How to manage Packaging Hierarchy

The Packaging Hierarchy tab in PDP provides a centralized view to manage the packaging hierarchy of a trade item. Each level in a hierarchy represents the relationship between the parent and child items through the Quantity relationship attribute.

By default, a single-level hierarchy is displayed for the current trade item. When you add a parent or child trade item, the tab displays a new hierarchy associated with the highest-level GTIN.

If the trade item belongs to more than one packaging hierarchy, you can view and manage all its associated hierarchies in the same tab.

Add a parent or child trade item

You can add a parent or child trade item to create a Packaging Hierarchy for a trade item connected through a quantity of child units. You can add a parent only to the highest-level (trade item) and a child trade item to any level except for a Base Unit

For example, in the Pallet → Case → Base Unit hierarchy:

• You can add a parent to Pallet.
• You can add a child to Pallet or Case, but not to Base Unit.

To add a parent and child trade items:

1. Go to PDP > Packaging Hierarchy tab.

2. Click View Actions > Add Parent corresponding to the highest-level trade item in a hierarchy.
   

3. In the Add Parent - Packaging Hierarchy dialog, select a trade item.
   In this scenario, a Case can have Pallet as a parent trade item.
   

4. Click Next.

5. Enter the quantity of child units for the newly selected parent item.
   You can modify the quantity at any time from the Packaging Hierarchy grid by double-clicking the Qty column for the required trade item.
   

6. Click Add.

7. Similarly, to add a child trade item, click View Actions > Add Child.
   

8. In the Add Child - Packaging Hierarchy dialog, select a trade item.
   In this scenario, a Case can have a Case, Pack, or Base Unit as a child trade item.
   

9. Click Next.

10. Enter the quantity of child units for the newly added child.
    

11. Click Add.

Remove a child trade item

You can remove a trade item of any level in the Packaging Hierarchy to remove the relationship of the selected trade item from its corresponding parent trade item.

To remove a trade item:

1. Go to PDP > Packaging Hierarchy tab.

2. Click View Actions > Remove corresponding to any child trade item in a hierarchy.
   In this scenario, Case is being removed from the Pallet.
   

3. Click Remove.
   

Published Withdrawal Sent

When a temporary or permanent withdrawal is performed for a published product, all associated packaging hierarchies including pallets are also withdrawn. You can view the published withdrawal status on the product details page. For more information, see Withdraw Publication.