This section contains general information for manually shipping against Intuitive Shipments. More information about parts of the Ship screen and general shipping can be found here.
1. Select the Shipment
On the Rate/Ship screen, select the Shipment. You can type in the Packing Slip Number or search for a Shipment using the available filters. You can also select a batch of Shipments to ship. Not able to search? See this note.
If using filters, click Add Filter and then enter your specific criteria. Certain filters also allow you to select from a list of existing values. For more information about filters, see Source Documents Search.
Click the Create Shipment button or click the truck icon in the Shipment row to create a new shipment.
Additional notes
To view items in a Shipment, you can click the Show Items button (+) in the Shipment row.
The items, and their IDs, quantities and descriptions will display under the Shipment line.
2. Select the Shipping Method
If the Carrier and Service are not populated, select the shipping method – Carrier and Service – in the Transportation section. You can also Rate Shop to select a carrier and service based on the best rate.
By default, Aptean Ship will attempt to translate the Carrier/Service it gets from the Intuitive Shipment into Aptean Ship’s Carrier/Service values; however, in order to ensure complete accuracy, you can set up value translations for the Carrier/Service field to automatically import the correct Carrier and Service with the Shipment.
For more information about automating Carrier and Service import, see Ship Via in the Intuitive Field Mapping topic.
3. Pack Items into Packages
By default, in the Packaging section, Aptean Ship will pack loose items into one default package. You can also pack line items (if not packed) by dragging loose items into packaging. Click here for more information about packaging settings.
Aptean Ship can automatically pack your items based on packaging scenarios that you can enter manually for items that you ship often. Aptean Ship also has a feature that you can enable that allows it to automatically learn your packaging scenarios when you save shipments. You can learn how to set up packaging scenarios in Inventory Item Packaging.
Then, enter the weight of the first box or use an electronic scale to read the weight in the Packaging section. Repeat the weighing process for each package.
More information about Packing Line Items.
You can also use Aptean Ship’s Packing Assistant, which simplifies shipping by providing a graphical, step-by-step means of classifying and packing items. If enabled in your settings, it will appear automatically when you ship against a Shipment. You can also select Switch to Packing Assistant on the Ship screen.
For Freight shipments, Aptean Ship populates the Bill of Lading using line item and packing information. Bill of Lading settings in Freight Preferences allow you some flexibility regarding how Aptean Ship converts item packaging information into the Bill of Lading body. Typically, similar items with the same class are grouped under one general description. The commodity description may be edited on the BOL tab. You can also manually enter the BOL.
4. Enter Shipment Details
Enter or select any Shipment Details, such as Shipment Options, and any other shipment information that wasn’t populated.
5. Finalize the Shipment
Rate
The shipment should be automatically rated but if you change shipment details or the Carrier/Service, you can also rate the shipment with the currently selected carrier by clicking Rate from the menu or by pressing Ctrl + Alt + R. To rate shop, select Rate Shop from the menu or press Ctrl + Alt + S and select a carrier from the Rate Quotes section.
Process or Save
Click the Ship/Process button to process the shipment. You can also select Shipment > Ship/Process or hit F3. If you set up the bill of lading and/or labels to print automatically, they are now generated. Aptean Ship also performs write-back of Freight and Notes to Intuitive.
To save a shipment without processing it, select Shipment > Save or press Ctrl + S. This action saves the shipment as a draft, but does not process the shipment, request pickup from the carrier, automatically print shipping documentation, or write back any information to Intuitive. The shipment is essentially saved as a draft so you may open it and make changes.
Post Processing
After you process a shipment, you can see document and label printing details by clicking the Printing Notifications button.
To see recent shipment details, click the Recent Shipments button.
Or, you can view all processed shipments, batches and packages by clicking Shipments on the left menu.
Notes
- The documents that display on the Rate/Ship > Shipments screen can be affected by the Intuitive Option: Disable Search of Source Documents.
- The Packing Assistant is enabled in Setup > Preferences > Freight > Packing Assistant (for Freight) or Setup > Preferences > Parcel > Packing Assistant (for Parcel).
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The setting “When importing orders, pack all loose items into default package(s)” controls the automatic packing of loose items into your default packaging. For Parcel, see the setting here. For Freight, see the setting here.
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To set up packaging and packaging defaults, see Maintain > Packaging.