Disaggregate

What is a disaggregate event?

A Disaggregate event is the reverse of aggregation - where discrete, individually traceable products from an aggregation are separated. Disaggregation can only occur after aggregation. Nothing about the individual items is inherently changed, they are just broken down to be treated as individual units again.

How it works:

A Wholechain user selects the aggregation they wish to disaggregate, and the products are separated back out into the same discrete products they had been prior to aggregation.
An aggregation must occur prior to a disaggregation event in the supply chain.

Example:

50 cartons of strawberries are disaggregated from a pallet at a retail store to be placed on the shelf for individual sale.
A shipment of 200 bags of coffee beans is disaggregated from a large container at a distribution center, allowing the individual bags to be sent to various coffee shops and retailers.

How do to this on wholechain:

1: Navigate to the Products page from Wholechain's left-side menu, and select the product for which you'd like to log a Disaggregate event.
2: In the product's Current Inventory list, select the aggregated item you'd like to disaggregate and click Actions > Disaggregate.
3: You'll be prompted to select a disaggregation date, as well as confirm the unit of measure of the input items you are disaggregating. This is to account for any product UOM changes that may have occurred when sending/receiving the product between trading partners.
4: Click Log Event and once the record is written to the blockchain, you'll see the individual contents of the aggregation appear as their own product items again. You'll see the Disaggregate event reflected in the item's Supply Chain Diagram.