Packing the Orders

When ready to pack orders for shipments, there are three points in opentaps shipping screens where packing can be initiated. To access these functions navigate from the Main Navigation Screen as follows:

* Click: Warehouse Icon > Shipping Tab > [Ready To Ship], or [Picklists to be Shipped], or 
  [Pack Order] as described in the following paragraphs.

Pack from Orders Ready To Ship -- No Picklist

• Click the [Ready To Ship] Shortcut button to initiate packing for orders which do not require processing an order Picklist to collect the order items before packing.

* From the "Ready to Ship" box, choose the order to be packed, and Click: [Pack Order]
* Follow the steps provided in Using the Pack Order Screen

Pack Orders from Picklists to be Shipped

• The [Picklists to be Shipped] Shortcut button is used to initiate packing orders from a completed Picklist that has prepared the numbered bins of order items for packing.

* Click: [Picklists to be Shipped] Shortcut button.
* Click on the Picklist number to be processed.
* The "Picklist Details" screen open displaying the bin numbers, and corresponding 
  Order_IDs for this picklist.
* Click: [Pack Order] for each bin number to proceed with packing that order, and repeat 
  for each of the bins.
* Follow the steps provided in Using the Pack Order Screen

Pack Order by the Order_ID Number

• The [Pack Order] Shortcut button can be used to pack any order, starting with the Order_ID to use for the new shipment.

* Click: [Pack Order] to start.
* Follow the steps provided in Using the Pack Order Screen

Using the Pack Order Screen

* Enter the Order ID # (and optionally the ShipGroup number) to be packed.  Optionally, 
  Click "Hide Grid" to suppress the product details, but you must enter the product_ID manually.
* Click: [Pack Order] to open the screen for packing.
* In the "Items to be Packed" area, enter the quantity (Qty to Pack) and select the package
  number from the "Package" drop down box, if the order is being packed in more than one package.
* Click: [Check Box] at the beginning of each line item that is being packed.  Do not check 
  an item if it is not yet packed. 
* Repeat the last two steps for each order item to be packed, until the whole order is packed.
* Click: [Pack] to pack the order when each line quantity and package is filled in.
* The last "Pack Order" screen opens with links that permit printing the following items:
   The Packing Slip
   The Bar Code lable
   The Vendor Invoice
* There is also a link to "Schedule Shipment" in case you are using the automated scheduling
  to your shipper.

These steps complete the packing of orders. The next step is to schedule the shipper, to ship the orders, and then to mark the corresponding shipments as "Complete" on the system.