Consolidate and Ship
This section describes the Consolidate and Ship functionality.
OverviewExplains how Consolidate and Ship works and how it is related to Scan, Pack and Ship.
Building ConsolidationsDescribes how to build consolidations using Consolidate and Ship.
Consolidations and Short ShippingDescribes how to short ship using Consolidate and Ship.
Overview
Before reading this section, please read
Scan, Pack and Ship. Nearly all the details on configuring Consolidate and Ship are covered in that chapter because the system values used to configure the functionality and barcode setup are very similar. In addition, please read
Base Web UI User Guide for details on user steps to build consolidations and perform short shipping.
This section describes possible scenarios where an organization would use Consolidate and Ship. It also covers the system values that are different from the Scan, Pack and Ship values.
There are several ways of using Consolidate and Ship functionality. For example, you can use it to:
• Build and ship consolidations transactions, such as building a consolidation shipment from multiple orders for packing later. This function is generally used along with Consolidation Packing.
• Short ship a shipment. You can remove a currently unavailable item from a shipment to allow the other items to be delivered on time. The removed item is then added to a new transaction for backordering or it is consolidated onto an existing transaction. Short shipping is used along with Standard Packing mode.
The system value category used to configure Consolidate and Ship is SNPKCP. To create this category, simply set the following program parameter followed by the category:
systemConfigCategory=SNPKCP
You can copy the full set of system values you use for SNPKSH or any other category to SNPKCP. Next, configure the system values you have copied to suit you needs. Finally, configure the few system values that are unique to the Consolidate and Ship screen.