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The Multi Pack Boxes Support for B2C Shipment feature from an end-user perspective includes the following key points in more detail:

  1. Flexible Packing Options: Users can pack orders in multiple boxes or a single packet, depending on the order requirements and the "is_multi_pack_box_allowed" property. This allows for better handling of orders with large or bulky items, as well as orders containing items from multiple categories.

  2. User Interface Toggle: A toggle is provided for users to generate multiple pack boxes for an order, allowing for easy management of multi-pack box orders. Users can create new boxes by pressing the "Create New Box" button and scan items to these pack boxes for tracking.

  3. Efficient Tracking and Management: The system handles both pack box and shipment AWBs, ensuring proper tracking and management of multi-pack box orders. This includes support for child AWBs used by some couriers to track multi-piece shipments, as well as the main AWB for the entire shipment.

  4. Error Handling: The system will display errors in the user interface, guiding users to remove items from the Pack Box if needed. This helps prevent issues such as extra boxes being added after shipment closure or unclosed boxes with items.

  5. Seamless Integration: The feature integrates with RMS and OMS systems, ensuring smooth handling of multi-pack box orders and AWB management. This includes sending a flag "is_pack_box_label_reqd" from CIMS to proxy, which needs to be sent to RMS, and populating this field during order creation in WMS.

  6. Invoicing and Shipping Labels: For multi-pack box orders, there will be one invoice for the entire shipment. Shipping labels will have multiple pages for each box, with markings like "1/2" and "2/2" to indicate the box number within the shipment.

  7. Manifest and Handover Management: The multi-piece shipments need to be treated as a unit, so if some packets are not scanned and added to the manifest, manifest close should not be allowed. This ensures that all child boxes are accounted for and scanned during the handover process.

Please note that this is a more detailed explanation of the feature release note from an end-user perspective, and more details can be found in the provided documents.

Today system will be relying on operator to decide whether multi-box or not.

There will be following types of parent & child AWB combinations:

  • Child AWB to be a unique number just like parent AWB.

    • Derived: Child AWB will be derived from the parent AWB. If parent AWB is 1234 then child AWBs will be 1234-1 and 1234-2 for two piece shipment.

    • Coming from Logistics aggregator : Child AWB on a box level will be given by Logistics agrator.

  • Child AWB is same as parent AWB.

Provision to capture the number of pack boxes at the time of packing.

As a warehouse operator I should be able to enter the number of pack boxes and scan items to these pack boxes for tracking.

The same data should flow to integration layer.

Provision to consume child and parent AWBs for the shipment from the aggregator or marketplace.

Aggregator will generate a master AWB for the complete shipment and have child AWBs to identify the packets.

Incase of shipping label from RMS, We will use box labels as box level shipping labels if aggregators provide this else RMS will generate this.

Shipping labels & Package SKU to be consumed for each child packet.

Each child box will have the same shipment attributes as we now have for a single B2C shipment.

Manifest/Handover addition and removal for multi-piece shipments to track that all child boxes are accounted for and scanned.

The multi-piece shipments need to be treated as a unit, so if some packets are not scanned and added to the manifest, manifest close should not be allowed.

Manifest and handover docs to have multi-piece shipment information.

For seamless operations one would need this data on the documents as well.

We will need to have Increff pack box Id pasted on box

No changes will be there for single box packing flow.

Will pack box stickers be printed for B2C shipments as well?

Will one need to scan Increff pack box Ids?

  • yes stickers will be printed.

  • we can get them to scan items id and then box id.

  • no need for a separate scan to validate box id

All boxes of a shipment can be manifested at once only.

like if 3 boxes are there then all the should be together.

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