Containerization is the process of assembling pallets and orders for a shipment. You can manually create a container and link it to a pre-shipper in Pre-Shipper/Shipper Workbench (7.9.2) or in DO Container Maintenance (12.19.7) for distribution orders.

QAD Warehousing provides multilevel containerization through the RF that lets staff assemble pallets for shipment until all shipments for a particular customer ship-to address are complete. The RF containerization option lets warehouse staff use the RF to place all boxes or pallets they filled during picking into other containers for shipping.

The RF containerization functionality is available for both sales orders (SOs) and distribution orders (DOs).

Warehouse staff can create a container and link it to a pre-shipper number. All boxes for a container must be on the same pre-shipper; otherwise, the RF displays an error message.

Through the RF device, warehouse staff can create a new or modify an existing pallet and attach boxes to the pallet. When they do, the system updates the shipper to reflect this.

When all boxes have been containerized for a shipper, the RF displays a message notifying staff that the shipper is ready for shipping.