A packaging system consists of all the packaging used collectively to bring a product to market. A packaging system can consist of up to three levels of packaging: primary, secondary and tertiary.

Structuring your data in packaging systems is not a legal requirement, but it can be helpful for some companies.

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In this guide, we take a pallet filled with jam jars as our starting point. The packaging system here consists of three levels:

• Primary packaging unit: Glass with lid and label
• Secondary packaging unit: A package (consisting of cardboard)
• Tertiary packaging unit: Pallet and wrap

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In addition to knowing the components, we also need to know and specify how many units of each component are included in the packaging system. The easiest way to do this is to start from the bottom.

We start with the tertiary packaging unit. We have a 1 pallet and 1 wrap.

The pallet contains 8 packages (cardboard boxes).

Each package contains 10 jam jars.

This means that there are a total of 80 jars in the packaging system.

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In order to create a packaging system, you must first create the packaging units individually. Not sure how to create or import your packaging units?

Read the tutorial: How to import your packaging data using Excel template

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You must first have created the packaging units before they can be put into the system. In this example, we have created glass, package and pallet to be included in our packaging system.

Glass is the primary packaging unit and therefore linked to one or more products. When this packaging unit is part of a packaging system, the entire packaging system is automatically linked to the product.

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How to create packaging systems

• Go to the menu item Packaging systems and click Create new.
• Name the packaging system and provide an internal ID (if desired).
• Click on Save.
• You will then see your created packaging units on the right and the empty packaging levels on the left.
• Find or search for your desired device.
• Drag one device at a time to the right level.
• Enter the total quantity included in the system. According to the example, we have 80 jars, 8 boxes, 1 pallet + 1 wrap.

The packaging system is now created.

Click Back and you can now see the packaging system appear in the list.

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See a demonstration inside the system here