How to add packaging and split it into components

A packaging item in the records is not a sales code. It is a construction: a folding carton, a plastic bag, a jar with a cap and a label. The same carton in two sizes is two entries, because the mass differs — and every percentage share in the declaration is calculated from masses.

1. A new packaging item#

In Records → Packaging click “Add packaging”. Fill in:

• Name — whatever your colleagues will recognise it by, for example “Shipping carton 300×200×150”.
• Type — sales, grouped or transport packaging.
• Unit mass in grams — weighed, not copied from the supplier's quotation.
• Item code — optional, if you want to tie the entry to your own system.

The unit mass is the reference point for everything else. If you do not have a laboratory balance, weigh ten units and divide — a tenth of a gram is accurate enough.

2. Splitting into components#

Each component is one material from one supplier. For a folding carton the typical split looks like this:

Do not merge materials into one row, even when they come from the same supplier. Evidence arrives separately for the ink and separately for the adhesive, so the two have to stay separate in the balance.

3. The mass balance#

Once every component is in, the app adds the masses up and compares them with the unit mass of the packaging. A match shows as the green status Mass balance matches; a difference is shown openly, in grams.

4. Material shares#

Shares are calculated for you: 279.7 g out of 320.0 g is 87.4 per cent. You do not type these numbers by hand and you cannot overwrite them — they enter the document exactly as the masses produced them. The rounding is shown openly, so nobody has to wonder where 87.4 came from instead of 87.40625.

5. Variants and copying#

The fastest way to add the same carton in another size is Duplicate: the component structure and the assigned suppliers are copied, and you only correct the masses. Evidence pinned to materials stays shared — one statement from the board supplier covers every packaging item made from that board.

6. Changes over time#

When you change the board grammage or the adhesive supplier, correct the mass in the records. The app recalculates the shares and flags declarations built on the old data as out of date. It does not touch an issued document — it only shows that reality has drifted from what was signed.

Next step: which supplier evidence qualifies.