Packaging in Biznsbook: An Overview
Packaging is where structured packaging data lives — materials, cartons, per-item specifications, and the physical each → inner → case → pallet hierarchy — feeding a live cartonization engine, a label designer, and a monthly sustainability dashboard. It sits right beside your existing item records rather than in a silo of its own.
What you can do
- Catalogue packaging materials — resin codes, weight, cost, supplier, and recyclability
- Build a carton library with auto-calculated volume and weight limits
- Define a packaging specification per item — weights, dimensions, and a GTIN-14
- Describe the packaging hierarchy — each, inner pack, case, pallet
- Build a packaging bill of materials — the materials it takes to pack one unit, with automatic cost and weight roll-ups
- Cartonize a sale automatically, then print a packing list and carton labels with tracking numbers
- Design your own label templates with live-data tokens and GS1 barcodes
- Track a monthly sustainability dashboard — total packaging weight, recyclability rate, and recycled-content rate
:::info Packaging isn't a compliance filer It manages packaging data and prints labels — it doesn't record food-traceability events or file regulatory returns. State EPR packaging-law reporting is handled by a separate EPR Packaging module; see Packaging permissions and troubleshooting for how the two relate. :::
Before you start
| You'll need | Why |
|---|---|
| Packaging module enabled | Shows the Packaging menu |
| View packaging | Materials, specs, carton types, BOMs, cartonization, labels, and the dashboard |
| Manage packaging | Create/edit masters, BOMs, templates; run cartonization; recalculate the footprint |
| Existing items | Specs attach to products already in your catalog |
Both permissions are granted to Company Admin automatically once the module is licensed.
Finding your way around
| Section | Menu item |
|---|---|
| (heading) | Packaging — opens the Sustainability Dashboard, the module's home screen |
| Materials | Packaging Materials, Carton Types |
| Items | Packaging Specs (and the BOM editor), Cartonization, Label Templates, Consumption History |
| Reports | Sustainability Dashboard |
| Settings | Cartonization Settings (Manage access only) |
Recommended setup order
- (Optional) Ask a Site Administrator to seed common materials and carton types under SiteAdmin → Packaging Material Seed.
- Add materials and carton types of your own.
- Create a packaging specification for an item.
- Build the packaging hierarchy, if you ship in inner packs, cases, or pallets.
- Build a packaging BOM so cost and weight roll up automatically.
- Configure cartonization settings.
- Design a label template, or rely on the built-in fallback.
- Cartonize a sale and print the packing list.
- Review the Sustainability Dashboard once a monthly snapshot exists.