Pack User-Defined Containers

About this task

This process allows you to select the container to pack the items.

To pack the items into the selected container:

Procedure

  1. Open the Pack Details Screen screen. See the section, "Navigate to the Pack Details Screen for Packing Containers".
  2. Select the pack location where you are performing the pack operation.
  3. Scan the container SCM or select New Case or New Pallet.
  4. Scan the item you want to pack. If the item is serial tracked, the Serial Entry screen displays where you capture the item's serial number. See the section, "Capturing an Item's Extended Attributes".
  5. Scan the number of items you want to add to the container:
    1. If the item is tag tracked, the Tag Entry screen displays where you capture the item's tag attributes. See the section, "Capturing an Item's Extended Attributes".
    2. If the item is time sensitive, the Expiration Date Entry screen displays where you enter the item's expiration date. See the section, "Capturing an Item's Extended Attributes".
  6. Click Weigh or press Alt+W. The container's weight displays in the Actual Weight field. You can modify the weight, if necessary.
  7. After you finish packing the container, click Close Container or press Alt+C. You can scan the next container, if available.
    Note: Before you scan the next container, clear the display information on the Pack Details screen by clicking Reset or pressing Alt+R.
    • If the inventory LPN is picked into a user-suggested outbound container, the LPN ID is retained as a child container of the outbound container.
    • After you finish packing for a shipment, click Reset or press Alt+R to clear the information before you start packing for the next shipment.
    • In the Pack Station, you cannot convert an inventory LPN into an outbound container.
    • If an empty row displays between line items, it indicates that you cannot mix attributes. For more information about mixing attributes, see the section Defining Pack Planning in the chapter Configuring Packing in the Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation: Warehouse Management System Configuration Guide.
    Note: Problem: You cannot pack or unpack shipments.

    Cause:
    The Shipment Modification Rules for the Pack Shipment
    and Unpack Shipment modification types are not set to
    "Allow Modification".
    Resolution:
    Ensure that the Shipment Modification Rules for the Pack
    Shipment and Unpack Shipment modification types are set
    to "Allow Modification".
    For more information about modification rule types, see
    the Order Document Modification Types table in the Order
    Modification Types appendix of the
    Configuring Sterling Distributed Order
    Management
    .

    Note: Problem: You cannot print packing slips when packing cartons.
    • The "ON_SHIPMENT_PACK_COMPLETE" event check box is not selected.
    • The printer may not be connected, the printer power or green light may not be on, or the printer that you want to print to is incorrectly selected.
    Resolution:
    • Select the "ON_SHIPMENT_PACK_COMPLETE" event check box.
    • Make sure your printer is connected, the printer power or green light is on, and select the correct printer that you want to use.
    • Ensure that custom services that are used on the event to print the labels are correctly implemented and configured.