Shipping Unit

The shipping unit is the unit that is delivered to the customer as a handling unit or packaging unit and can be identified via a SSCC (shipping unit number). VDA Recommendation 5002 (Dec. 1997) defines: “A shipping unit is the smallest unit of goods (quantity of goods) that is not firmly connected to others and is or can be handled individually as a closed perimeter in the transportation chain from the consignor/shipper to the consignee. What constitutes a shipping unit is determined by the consignor/shipper depending on the underlying requirements of the transport, the handling, the type of packaging or securing of the units.”; Source: logipedia / Fraunhofer IML

engl. für Versandeinheit Source: logipedia / Fraunhofer IML