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Description

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Configuration of the Pack & Ship function feature.

See also

Pack & Ship section in the User GuideUser Guide - Pack & Ship

Overview

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Minimum Requirements

  • Business Central v14.0
  • Mobile WMS Extension version MOB5.42
  • Android App and Mobile configuration v1.5.12

Printing "License Plate" and "License Plate Content" requires a Printing solution.


Mobile WMS Setup

Before the "Pack & Ship" process can be used, the feature must be enabled at the "Mobile WMS Setup" screen must be reviewedpage.
When all setup below is completed, any mobile device should be restarted before attempting to use Pack & Ship.



Tote PickPicking

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

It´s This specific Tote setup is required because the License Plates are created based on the collected Tote ID's.:

  • "Enable Tote Picking" = True
  • "Tote per" = "Whse. Document No.", "Source No." or "Destination No."


There are 3 different ways of collecting the Tote ID's during the Pick process, but only 1 is supported:

Tote Per – setting

Effect

Supported in "Pack & Ship"

Destination No.

Tote ID's per Recipient Customer

FalseTrue

Source No.

Tote ID's per Sales Order

FalseTrue

Whse. Document No.

Tote ID's per Whse. Shipment doc.

True



"Pack & Ship" Section

  • 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.

  • 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
    • Specified 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.

  • Pick Collect Staging Hint on Pick
    • If enabled, the user will be asked for "Staging hint" when posting a Pick for Whse. Shipments.
       
  • Pick 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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Mobile WMS Package Types

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You must set up a "Mobile Package Type" to be used as information on the License plates. 

"Mobile Package Types" are not used directly on the mobile device, it . It depends on the setup in the "Shipping agent" and "Mobile WMS Package Types".You can also use the

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Synchronize Package Types

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


NoteIMPORTANT:

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


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Mobile WMS Package Setup

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

You can specify what fields should be collected and/or specify default values to be used when registering the steps on the mobile device Registering License Plates during packing.


The Package Types available on the mobile device will be filtered by the selected Shipping Agent on the Warehouse Shipment.Available fields to be requested as stepsare determined by selecting "Shipping Agent" when Registering Shipment Information.

Fields:

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

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


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Mobile WMS Packing Stations (optional)

If using Packing Stations is enabled in the Mobile WMS Setup and at least one Packing Station exists, the user can choose Packing Station from the mobile device during the picking and packing processes.

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You can also use the "Synchronize Packing Station" to get any data specified from a "Shipping Provider Connector".


Note:

  • If you insert a <blank> Code a unique value will be applied in the Code field

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License Plate Labels Setup (Printer per Packing Station)

Note: This feature requires Tasklet Print Cloud Service Printing to be set up.


To use the "License Plate" and "License Plate Content" label, you must enable and assign a printer to those label-templates. Number License Plate Labels using No. Series

License Plate ID´s are can be assigned automatically assigned to license plate labels from the specified , using a Number Series on the label-temple. The Number Series is required and must be populatedtemplate.

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

If you have multiple label printers and want to suggest a specific printer for a Packing Station, you can do this from the Packing Station list page: Open

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


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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This setup will result in the following default printer suggestion, but you can manually choose another printer.

This setup will result in the following

If you need to share a printer between some Packing Stations (but not all), you will need to make a copy of the Printer name for the extra Packing Station.



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BC Delivery Note Setup (Print Shipment on Post)

This feature requires Report Print.

It is possible to enable the automatic print of a Delivery Note in the Pack & Ship process to be placed into the package before shipping. 

See : Print Shipment on Post

Shipping Label Setup 
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This feature requires shipping provider integration.

It is possible to print the shipping label directly from the device in the pack and ship process, but this requires setting up the provider connector printing setup, which differs from provider to provider.

See : Shipping Provider Connectors

Next

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