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It is an alternative to the existing Shipment and Tote Shipping by offering improvements to the workflows such as:

  • Staging of goods between picking and packing processes
  • Repacking picked goods to new packages and pallets
  • Printing labels for package/pallet contents
  • Fully customizable integration to 3rd party Shipping Apps including booking and printing shipping documents directly from the mobile device


See also Installation Guide - Enable Pack & Ship

Overview

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Installation Guide - Enable Pack & Ship



Introduction

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Pack & Ship is accessed from the main menu seen in the screenshot.



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However, the main goal is to allow our customers to easily connect Mobile WMS to their shipping solutions.

Enabling customers to Create and Book transports/consignments and Print the shipping labels directly from the mobile device.

How Pack & Ship Integrate with Shipping Providers

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Available Shipping provider Connectors

This is the current list of available connectors.

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Shipping Provider 

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"Shipping Provider" Extension

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"Connector" Extension

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Help & Support

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Idyn ShipIT 365

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ShipIT 365 - nShift

ShipIT 365 - EasyPost

ShipIT 365 - Sendcloud

ShipIT 365 - Transsmart

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ShipIT Help & Support

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LogTrade Help & Support

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NVIsion Commerce 365 for Sendcloud

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NVIsion Commerce 365 for Sendcloud

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NVIsion Help & Support for SendCloud

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NVIsion Help & Support for EasyPost

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Shipmondo Shipment Connector

Webshipper Shipment Connector

nShift Shipment Connector

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customers to easily connect Mobile WMS to their shipping solutions.

Enabling customers to Create and Book transports/consignments and Print the shipping labels directly from the mobile device.

See: Shipping Provider Setup

Terminology

  • Tote Picking
    • Pick for multiple orders/customers and then separate the orders/customers by the Tote ID's during the pick process. A Tote is basically any entity that can be used to hold goods i.e., boxes, railcars, pallets.
      See Tote- Picking & Shipping

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  •  Mobile WMS Setup (9/10):
    • "Enable Tote Picking"
    • "Enable Pack & Ship"
       
  • Location:
    • "Bin Mandatory", "Require Pick" and "Require Shipment" must be enabled

  • Warehouse Shipment:
    • Only orders for the same Customer and delivery address on the same Shipment
    • Only Source Documents of type "Sales OrderOrder", "Transfer Orders" outbound, as well as "Purchase Return Orders" and "Transfer Service Orders" outbound, (from MOB5.49) can be used as sources for Warehouse Shipment for the packing and shipping processes

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Tote Picking: How Totes Become License Plates
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All goods must be assigned a "Tote" (box/railcar/pallet/etc.) during the Pick process.

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Note: This feature requires Cloud Print Service or Report Print

  • The label is printed from the action Menu
  • You can print License Plate labels as part of the Pick process with unique ID's
    • Using the unique ID's is especially useful when picking directly into
    the boxes you intend to ship, like a cardboard box for example
  • The label is printed from the action Menu
    • the boxes you intend to ship, like a cardboard box for example


Tip: Print a bunch of labels before you pick and simply use them "as you go"


Example of License Plate label 


Printing License Plate Report from Business Central

From version MOB5.46 It´s also possible to print the "License Plate Label" and "License Plate Contents Label" reports directly from the License Plate Card and List page in Business Central.


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You can access this Contents page from the Packing process or from the "License Plate Contents" menu.

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Example from the Packing window, using the promoted menu Item "Content".

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License Plate Contents page


  • Edit License Plate/Update Position
    • If you have enabled the use of Packing Station and Staging Hint in the Mobile WMS Setup, you can use this action to update the existing information on the selected License Plate
    • Example: You want to update the position of the License Plate.

Mobile: Pack & Ship

Use Pack & Ship to add additional information to packages before shipping.

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Shipment Information - Always the top element

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  • Shipment number and Shipment Date
  • Customer name
  • Source document
  • Information about the "Shipping Agent" and "Shipping Agent Service"
    • Prefilled from Warehouse Shipment (can be changed from the mobile device)

  • Information about Packing Station, if activated and available.
    • Specified as part of the Pick process (can be changed from the mobile device)
  • Status Icon changes
    • When all required shipment information is collected the First element is processed and the Icon changes:



License Plates - Subsequent
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  • License Plate No.
  • Staging hint
  • Package Type, Weight, Dimensions etc. (defined by Mobile Package Setup)
  • Qty. of items (Qty. base) for included items
  • Status Icon
    • When all required information is collected for the License Plate, it is ready to be shipped and the icon changes:


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Actions available from Packing

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Several actions are available to efficiently prepare and pack "License Plates" for shipping:

  • Move License Plates To New
    • A new License Plate will be created, and all existing License Plates will be moved into the new License plate. (Keep the structure)
    • Note: Action will only include License Plates with blank "Package Type"
    • Example: You put two cardboard boxes onto one pallet

  • Combine All Contents To New
    • A new License Plate will be created, and content from existing License Plates will be moved into the new License plate. (Resetting existing License Plates)
    • Note: Action will only include License Plates with blank "Package Type"
    • Example: You want to re-use a License Plate in the warehouse or maybe empty two small cardboard boxes into one larger box

  • Bulk Register Information
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    • Start registering steps for all unhandled License Plates in one process
    • Example: You register the same information about two or more identical packages in one process
    • Note: Action will only include License Plates with blank "Package Type"
    • Note: Action will only include License Plates with contents
  • Print
    • Print License Plate labels for new License Plates created in the Packing process or re-print for existing License Plates
    • Print License Plate Contents labels

  • Update PositionEdit License Plate
    • If you have enabled the use of Packing Station and Staging Hint in the Mobile WMS Setup, you can use this action to update the existing information on the selected License Plate
    • Example: You want to update the position of the License Plate


  • Add License Plate
    • Manually add a new License Plate
    • Example: You need an extra License Plate to finish the packing process


  • Delete License Plate
    • Manually delete an empty License Plate
    • Example: You decided to pack all Items in 1 package and want to delete the empty License Plate


  • Move License Plate
    • The selected License Plate can be moved into any other License Plate on the same Shipment
    • Example: You want to move a small cardboard box into a bigger cardboard box that already contains items


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