Picklist Workflow


Overview

Picklists can increase efficiency by generating a summarized list of product quantities needed to fill selected orders. Picklists can be also printed as a PDF document or exported to Excel and given to the shipping department for accurate picking, packing, and shipping. In this article, you will learn how to generate, manage, and filter picklists in Sellercloud. You will also learn how to filter Shipbridge based on assigned split picklists.

In Sellercloud, picklists can be generated based on warehouse, meaning that the inventory and pick quantity displayed will be based on the inventory and pick quantity available at the specified warehouse. This is controlled in Client Settings by checking Enable Pick List Generation by Warehouse.

Orders with shadow products will have parent products in the picklist. Similarly, kit products will have their child components in the picklist.

Generate and Manage Picklists

To generate picklists:

  1. Go to Orders > Manage Orders > Select orders.
  2. Click on Action menu > Generate Pick List.The image shows the generate pick list option.
  3. Title your Picklist. Choose a Warehouse.The image shows the generate pick list widnow

To manage picklists:

  1. To access picklists: Go to Orders > Manage Picklists. 
  2. To close picklists: Select them > Click on the Action menu > Close picklists.
  3. To export a picklist: Open your picklist > Click on Actions > Select an option.The image shows the Actions menu in a picklist.
  4. To split picklists: When dealing with a high volume of orders, trying to load all the orders across every shipping station risks a system overload. To mitigate this risk you can split your picklists by number of orders per shipper.
    1. Open your picklist > Products panel > Select items. Use the icon in the upper-right corner to divide the picklist.sellercloud picklist details page split picklist
    2. Click the link in the notification to view your queued job.sellercloud picklist details page split picklist notification

Picklist Columns and Filters

Picklists will generate with the following default columns:

  • SKU — An item’s unique identification number.
  • Item — Name of the product.
  • Qty — Quantity of units to pick to fill selected orders.
  • Location — Location of the item in the warehouse (if set on the product’s Home page).
  • Package — Shipping package type (if set on the product’s Shipping Preference page).
  • Inventory — The available quantity you have on hand to pick: Aggregate + Unshipped = Inventory. This is not necessarily the total physical quantity.
  • UPC — The item’s barcode.

Additional columns can be enabled from Client Settings:

  • Replacement SKU
  • Replacement SKU LOC
  • Weight 

The following filters can be used to filter SKUs and quantities on the picklist:

Filter Description
Has Available Inventory
  • All – Displays all items regardless of if there is inventory to fill the orders.
  • Yes – Displays products and pick quantity that can fill orders completely. For example, if Item A has a quantity of 5 and the picklist has one order for 6 units of that product, Item A will not display. If there are two orders for 3 units (2 x 3 = 6) then Item A will display in the grid with a pick quantity of 3 only, because there isn’t enough quantity to fill the second order. Older orders will take precedence over newer orders.
  • No – Displays products and pick quantity without enough inventory to fill the orders. For example, if Item A has a quantity of 5 and the picklist has one order for 6 units of that product, Item A will display. If there are two orders then Item A will display in the grid with a pick quantity of the unfillable quantity. Older orders will take precedence over newer orders
SKU Exists
  • All — Displays all SKUs.
  • Yes — Displays only products that have a ProductID in Sellercloud.
  • No — Displays SKUs that do not have a corresponding product record. 
Single Item Order
  • All — Displays both single and multi-item orders.
  • Yes — Displays products that are in single item orders – one unit of one SKU.
  • No — Displays products that are in multi-item orders – more than one unit of the same SKU or multiple SKUs in one order. Please note that kit items are multi-item orders and can be affected by the Is Kit filter.
Rush Order
  • Rush Order — Displays products from rush orders.
  • Not Rush Order — Displays products from orders that aren’t rush.
Is Kit
  • All — Displays both kit and non-kit items.
  • Kit — Displays only kit items. Please note that kit items are multi-item orders and can be affected by the Single Item Order filter.
  • Not a Kit — Displays only non-kit items.
Is Picked
  • All — Displays both picked and unpicked products.
  • Yes — Displays only picked products.
  • No — Displays only unpicked products.

Note: Instead of generating a picklist of all orders and then using the picklist filters, it may be more efficient to filter the orders first. For example, you may want to use the Back Order filter to filter out orders with items that are out of stock. To include orders like this in your picklist, go to Client Settings and check the box marked Consider ReplacementSKU Qty in BackOrder Calculation.

Use Picklists in Shipbridge

Shippers can now filter their Shipbridge based on their assigned split picklist. This allows different orders to be streamed to different stations, which keeps the system from overloading and prevents double shipping.

To use Sellercloud picklists to prevent double shipping orders in Shipbridge:

  1. In Shipbridge, go to Menu > Options > Shipping Tab. Enable Only allow shipping of orders loaded from picklists.
  2. Generate a picklist for orders in Sellercloud.
  3. In Shipbridge, enter the picklist ID in the picklist filter. You may need to enable the filter under Menu > Customize Interface > Filters. 
  4. Select the items in the picklist and press Load Selected. 
  5. Press OK to load orders.
Shipbridge can be set to only ship confirmed orders. Confirm related orders. Enabling this setting will ensure that the shipper does not see any orders that are Unknown or Not Available.

Overview

Picklists can increase efficiency by generating a summarized list of product quantities needed to fill selected orders. Picklists can be printed to a PDF document or exported to Excel and given to the shipping department for accurate picking, packing, and shipping. Picklists can be generated based on warehouse, meaning that the inventory and pick qty displayed will be based on inventory in a specified warehouse. This is controlled by client setting Enable Pick List Generation by Warehouse.

Generating a picklist

  1. From the Manage Orders page select desired orders. Use the filters to generate picklists efficiently. See example below.
  2. Select Generate Picklist from the Action Menu and press GO.
  3. Select a warehouse when picklist generation by warehouse is enabled. See above.
  4. The Picklist will enter a job queue. (This action can also be done from an order detail page.)
  5. Navigate to the picklist by clicking on the displayed job link or by clicking the Manage Picklists button to find and manage your picklists.
  6. View the picklist by clicking on the Show Picklist hyperlink.
  7. See below the explanation of picklists.
  8. Export to a PDF or Excel from the action menu. Export options include picklists with product images.

Understanding picklists
Orders with shadow products will have the parent products in the picklist. Similarly, kit products will have their child components in the picklist. Picklists will generate with the following default columns:

  • SKU
  • Product Name
  • Qty – Quantity of units to pick to fill selected orders.
  • Location – Location of item in Warehouse (if set on the product home page)
  • Package – Shipping package type (if set on the product’s Shipping Preference page.)
  • Inventory – The available quantity you have on hand to pick: Aggregate + Unshipped = Inventory. This is not necessarily the total physical qty.
  • UPC

Additional columns can be enabled from the client settings:

  • Purchaser
  • Replacements  
  • Replacement SKU
  • Replacement SKU LOC
  • Weight 

The following filters can be used to filter SKUs and quantities on the picklist.

  • Inventory: As noted above  – Aggregate + Unshipped = Inventory
    • All – will display all items regardless if there is inventory to fill the orders.
    • Available – filters to display products and pick quantity that can fill orders completely. For example, if “Item A” has a quantity of 5 and the picklist has 1 order for 6 units of that product, “Item A” will not display when the “Available” filter has been selected. If there are 2 orders for 3 units (2 x 3 = 6) then “Item A” will display in the grid with a pick quantity of 3 only, because there isn’t enough quantity to fill the 2nd order. Older orders will take precedence over newer orders.
    • Not Available – filters to display products and pick qty. without enough inventory to fill the orders. For example, if “Item A” has a quantity of 5 and the picklist has an 1 order for 6 units of that product, “Item A” will display when the “Not Available” filter has been selected. If there are 2 orders then “Item A” will display in the grid with a pick quantity of the unfillable quantity. Older orders will take precedence over newer orders.
  • SKU
    • All – Known and Unknown SKUs
    • Known – filters to display only products that have a ProductID in SellerCloud.
    • Unknown – filters to display SKUs that don’t have a corresponding Product record. This can happen if orders are imported from somewhere for products that SellerCloud isn’t aware of.
  • Items
    • All – displays both single and multi item orders.
    • Single Item – filters products that are in single item orders – one unit of one SKU. Read more here.
    • Multi Item – filters products that are in Multi Item orders – more than one unit of the same SKU or multiple skus in one order. Read more here. Please note that kit items are Multi Item orders and can be affected by the “Kit Items” filter
  • Kit Items
    • All – displays both kit and not kit items
    • Kit Items – displays only kit items. Please note that kit items are Multi Item orders and can be affected by the “Items” filter
    • Not Kit Items – displays only non-kit items.

Generate filtered picklists
Instead of generating picklist of all orders and then using the picklist filters, it may be more efficient to filter the orders before generating a picklist.  For example, use the “Back Order” filter to filter out orders with items not in stock. (Enable client setting Consider ReplacementSKU Qty in BackOrder Calculation to include such orders in the picklist.) There is an action to Confirm related orders since ShipBridge can be set to only allow confirmed orders to ship. Using the confirmed status, together with these filters, it is possible to make sure that the shipper doesn’t see any orders that are Unknown or Not Available. Picklists can be used to prevent double-shipping orders in ShipBridge. 

  1. In ShipBridge, navigate Menu > Options > Shipping Tab. Enable setting Only allow shipping of orders loaded from picklists.
  2. Generate a picklist for orders in SellerCloud.
  3. In ShipBridge, Enter the picklist ID in the picklist filter. You may need to enable the filter under Menu > Customize Interface > Filters tab.
  4. Select the items in the picklist and press Load Selected.
  5. Press OK to load orders.

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