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If you want to make changes to several article master data at the same time, we recommend you upload them as an Excel file (XLS).

On the article master data overview page, you can find master data for your articles that have been added by means of VMI notifications, demand notifications, dummy orders or the CSV create material function. You can change the master data in the table by uploading modified master data or by making modifications on the details page. You can use the search function to find individual article master data records. You can configure the table view to meet your requirements and then save the view.

The screen “Due Deliveries (grouped)” is the entry point for FPA creation.

In the overview “Assigned Packing Instructions” you see the customer article numbers and the assigned packing instructions.

The table gives a quick overview whether a customer article has one or more packing instructions from customer or supplier side and whether a supplier article is assigned.

The table is visible to customers and suppliers. Both see the same table.

The column “Packing Instruction Customer / Supplier” displays which packing instructions and packing data were created by the customer or supplier.

The packing material master data in the menu item “Packing Material” contains all packing materials from supplier and customer with data that are absolutely necessary in the automatic and manual packing process in the FPA / ASN process.
The menu item “Packing Material” are available for customer and supplier.

For Customers: The packing material master data can be created or updated by demand message, by CSV file upload or by manual entry in the entry dialogue “Packing Material Details”.

In the detail page “Packing Instructions” you find all relevant fields and the assignment of entered articles and packing materials.

One level packing instruction:
In the one level packing instruction you must assign the packing material and the articles. Furthermore you can assign auxiliary packing materials.

In this overview you see the master data of the packing instructions of the supplier or customer. In the packing instructions the entered data of the “Article Weights and Measures” and the entered data of “Packing Materials” will be merged. The packing instructions master data are absolutely necessary for the automatic calculation of the packing in the FPA / ASN process.

The packing instructions master data are available for customer and supplier.

In the entry dialogue “Packing Material Details” you can create and update packing material by a manual input.

For Customers: You can enter and update all relevant data on the details page “Packing Material Details”.

For Suppliers: You can enter and update all relevant data on the detail page “Packing Material Details”. In the field “Customer Packing Number” you can enter the packing number of the customer so that the customer can identify the packing material in the ASN.

In the detail page “Article Weights and Measures” you find all relevant fields and the assignment of a supplier article to a customer article.

For Customers: You can only update existing articles on the detail page “Article Weights and Measures”. In the table “Referenced Supplier Articles” you can see the supplier article that are assigned to the customer article by the supplier.