A Packing Station refers to a dedicated area within your Warehouse where Items are prepared for Shipment once they have been Picked. The activities carried out at a Packing Station would generally include:
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Ensuring you have all the items required for an order
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Selecting the most efficient Packaging Type i.e. the size of box or boxes that is sufficient to hold the Items being Shipped
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Producing the required Documentation to send with the Package i.e. Packing List or Shipment Documents
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Packing up the Items securely
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Producing a Label to attach to the Packaging
An individual Packing Station record will need to be created for each separate area in your Warehouse used for this purpose.
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In this Field, you should enter in a reference for the Packing Station record. |
| Description |
In this Field, you should enter in a relevant description for the Packing Station record. |
| Container Type Code |
This Field is used to define the Container Type that will be used to put all the Items you have Picked into once the Packing Order has been Posted. When the Packing Order has been Posted, a Container Card record will be automatically created. Note - The Container Type you select here must be setup for automatic numbering. |
| Location Code |
In this Field, you should select the Location that the the Packing Station is located in. |
| Bin Code |
In this Field, you should define the Shipment Bin that you would like to use with that Packing Station. This Bin will then be used if you have also Enabled the Shipment on Packing Order Post Field on the Clever Packing Setup Page. |
| Fully Picked Orders Only |
This Field can be used to control whether or not only Orders which have been Fully Picked can be processed via that Packing Station. If the Field is Enabled and you try and select a Container which relates to an Order that has not been Fully Picked on the Packing Portal, the below message will be displayed.
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| Print Area Code |
In this Field, you can define the relevant Print Area where required. If defined, then anything that is printed from that Packing Station via Clever Printer Selections i.e. Labels or Package Documentation will respect this value. |
| Scale ID |
Within Clever Packing, you are able to use Weigh Scales to capture the weight of a package. Prior to using a Weigh Scale on the Packing Portal, you must setup the Weigh Scale Integration within Business Central. In this Field, you should define the ID of the Scales you wish to use. Note: Clever Packing implements Weigh Scale Integration using the Clever PrintNode Weigh Scale functionality, which is documented here and therefore you must firstly ensure that you have set this up. |
| Packaging Consumption Location Code |
This Field can be used to define a specific Location Code where any Packaging that you have used for this Packing Station should be consumed from. If you leave this Field blank, then the value from the Location Code Field will be used as the Consumption Location. The process for how you consume Packaging is detailed here. |
| Packaging Consumption Bin Code |
This Field can be used to define a specific Bin Code where any Packaging that you have used for this Packing Station should be consumed from. If you leave this Field blank, then the value from the Bin Code Field will be used as the Consumption Location. The process for how you consume Packaging is detailed here. |
The Ribbon on this Page also contains the below Actions:
| Create/Link Device |
This option can be used to automatically Link a Packing Station to a Device within the Portal Framework. Please refer to the Portal Framework Devices Page for more information. |
| Packing Orders |
This option can be used to view a all the un-posted Packing Orders which are linked to the selected Packing Station. |