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:
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).
Label printing and finishing the task
In the following step, shipping labels can be printed (1), displayed (2), or additional information can be shown (3).
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.
After all products are packed in shipping boxes, they can be placed in the shipping position.
With the placement of the products in the shipping position the packing task is finished.
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 is able to accept other picking or packing tasks and work with them normally. The user is able to have several packing tasks paused.
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 with other tasks.
If there are several packing tasks paused by the user, the next task can only be unlocked after the user has finished his previously unlocked task (which means, the user can only work with one packing task at a time).
Printing the order documents from the label printing screen
PULPO WMS prints the order-related documents (customs documents, invoices attached to the order) right after accepting the packing task.
There is an option to view and re-print them on the label printing screen.
After clicking the "ORDER DOCS" button, you will see a list of the order attachments and can print the required documents directly from the PULPO WMS mobile app.