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Subject: Re: [ubl-tsc] Groups - Packaging Component Model (as agreed)   (TransportPackagingProposal-20051128.JPG)uploaded




From: Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au>
To: "Jern Kuan, Leong" <jernkuan@crimsonlogic.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:13:00 +0800






see my response inline...

Jern Kuan, Leong wrote:

>Hi Tim & TSC
>
>Looking at the component for package assembly level.
>
>I was unable to find package in the procurement excel thus I was unable
>to determine the definition of quantity. Does quantity define how are
>the goods packed? Like 100 units or by the dozen?
>
>  
>
yes.  The Quantity in Package is defined as "the quantity within a 
package." A Quantity data type is "a counted number of non-monetary 
units possibly including fractions." its structure includes a Unit Code 
to say what measure the quantity is in (e.g. "units" or "dozen"). 

So it is really the Goods Quantity (see below).

>Thus if I have one pellet as the outer packaging for two different kinds
>of goods, I would have a pellet as a bigger package containing two more
>smaller package based on the contained concept in package?
>However how do I specify how many of the smaller packages do I have? Eg
>2 x (100 units of A4 paper~ smaller package) and 2 x (1 dozen of beer~
>smaller package). How can the numeric 2 be captured?
>  
>
i originally thought this would have to be the number of occurrences.  
So in your example,
<outer package>
     <small package>
        <A4 paper package>
        <A4 paper package>
     <small package>
        <1 dozen beer package>
        <1 dozen beer package>
 - so you know there are 2 because each package is identified individually.

But in thinking this through it may be we cannot identify seperate inner 
packages.  we only know how many there are.  So i suggest we add a "Unit 
Quantity" (a numeric component), similar to Transport Handling Unit.  
then this could hold the value "2".

Ideally we should also qualify the "Quantity" in Package to be "Goods 
Quantity" to remove the ambiguity it clearly has.

>Since we would only have a single goods quantity at THU.
>
>Rgds
>Jernkuan 
>
>