---
title: "Pallet/container tracking"
slug: "bc-pallet-container-tracking"
tags: ["BC", "Business Central", "Concept", "Food"]
updated: 2026-06-25T09:59:16Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:16Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-pallet-container-tracking"
---

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# Pallet/container tracking

The goods in a company's inventory are often stored on or in some type of container. This lets a company facilitate movements of larger item quantities. For example, a manufacturing company that produces individual cases of a finished good may stack several cases onto a pallet to expedite the movement of items from the production area to warehouse storage.

By defining an inventory item as a "container" in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can assign other inventory items to the container item. Certain characteristics of the items stored on or in a container are captured when the container record is created. When you assign a container to a document such as a sales or transfer order, information about the items assigned to that container is automatically copied to the document lines.

The following table describes a sequence of activities, with links to the topics that describe them. These activities are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.

| To | See |
| --- | --- |
| Define the general rules, properties, and values for pallet/container tracking processes. | [Configure pallet/container tracking](/business-central/docs/bc-configure-pallet-container-tracking) |
| Create, maintain, and assign container records to documents. | [Process containers](/business-central/docs/bc-food-process-containers) |

## Related

- [Configure pallet/container tracking](/bc-configure-pallet-container-tracking.md)
- [Process containers](/bc-food-process-containers.md)
- [About containers](/bc-about-containers.md)