the material class. Example only glass has attribute: Recoverable Yes/No.
Screenshot of the Packaging Material Manager | Part of Manufacturing tab
