1. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, perform operations for configuring a logistic unit for planning and processing in a logistic environment, the operations comprising: accessing a template database object that is compatible with a modeled logistic environment process; receiving a user assignment of defined attributes for the accessed template object, wherein the defined attributes describe a feature common to multiple different physical receptacles used to contain stock in a logistic environment or a feature common to contents of the receptacles; and generating a logistic unit based on the template database object and the defined attributes, wherein the logistic unit is assignable to a stock item to define how the stock item is to be handled in the modeled logistic environment process.