Global Serial Number Management of Products with Packaging

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We want to trace products at the lot level but maintain traceability to the specific package. Is there a way to produce products to include their packaging? I basically want to serialize (maybe globally) my PAC units such that each one is uniquely identifiable in inventory. Today, trialing global serial numbers on products whose STK units are in a weight unit (KG) makes it impossible to generate a serial number for each drum (serial numbers get produced for each whole weight unit instead, and we need divisibility to the 0.001kg), even if I receive/produce those materials in their PAC unit.

Is there a configuration or setup of global serial numbers in X3 to point them to the received unit (including PAC unit when applied) instead of the STK unit?

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    That's not an easy question, so I just shoot some ideas and let you weigh the pros and cons:
    - Set STK unit as UN and PAC unit in KG with changeable coef. But this mean, your standard cost, BOM quantity are expressed per unit
    - Or use LPN as your serial number. This feature is meant to be used to identify the packaging (drum, pallet, etc.)
    - Or use sub-lot to identify the container but some complementary development would be needed. For instance, the same sub-lot can be on 2 different locations which is not a possible when using serial number.
    - Or do some develop and use PALNUM field (identifier 1 is a standard field available for custom usage) and ensure there is a sequence counter applied and build a query to get the traceability. Note the legacy ADC functions can rely on this field to select the stock (See the menu: ADCs > Selection by identifier)