Configure packing slips

Table of Contents

• How it works
• Example scenario
• Set up packing slip printing behaviour
• Use a default packing slip
• Customise your packing slip
• Template editor for packing slips
• Reorder packing slips and packing summaries

Overview

Create custom packing slips for use with Shopify or orders from other eCommerce platforms and marketplaces.

• Packing slips help you identify which items are to be packed on a per-order basis. You can include information such as SKU, item description, quantity, colour, and size on your packing slips.
• It is recommended to bulk print packing slips alongside a packing summary. Use the packing summary to pick your orders, packing slips for packing and printing labels.
• You can use the default packing slip or customise your packing slip.

How it works

Packing slips accompany shipments sent from your online store. They are typically printed in an A4 format and have a description of your order including a list of SKUs, item descriptions, and quantities.

To configure your Packing Slips, go to Settings, then select Packing Slips.

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Example scenario

Once the orders have been imported into Starshipit, the Warehouse Manager bulk prints the packing slips. A dispatcher takes a packing slip and collects the items listed. They scan the barcode on the packing slip to find and print the relevant label in Starshipit.

Set up packing slip printing behaviour

There are three options to configure for packing slip printing behaviour. They include:

Print packing slips with each label

When enabled, Starshipit will print a packing slip out at the time you print a label for an order.

1. Go to Settings > Packing Slip.
2. Click Configure your Packing Slips here.
3. Scroll down and under Printing behaviour, tick the checkbox next to Print packing slips with each label. 
4. Save your settings by clicking on Save.

Display order item barcode

Adds item barcodes (if available, otherwise a barcode is created using the item SKU) to packing slips which can be used with a pick and pack device to scan barcodes on products, and match them with the barcodes on the packing slips.

1. Go to Settings > Packing Slip.
2. Click Configure your Packing Slips here.
3. Scroll down and under Advanced Options, tick the checkbox next to Display order item barcode. 
4. Save your settings by clicking on Save.

Use Our Ref as order number barcode

Uses Our Ref (Order Number) as order number barcode at the bottom of packing slips.

1. Go to Settings > Packing Slip.
2. Click Configure your Packing Slips here.
3. Scroll down and under Advanced Options, tick the checkbox next to Use Our Ref as order number barcode.
4. Save your settings by clicking on Save.

Use a default packing slip

The default packing slip can be printed in two ways:

• A4 format.
• 100x150mm format.

To configure this, follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings, then select Packing Slip.
2. Click Configure your Packing Slips here.
3. Select your packing slip template.
4. Save your settings by clicking on Save.

Customise your packing slip

You can configure your custom packing slip using the following fields:

Template editor for packing slips

You can now use the packing slip template editor, a tool that will allow you to customise packing slips to your specific needs. This editor offers the flexibility to personalize every aspect of your packing slips, from layout to content, using a range of variables that represent shipment information.

To learn more about how to use the template editor in Starshipit, check out our guide here.

Reorder packing slips and packing summaries for packing efficiency 

You can now apply 'Sort Order' to your packing slip & packing summary. You may need to reorder a packing slip to improve picking efficiency in your warehouse. You can organise items based on factors such as product name, SKU or location.

1. Go to Settings, then select Packing Slip.
2. Navigate to the Sorting section.
3. Choose how you would like the Packing Slip & Packing Summary to be sorted.
4. Choose if you would like the sorting to be Ascending or Descending.
5. Save your settings by clicking on Save.

What's Next?

Learn how to scan and print your packing slips.