Consumer Package Goods

Packing Slip

A key challenge for suppliers that do business with trading partners who offer online shopping is being able to generate compliant packing slips because these suppliers often ship directly to the customer. Packing slips are shipping documents that accompany a package and it commonly includes an itemized detail of the package contents and aids recipients of the shipment in confirming that all items that were supposed to be included in the shipment have actually arrived with information such as item description and quantity of each item shipped. Visual ASN provides functionality to generate and print industry standard packing slips, but with the flexibility to meet your needs and individual trading partner requirements. It also provides functionality to map non standard information directly from the EDI document with inbound mapping fields.

Auto Packing

Another feature of Visual ASN is Auto Packing which enables you to pack whole or partial shipments automatically without having to manually place each item into a container. It automates repetitive packing where the same contents are being packaged using set rules. Auto packing rules must be configured to determine which and how many items can be packed into containers. By combining different rules, you can create robust auto packing which will potentially cut down on the process of packing and sending of shipments performed in the warehouses. Auto packing rules are used to control how items are packed when the process is automated. There are options to set up Basic, Pre-pack, Equivalent Items, Weight based or Custom auto packing rules that will record and validate shipping container dimensions, weight, item contents, freight class, and other details. Visual ASN’s Auto Packing will streamline and optimize the packing and shipment of goods.

Bill of Lading and NMFC Classification

Two key challenges for companies during the shipping of goods are being able to properly identify the NMFC (National Motor Freight Classification) class of goods which affects shipping cost and generating a compliant Bill of Lading. A Bill of lading is a document detailing a shipment, including the goods to be shipped, the terms of carriage and delivery and it also serves as a receipt of shipment when the goods are delivered and must accompany the shipped goods no matter the form of transportation. The NMFC standard provides a comparison of commodities which are grouped into classes based on an evaluation of transportation characteristics to establish a commodity’s “transportability.” In Visual ASN every product is assigned to an item number, for which there is a corresponding freight classification and it specifies minimum packaging requirements to ensure that goods are adequately protected in the carrier environment and can be handled and stowed in a manner that is reasonably safe and practicable. Visual ASN provides functionality to generate a VICS bill of lading number based on the VICS Standards, populate the NMFC class information and other required fields and print compliant Bill of Lading documents with a series of simple mouse clicks.

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