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Before the "Pack & Ship" process can be used, the feature must be enabled at on the "Mobile WMS Setup" page.
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"Enabling Pack & Ship" must be set to true.


Tote Picking

"Enabling Pack & Ship" requires that Tote Picking is enabled and set up as shown above.

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Tote Per – setting

Effect

Supported in "Pack & Ship"

Destination No.

Tote ID's per Recipient Customer

True

Source No.

Tote ID's per Sales Order

True

Whse. Document No.

Tote ID's per Whse. Shipment doc.

True



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  • License Plate Number Series (Optional)
    • The number series to be used for automatically assigning new unique License Plate numbers
    • If the number series is blank, the user will be asked to scan a new License Plate number, when either 'Add New License Plate', 'Combine all Contents to new', or Move all License Plates to new' functions are used.
    • Blank number series means the scan input has same "free" input type, similar to tote picking id.
    • The generated numbers may not overlap with item numbers or bin codes.

"Pack & Ship" Section

  • Weight Unit
    • Specified the Unit of Measure used in help messages for steps on the mobile device.
      This is a value from the Shipping Provider and may not match up with existing Unit of Measure Codes in BC.

  • Dimensions Unit
    • Specifies the Unit of Measure used in help messages for steps on the mobile device.
      This is a value from the Shipping Provider and may not match up with existing Unit of Measure Codes in BC.

  • Collect Staging Hint on Pick
    • If enabled, the user will be asked for "Staging hint" when posting a Pick for Whse. Shipments.
       
  • Collect Packing Station on Pick
    • If enabled, the user will be asked for "Packing Station" when posting a Pick for Whse. Shipments.

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"Synchronize Package Types" action will get any Packages from a "Shipping Provider Connector", if used.


IMPORTANT:

  • Mobile users must log out/in after changing this setup

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If there are different requirements for package registration depending on the Shipping Agent and Shipping Agent Service, you can set up the required values.

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The Package Types available on the mobile device are determined by selecting "Shipping Agent" and "Shipping Agent Service" when Registering Shipment Information.

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  • Package Type
  • Weight
  • Length
  • Height
  • Width
  • Loading Meter (LDM)



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Note:

  • The calculated available Package Types on the mobile device will be the records for the specific Shipping Agent and a specific or blank Shipping Agent Service.
    • Example from the setup above
      • Shipping Agent is 'DHL' + Shipping Agent Service is ' ' = 'BAG'
      • Shipping Agent is 'DHL' + Shipping Agent Service is 'STANDARD' = 'BAG' + 'BOX'
      • Shipping Agent is 'DHL' + Shipping Agent Service is 'OVERNIGHT' = 'BAG' + 'PALLET'
      • Shipping Agent is 'FEDEX' + Shipping Agent Service is ' ' = 'BAG' + 'BOX' + 'PALLET'

  • If no entries exist in "Mobile WMS Package Setup", the solution can be used without the need to register specific package information.
    The License Plates will still be handled and marked as "handled by shipping".

  • Mobile users must log out/in after changing this setup

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To activate this, you must "Number Series" field on the "License Plate" label-template.




Set up printer for a specific combination of label-template and Packing Station

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Use the "Printer Label Template Setup"- action to specify the printer you want to use for label-template and Packing Stations.


In this example we have set up the printer named "3x2 Print (Pack 1)" to be suggested as default printer for label-template "License Plate 3x2" and Packing Station "PACK 1".

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See : Shipping Provider Connectors 

Next

Continue with the Pack & Ship section in the User Guide.