Episode Summary:
​​​​Join Felipe and his expert guest Marcus Zahn for the third Part in this Transportation Management Black Belt Edition Podcast series about the Package Builder. This episode is all about Material Master Data and its relevance to Package Building. We will discuss in detail how to define Products and Package Material Data with the content required by Package Building. We will also take a look at the Reference Product Hierarchy and how you can leverage the setup of Package Building using the Package Builder Test report.

Episode Notes:
The covered topics are:

• Intro
• Summary of previous episode
• Importance of Master Data for Package Building
• Minimum Master Data Requirements for Package Building
• Where is the Material Master Data defined?
• Material Master Data – Basic Data 1: Description
• Material Master Data – Basic Data 1: General Data
• Material Master Data: About the relevant fields for the processing logic of the SCE Package Builder
• Material Master Data – Additional Data
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Dimensions and Volume calculation
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Weight attributes
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Maximum Stacking Factor
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Maximum Top Load
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Full Package Quantity Definition
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Multiple Full Package Quantity Definitions
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Dimensions for a Full Package
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Layer Definition
• Material Master Data – Additional Data: Units of Measure: Weight of Package Material in Full Package Definition
• Material Master Data – Sales: General/Plant
• Material Master Data – WM Packaging
• Material Master Data – WM Packaging: Package Building Settings
• Material Master Data – WM Packaging: Package Building Settings: Reference Product for Package Building
• Material Master Data – WM Packaging: Package Building Settings: Product Shape
• Material Master Data – WM Packaging: Package Building Settings: Product Orientation Profile
• Material Master Data – WM Packaging: Package Building Settings: Overhang Threshold
• Material Master Data – WM Packaging: Package Building Settings: Bridge Threshold and other PBO Settings
• Material Master Data: Differences in Package Materials
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Basic Data
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Basic Data: General Item Category Group
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Additional Data: Units of Measure
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Additional Data: Units of Measure: Handling of Dimensions for Package Materials
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Additional Data: Units of Measure: Nested Package Materials (e.g. Cartons)
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Sales: General/Plant: Packaging Material Data
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Sales: General/Plant: Packaging Material Data: Closed Package Materials
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Sales: General/Plant: Packaging Material Data: Allowed Package Weight
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: Sales: General/Plant: Packaging Material Data: Non-relevant Fields
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: WM Packaging: Maximum Packaging: Dimensions
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: WM Packaging: Maximum Packaging: Considerations for Closed Package Materials
• Material Master Data – Differences in Package Materials: WM Packaging: Relevance of Package Building Settings for Package Materials
• Reference Product Hierarchy: Overview using the Package Builder Test Report
• Reference Product Hierarchy: Overview using the Package Builder Test Report: Bottom -> Up Example
• Reference Product Hierarchy: Overview using the Package Builder Test Report: Accessing the relevant setup definitions from the Test Report
• Reference Product Hierarchy: Advantages/Disadvantages and Recommendations
• Wrap-Up