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How to Create a Shipping Plan (Inbound PO) via Bulk Excel Upload

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What is a Box Manifest?

A box manifest is a detailed list of how your products are packaged together within a shipping plan broken down by each individual box. It includes:

  • The SKUs you are sending to the warehouse.
  • The box number those SKUs are packed in.
  • The quantity of each SKU you are sending per box.

In the example below, this customer is sending 4 unique boxes (Box #s 1-4).

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Box 1 contains Iron-Man (20 units), Hulk (50 units), and Captain-America (25 units).

Box 2 contains Iron-Man (30 units) and Captain-America (25 units).

Box 3 contains Captain-America (25 units).

Box 4 contains Captain-America (25 units).

 

How to Create a Shipping Plan using a Box Manifest

  1. Within the Portal go to Shipping Plans on the side menu.
  2. Click on Upload box manifest
  3. Download the attached Box Manifest Template, fill in the information, and Save it as CSV (it must be in CSV format).
  4. Select the correct warehouse and vendor for this shipment.
  5. Attach the CSV file and click Save.

Parcel Shipping Plan Labels

The layout for Parcel Shipping Plan labels, automatically configures the required labels based on the Shipping Plan’s packing setup by adding the total quantity of items within each box and marking them as Parcel Mixed when in a multiple box configuration, helping to streamline the receiving process at the warehouse.

It also prints two barcodes, allowing you to place them on opposite faces of the box. This helps to  improve the scanning efficiency at the warehouse when boxes are in piles.

Download Parcel Shipping Plan Labels

You can download the Parcel Shipping Plan labels once you complete creating the shipping plan or box manifest.

  1. Open the Shipping Plan just created.
  2. If Shipping Plan’s status is still  “Processing”, please wait until it changes (labels are being generated)
  3. Click on the Print icon next to the “Shipping plan details” title at the right of the screen
  4. Place shipping labels and carton label (no need to cut the label) on the outside of each box in a visible place

NOTE: There is a limitation of not more than 200 boxes on a single Parcel Shipping Plan. If more than 200 boxes are required to be sent to the warehouse, it will be need to be split into multiple Shipping Plans.

NOTE: If you are sending pallets, please print the pallet tags before sending them to the warehouse.

See attached for the box manifest .csv template.

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