Warehouse Management uses cartonization to suggest the best packaging configuration for a group of items. The system presents packaging suggestions to operators in the following ways: automatically generating LPNs, printing container and shipping labels, and during tasks.

Cartonization can segregate items by categories you identify during implementation based on different packaging requirements. For instance, refrigerated goods may require a particular type of insulated cooler, while miscellaneous goods can be packed into any standard corrugated cardboard box. In addition, the warehouse may use several sizes of each type of container. You can also set minimum fill percentages for containers, below which, the system suggests a smaller container.

You can create multiple levels of packaging, along with the requisite labels, so operators can generate labels in a single operation, for inner cartons, outer cartons, and pallets. Operators can halt packing with a hierarchy of containers midway, and then continue again at a later point. Operators can pack material in a storage container during receipt, and pack it again during sales order picking into a final shipping container.

All these considerations, in addition to the item dimensions, weight, and volume in comparison to the physical attributes of the container, are made when the system selects the container type and quantity to use.

How it works
Suppose there are 2 products – Mobile and Digital Camera which needs different kind of packaging. For mobile create an item category MOBILE with the ‘Cartonization groups’ as the item category structure.Next attach the item category MOBILE to both the container item and contained item category sets.
Create a mobile item MOB01 and attached it with the category set contained item & category MOBILE.
Similarly create a mobile container item CONTAINER_MOB01 and attached it with the category set container item & category MOBILE.

Now when system does the Cartonization for the item MOB01, it ‘ll consider CONTAINER_MOB01 as the packaging material.

You can do the similar kind setups for Digital camera products.

Consolidation enables multiple operators to drop material assigned to a delivery in to the same locator or LPN prior to placing the consolidated load in a staging lane.
Note: If necessary, operators can ship material directly from the consolidation location.

Packing Material
Packing involves transferring of loose items or LPNS into an LPN. Operators can pack items either on receipt, while they reside in inventory, or during outbound shipment to customers. Operators can use both the desktop and the mobile device to pack material. While desktop packing allows packing for inbound and outbound material, mobile packing allows packing for outbound material only. The benefits of packing include:
• Consolidation of items into suitable containers based on criteria such as item, delivery, sales order, or warehouse location
• Confirmation and record the contents of containers while packing
• Transaction by container
• Protection of packed items from damage