Question: How do I set up to print shipping carton labels or pallet labels?
Answer: For label setup information, see below.
Before you print shipping labels, verify that the package unit of measure is entered for products that ship in the same case or carton used to store the products in the warehouse. The package unit of measure is entered for products on the Warehouse tab in Product Maintenance. This does not apply to products that are taken off the shelf and put into shipping cartons using advanced packaging (pick pack).
Shipping labels can be set up to print in different ways depending on the shipping process your company uses. The following sections describe setup for several common label printing methods.
To print shipping labels during pick demand confirmation, perform the following setup:
In Location Maintenance, select the appropriate label printing option for the Print Package Labels radio set.
In Zone Maintenance, select the appropriate label printing option in the Print Shipping Labels at Pick Demand Confirm field.
To print shipping labels when creating pick demands, perform the following setup:
In Zone Maintenance, select the Create Default Packages at Pick Demand Create check box for each zone in which you want to print labels. This causes the software to build package information in the pick demand using the package unit of measure. This package information is required for the shipping labels.
In Zone Maintenance, click the Lookup button for the Print Pre-Created Labels at field, and select Pick Demand Print. This causes labels to print at the end of the pick demand creation process.
In Customer Maintenance, select the Zone Based radio button in the Create Default Packages at Pick Demand Create radio set.
Note Only certain customers (mass merchants) may need to have packages/cartons for label purposes. Do not use this method if you are using advanced packaging. If any problems occur during the pick demand creation process, an alert is created. For more information, see Pick Alerts.
To print shipping labels while using Wireless Warehouse, perform the following setup:
In Zone Maintenance, select a zone.
Click the Update button in the ribbon.
Click the Task Options button in the ribbon.
Double-click a Picking task type.
Click the Update button in the ribbon.
Select one of the following label options:
Print after Confirmation - Print package labels after pick demand confirmation.
Print as Picking - Print package labels during picking. You should only select this if you have a portable printer available during picking.
Print at Laydown - Print package labels after the pick demand products have been placed in a laydown bin.
Click the OK button to save the label printing settings.
Shipping/UCC128 label formats in Apprise are .btw files, which are created by third-party label software. The shipping label format is selected in the following sequence:
The format specified in the Shipping Label Format field on the Ship-To tab in Customer Maintenance (if the order is shipping to a specified ship-to address)
The format specified in the Shipping Label Format field on the Options tab in Customer Maintenance
The format specified in the Shipping Label Format field in EDI Trading Partner Maintenance
The format specified in the Picking/Shipping Label Format field in Zone Maintenance
NOTE The format in Zone Maintenance is only used if the Zone Based or Yes radio button is selected in the Create Default Packages at Pick Demand Create radio set for the customer in Customer Maintenance.
For more information, see Setting Up Shipping Labels.
To print pallet labels, perform the following setup:
In Zone Maintenance, select the Allow Pallet Shipping Labels check box for each zone in which you want to print pallet labels. This enables the creation of pallet labels for a zone (for customers for which pallet labels are being printed).
In Customer Maintenance, select the Use Pallet Shipping Labels check box.
Note Only certain customers (mass merchants) may need to have pallet labels printed.
Pallet label formats in Apprise are .btw files, which are created by third-party label software. The pallet label format is selected in the following sequence:
The format specified in the Pallet Label Format field on the Ship-To tab in Customer Maintenance (if the order is shipping to a specified ship-to address)
The format specified in the Pallet Label Format field on the Options tab in Customer Maintenance
The format specified in the Pallet Label Format field in EDI Trading Partner Maintenance
The format specified in the Pallet Label Format field in Zone Maintenance