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There are two ways to create a UID item with embedded items, aka a UID Family Tree.  

[ Scan UIDs ] - uses  a 2D UID scanner to collect end items and embed items within.

[ Add UIIs ] - uses the UID data entry capabilities of Shipper and Labeling to add Composite UIIs to a shipment

Scanning UID part marks offers the advantage of quickly and definitively determining information about each UID that is required for its submission to WAWF and/or the IUID Registry.  This starts by positively identifying each item's part number, assuming that Construct 2 UIDs are used.  This allows UID Expeditor to quickly determine each item's nomenclature/noun by looking up the part number in your MIL-Comply parts database.   Construct 2 UID symbols also delimit the UID item's serial number, which is required for submission.  See how to Scan UID Items.

UID Expeditor will also accept Composite UIIs, using the capabilities found in Comply/Shipper and Labeling.   These methods may require the user to assist in determining the part number component of UIDs, while still allowing Expeditor to determine the serial number and nomenclature.  Expeditor allows you to combine these methods in case the UID tags of some items are not accessible for scanning, but you can still determine the UII or its components.   Manually entering Composite UIIs also serves as a backup method when use of a scanner is not practical.

Building UID family trees by pasting in Composite UIIs is built in to the same process as Scan UID Items, with a Paste UII button offered as an alternative to scanning at the points where that occurs.

UID Expeditor is compatible with most UID wedge scanners, more properly referred to as Data Matrix compatible 2D Imaging Scanners.  They must be capable of operating as keyboard wedges.  More about configuring UID scanners.