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Message started by Lynn Pantic on 03/19/04 at 14:50:59

Title: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by Lynn Pantic on 03/19/04 at 14:50:59

Had a user request something that I suspect others may be interested in so I am looking for feedback. In the shipping area, as items are packed to be shipped, have a program that does the following:

1. Enter the Sales Order number that is shipping
2. As items are packed, scan the bar code of the item and enter a quantity (or scan each and every piece one at a time). If an item is scanned that doesn't belong on the sales order or it is over the SO Quantity, stop and alert the user so the item(s) can be removed.
3. Release the SO based on the items packed.
4. Indicate whether the order is complete or if some lines are still short.
5. Print the packing list.

Is this of interest? Any other features desired?

Title: Re: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by aricon on 03/19/04 at 16:04:32

I would suggest the inclusion of an option to print an RTM form that can be used as a manifest as well as a report that would indicate backorders and or any overships sortable by customer code, SO number, Customer order number (PO), and date that could be printed in summary - one line per, or detail - with associated info.

And what happens if the same item number is used on 2 lines of the SO but say the second instance is a slightly different variation (i.e. a features and options configuration but same part number) or something? How would this program differentiate?

Title: Re: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by Bill Lee on 03/22/04 at 09:01:51

We ship a number of "mixed cases" each day, and track the weight of each, the total weight, and the carton count on each sales order, all manually. It would be nice to enter this info directly into DBA.

Title: Re: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by Karen Mason on 03/22/04 at 10:47:32

We do something similar to Bill.
We manually add info for gross weight, net weight, and number of containers shipping

Title: Re: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by Bill Lee on 04/19/04 at 10:13:27

Lynn,

Is there anything in the works on this project, or is it in a holding pattern?

Thanks,
Bill

Title: Re: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by Lynn Pantic on 04/19/04 at 17:23:46

It is in the "near term" pile rather than the "someday" pile.

Title: Re: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by cswann on 10/21/04 at 13:17:50

We use a crystall report to pull the weights for shipping like the packing list. Having the choice to Bar-code all areas of production & shipping would definitely put DBA software on a whole new scale. Many companies are looking into ways to work smarter not longer.

Title: Re: Scan Bar Code for Shipping
Post by Lynn Pantic on 10/21/04 at 14:13:22

The "Scan Items as they are packed" is now available as an add-on.