Packagings are used to buy or sell a product in multiple quantities. For example, you can buy a product in a box of 100 and sell the same product in a box of 10. It is also used to define the "By sales unit" when a product is not sold by the unit but only by 10.
Creating a Packaging
To create a Packaging, open the unit product (menu 'Products', and click on 'Products') and click on "Create Packaging":
Select the name of the packaging, it's quantity and it's pricing. If you choose not to enter the pricing, the price of the packaging will automatically by the price of the unit product times the quantity.
Using Packagings
Once you have created one or more packaging for your product, you can see them directly in the unit product:
You can edit them to make some changes by clicking on the pen:
Or you can delete them by clicking on the trash can:
All your Packagings will now show in your product list like any other product. They can be selected in sales or purchase transactions.
Inventory
When you sell or purchase a Packaging, the inventory is automatically adjusted accordingly. For example, if you sell the Packaging "Wine ABC - Box of 10", the inventory of "Wine ABC" will be adjusted by minus 10.
Variants
This is possible to create Packagings from product variants. Open the product variant and click on "Create Packaging":
Packagings in the product list
Your Packagings will be displayed with your products in the product list. In you need to differentiate the Packagings with the other products, you can add the Type column in the product list. Click on the Columns button and select "Type":
