Example BOL template: many packages

Suppose you want to track the packaging of your goods in SmartTurn. Further, you want the system to decide how goods should be placed into packages, so that your packers have minimal work to do at the packing station.

When you track the packaging of your goods in SmartTurn, every bill of lading has one or more packages. Items are divided into packages based on properties of the items and based on the limits you provide for the size of your packages. (The packer working on the bill of lading can always add or remove packages, or move items between packages.)

To create a BOL template with multiple packages:

Select Wave Fulfillment>BOL Templates. Select Add from the toolbar above the list. (See more details on Creating a BOL template.)
On the BOLs tab, optionally describe how sales order items should be combined onto bills of lading. For example, you may want to:
- separate orders, or combine orders.
- combine sales order items onto bills of lading based on some other criteria, such as whether the items are hazardous or whether they require refrigeration.
- limit the size of each bill of lading, using the BOL Capacity section.
On the Packages tab:
1. In the Items Sort-and-Break section:
  Use this section to logically classify items into different packages. All fields listed in this section have a 'break on change' property: all of the sales order items are sorted based on this field, and each time the value of this field changes, a new package is created. For example, if you want to make sure that hazardous and non-hazardous goods are never in the same pacakge, you would add Hazardous to this section.
  - Select Add Sorting from the toolbar of the Items Sort-and-Break section.
  - Select the field from the Field drop-down.
  - Select whether the Order should be Ascending or Descending. Selecting Ascending means that the items whose Field value is smallest or alphabetically first will be in the first package, the next items will be in the second package, etc.
    Using an Items Sort-and-Break to separate items into different packages is the first key that facilitates the system creating bills of lading with multiple packages.
2. Do not specify any sortings in the Items Sorting section. (You can have either an Items Sorting for packages or a Capacity Sort for packages, but not both.)
3. In the Package Capacity section:
  Use this section to describe the limits of each single package.
  - Select a Capacity Sort to determine the order in which items should be considered as they are put into packages. In general, this should always match one of the Capacity Constraints.
  - Enter one or more Capacity Constraints. For each Capacity Constraint, check the checkbox based on this measurement, and then enter the maximum number. You can limit the size of your packages based on Dim Wt, Cube, Eaches, Pallets, or # of Pack Lines. The most limiting capacity constraint is enforced. (If you enter a BOL Capacity Constraint, but no Package Capacity Constraint, your packages are automatically constrained to fit onto the BOL.)
  - For example, suppose you have:
    - Capacity Constraints of Dim Wt 50 lbs and Cube 40 ft^3
    
    - Item #1, 30 lbs, 8 ft^3
    
    - Item #2, 20 lbs, 10 ft^3
    
    - Item #3, 10 lbs, 30 ft^3
    
    A Capacity Sort on Dim Wt will order the items: Item #1, Item #2, Item #3. Because Item #1 and Item #2 together weigh 50 lbs, the Dim Wt Capacity Constraint is reached first, and it is enforced. You will get one bill of lading with Item #1 and Item #2 and a second bill of lading with Item #3.
    
    A Capacity Sort on Cube will order the items: Item #3, Item #2, Item #1. Because Item #3 and Item #2 together have a cube of 40 ft^3, the Cube Capacity Constraint is reached first, and it is enforced. You will get one bill of lading with Item #3 and Item #2 and a second bill of lading with Item #1.
  - Set the Allow Line Splitting checkbox. Checking this checkbox means that a single sales order line can be split into multiple packages. Leaving this checkbox unchecked means that it cannot.
    Using the Package Capacity section to separate items into different packages based on package size is the second key that facilitates the system creating bills of lading with multiple packages.
Select OK to save your changes.