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With the Pack & Ship module in Mobile WMS, we introduce the concept of license plates in the Pick, Pack, and Ship work processes. The license plate is a very flexible concept that allows your warehouse worker to associate a group of items with a unique number. In the real world, the license plate is typically a box or a pallet with a barcode label that contains the unique id.
The license plate is created in the picking process, where your warehouse picker will put every picked item into a license plate. Your warehouse worker will register where the license plates are stored in the shipping area at the end of the picking process, making it easy for another person to take over and complete the shipping process later.
A license plate is used to model a “container of items.” It can be a box, a pallet, a cage, a wagon, etc., with a unique barcode where items can be placed during the picking process. License plates are simply used to model how items are packed and are a building block in the shipping process.
The license plate labels can either be:
The Pack & Ship process starts by simply scanning a license plate, whereafter the system automatically finds the related order and any other license plates included in the same order.
In the optimal scenario, the picked items are put in license plates to be shipped directly to the customer. An excellent example of this is a cardboard box in the right size for the order. This is typically only possible for small orders.
The Pack & Ship module allows the warehouse worker to re-arrange the picked items for larger orders. Multiple time-saving options can perform the most common packaging operations.
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The “Pack & Ship” module introduces the concept of a packing station. The packing station represents an area in the shipping zone where the picked items are prepared for shipping. When a pick is completed on the mobile device, the user is asked to register at which packing station the outbound license plates are stored. This can help locate license plates if they are not shipped right away. The packing station will typically have a printer where the shipping labels are printed.
The “Warehouse Shipment” document in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is used to model a collection of items that need to be shipped to the same address with the same shipping agent and service.
The “Warehouse Shipment” can include source documents for different customers or addresses. This should be avoided to keep the simple relationship between what happens in the physical world and what happens in Business Central. If you have ten sales orders for ten different customers, you will have ten warehouse shipments. The warehouse shipment header is extended with a packing station to indicate where the order should be packed.
The “Warehouse Pick” document in Business Central is typically used to bring items for a particular “Warehouse Shipment” to the shipping area, but other scenarios are also supported. The “Pick Worksheet“ can be used to create:
The license plate is captured on each pick order line (like tote picking). This process works best in the scenario where the picker handles multiple orders simultaneously.
The “Pack & Ship” module comes with two new print options. Both require that the customer uses the “Print Label” solution from Tasklet Factory:
Business Central connectors ensure seamless communication between Tasklet Mobile WMS and multi-carrier solutions like nShift, Logtrade, EasyPost, SendCloud, Webshipper, and Shipmondo. This means that the Pack & Ship functionality in Tasklet Mobile WMS makes it possible to handle warehouse and shipping flows directly from a handheld scanner without having to move to a PC.
Take point of departure in a multi-carrier solution that integrates with your preferred carriers and create seamless Pack & Ship functionality with one of the BC integrators below; easily downloaded on Microsoft AppSource.
If one of these add-ons are installed, the Pack & Ship module can automatically transfer data about how the order is packaged to the shipping solution, and shipping labels are automatically printed. Everything happens on a mobile device.
It’s a new module included in the Mobile WMS solution. It is an evolution of our “Tote picking and Tote shipping” functionality, where the picked items can be re-arranged before shipping. Contact us to learn more.
This depends heavily on the size of your orders and the size of the items you sell.
Small orders with even sized items can in many cases be put into the correct size box in the picking process. This simplifies the Pack & Ship process to just close the box and attach the shipping label.
For larger orders with more bulky items the process gets a bit more complicated. Here the Pack & Ship module offers a lot of flexibility to re-arrange the items according to the how the items can be fit into different packaging. Book a demo and see how Mobile WMS can help you optimize processes in your warehouse.
Embrace the license plate concept and use it as a building block for your packaging process. Contact us to learn more.
Scanning the barcodes on the items you pick is your first line of defense. This will prevent you from picking the wrong item by mistake. If you are careful in the picking process, then you will prevent most mistakes. If you want to be 100% sure, then you need to double check the items in the Pack & Ship process. The mobile device can show the content of each license plate, and this allows you to visually inspect the content. Book a demo and see how it works.
Small orders should be bundled together to create a pick for multiple orders. Many of our customers pick 10/20/30 orders at a time. Book a demo and see how it works.
"Tasklet Mobile WMS was just value for money compared to the other WMS systems. The price, functionality, and easy implementation just all made sense. We wanted an extended arm for our NAV – that's why choosing Mobile WMS was an obvious choice."
"We have become far more efficient in the warehouse, especially when receiving goods. Before Mobile WMS, large orders could take up to two days to receive. Now, we can do the same work in as little as 2-4 hours."
"We increased our production with 25% the year we implemented Tasklet, and our container production is up 200% because we are more organized and efficient."
"We have experienced a significant error reduction in all areas, including receiving and picking, and this has resulted in us now having a warehouse where both quantity and bin location of the individual items are correct."
"In our old pen and paper world, the annual inventory count would take up to 4 days. This year, the whole process was completed in less than 2 days."
"Tasklet Mobile WMS is necessary for us to run our warehouse. Scanning everything and getting the features for receiving items is crucial in managing a warehouse as ours and has enabled us to take our business to the next level."
"Mobile WMS makes a vital difference in our daily work. Having everything scanned helps our staff a lot. We move a lot of items around during a day, and it’s really efficient if you need to find items – it’s so quick and easy to look up where an item is located."
"For us to be up and running so quickly and working so well is almost a miracle."
"Other solutions demanded the involvement of our BC integrator and budget allocations for consultancy fees. Mobile WMS didn't require any input from our integrator."
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