After finishing a picking task by placing the product on the packing position the related packing task can be initiated.
Accepting a packing task
Go to Packing in the PULPO WMS Android App.
All available packing tasks will be listed:
PULPO WMS offers you multiple options to filter out packing tasks related to a position:
🔴 - position filter allowing you to search for the tasks related to a certain packing location
🟠 - scanning the position barcode allows you to find all tasks related to a certain position and work on them in batch.
After selecting the packing task the packing position must be scanned:
Validating the products
Before starting the packing task, depending on the setting, each product must be validated (amount and possibly lot/ serial numbers).
Depending on the setting, validation can be skipped, done by tapping or scanning the products, or only by scanning the products.
The checkmark indicates the product has been validated (1)
Via Search product (2) a product can be scanned and will be highlighted in the list when found. This is useful if there are many products in the task.
In case products are missing the task can be interrupted by tapping PRODUCTS MISSING (3). Automatically a picking task for the required amount will be created.
Optional check for serial or lot type products: By tapping on "i" serial no. or lot information can be checked and confirmed.
Once all quantities have been checked and confirmed, the packing task can be continued by tapping ACCEPT.
Placing the product in the shipping boxes
Now the product can be placed into shipping boxes.
Three options exist for placing the products into boxes:
All products in one box:
Manual definition of the number of used boxes. PULPO WMS automatically divides the products in equal amounts among the boxes and closes them.
Manual allocation of products into boxes
Scanning products into packing boxes
The switch on top of the screen allows the user to decide, what happens when the user scans the product barcode on this screen:
If the switch is in the left position (magnifying glass), the product scan highlights the scanned product in the list
If the switch is in the right position (box), the product scan adds 1 unit of the scanned product to the current box. If no box is created, the app will do it automatically.
Only the products of types "None" and "Lot" can be added to the box by scanning
The GIF below explains how the new scanning mechanism works.
Note: In case a packing task consists only of one product PULPO WMS uses a different workflow to enable faster label generation and reduce waiting times: The product is automatically placed into a box with the product's measures and closed. The box can not be edited.
Closing the box
As soon as products have been added to a shipping box, this is shown on the lower side of the screen. Products can also be removed from the box as long as it has not been closed.
After closing a shipping box, a photo can also be taken by clicking on the camera icon (1).
Printing labels and packing slips in the PULPO WMS Android App
In the PULPO WMS Android App, as soon as the products are picked, they have to go to the packing position to have the labels and packing slips printed.
At the packing station, one or several boxes can be created, and the labels and packing slips for the boxes will be generated automatically. In case the products from the order are going to be shipped using several boxes, the labels and packing slips will be created for each of them.
The labels can be previewed or printed from the PULPO WMS Android App, and the whole order can be sent to a shipping position by tapping the READY button.
Automated printing of the order documents
You can enable the automated printing of the order-related documents in the Settings / Outgoing/ Printing section.
You can decide on the type of order documents that have to be printed automatically. Automated shipping label printing can be enabled in this section of the settings as well.
Order-related documents (export documents and sales order attachments) are printed when the user accepts a packing task.
Box-related documents (shipping labels and packing slips) are generated and printed after the packing boxes are closed in the PULPO WMS mobile app.
If automated printing is enabled, box labels are printed immediately when the app receives them from the shipping label platform. In the case of the custom labels and packing slips, the app will print them as soon as PULPO WMS generates and sends them to the app.
Pausing and unpausing the packing task
The packing task can be paused at any stage. To pause the task, the user needs to click the PAUSE icon in the top right corner.
After pausing the task, the user can accept other picking or packing tasks and work with them normally. The user can pause several packing tasks.
The paused task gets into the state Locked and can be unlocked from the PULPO WMS web app.
After unlocking the task, it gets assigned to the user who paused it. The user will have to finish it first before being able to work on other tasks.
If the user pauses several packing tasks, the next task can only be unlocked after the user has finished their previously unlocked task (which means the user can only work with one packing task at a time).