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FBA Inbound Shipment Wizard > Tab 5: Boxes

Overview

The Boxes tab has several panels for the Amazon shipments, item quantities, and boxes.Boxes tab

Configure Boxes

  1. Select the shipment to work on, if you have multiple shipments.
  2. Select the shipment type: Small Parcel (default) or LTL.Parcel type
  3. Configure the shipment’s boxes, including:
    1. Search for items and move them into boxes by hovering on any SKU in the Item Quantities panel.
    2. Enter the weight and dimensions of each box in the Boxes panel.
      Note: These two values will auto-populate if you are using the case quantity feature and if the product’s Case Weight and Case Dimensions are configured on the product’s Purchasing tab.
  4. When the Amazon Shipments panel’s Ready column shows a green check, you can either configure the next shipment or click the blue arrow to move to the last step in the wizard: Shipping the items to Amazon.
If you selected Feed as the Box Content method on the Shipment Details tab, then clicking Next to proceed to the Shipping step will send the box contents via feed to Amazon.

See each section below for column descriptions and available actions.

Amazon Shipments

The table below describes its columns and actions.

COLUMN/ACTION DESCRIPTION
Name Shipment name comprised of the Amazon shipment ID and the shipment ID.
Type Choose the shipment type:

  • Small Parcel – For shipping regular packages
  • LTL/FTL – For shipments that are less than a full truckload or are a full truckload.
    Choosing this will open a Pallets panel, which you must configure to proceed:

    • Copy info from pallet – Copy pallet details from another pallet
    • Weight – Enter the pallet’s final total weight, which includes the weight of all boxes and the actual weight of the pallet(s)
    • Is stacked – Choose this option if your pallet(s) are considered stackable
Status Current status of the shipment.
Ready A green check appears when you finish the Boxing part of the shipment.

Item Quantities

This panel only appears if you choose the 2D Barcode or FEED values in the Box Content field on the wizard’s Shipment Details tab.

The table below describes its columns and actions.

You can use the search bar to find the listed items by SKU, UPC, FNSKU, ASIN, and Product Name. To move them into boxes, hover anywhere on an item’s row and drag the item to the Boxes panel.

COLUMN/ACTION DESCRIPTION
SKU Product SKU in Sellercloud.
FNSKU Amazon FBA SKU.
To Ship Quantity of items to ship.
Per Case Quantity of items per case.
Prepared* *Only applicable for Skustack users who have a bin-enforced warehouse requiring items to be picked before shipping. This field only appears if the From Warehouse of the FBA shipment is bin-enforced.

This field must have a value to proceed with the shipment.
Boxed The number of units that have already been added to boxes in the Boxes panel.
Remaining The number of items that need boxing (the difference between the number of units to ship and units that have been boxed).
Exp Date* Add an expiration date that will appear on the item labels.

You can add one expiration date for a whole item here in this section, or add an expiration date per item, per box when adding the item to a box.

*Only available if you checked Enable Expiry date for Amazon FBA shipments in the Client Settings.
Set Boxes According to Cases* Prefill the units in boxes based on the cases.

*Only available if you enabled case quantity on the Products tab and configured a product’s case quantity.
Print Product Labels Download barcode labels for all items in all boxes. Sellercloud will generate the exact number of required labels.

Boxes

The table below describes its columns and actions.

COLUMN/ACTION DESCRIPTION
Name Editable box name comprised of the Amazon shipment ID and an auto-generated box number.
Dimensions* Box dimensions.

*Will auto-populate if a product’s Case Dimensions are configured on the product’s Purchasing tab, but only if you selected Set Boxes According to Cases in the Item Quantities panel.
Weight* Box weight.

*Will auto-populate if a product’s Case Weight is configured on the product’s Purchasing tab, but only if you selected Set Boxes According to Cases in the Item Quantities panel.
# SKUs Quantity per SKU.
# Units Quantity of items.
Search Find an SKU or a box by name in the list of boxes.
Print 2D labels* Download a 2D barcode label for the box(es).

*Only available if you chose the 2D value in the Shipment Details tab’s Box Content field.
Add new box Create more boxes for the shipment.
Print Item labels in this Box Download barcode labels for all items in this box. Sellercloud will generate the exact number of required labels.
Edit box details Update a box’s name, weight, dimensions, quantity, and item expiration date.
Duplicate this box Copy a box with the same dimensions and/or contents.

 

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