NexxPack is easy to use.  From a simple scan, it pack verifies and ships a customer order.  The User Interface (UI) has been built to allow operator data entry through the use of either a bar code scanner or key entry.  NexxPack simply prompts the operator for information it needs to complete a process and provides visual alerts when errors occur.

At any given time during the packing process, an operator can see what has been and remains to be packed, thus allowing them to manage the process with the greatest efficiency.

NexxPack allows operators to scan individual item bar codes, whether your business uses UPC, EAN, SKU, or LPN, or some other type, as they place items into a shipping carton.  During this process each item and its corresponding quantity are matched against a customer’s open order.  Should an operator attempt to pack an item that does not belong (a bad pick perhaps), NexxPack alerts them to this event, allows them to take corrective action, and thus can prevent an error from reaching the customer.  Standard events NexxPack monitors for include “invalid item”, “missing item”, “excessive quantity”, and “insufficient quantity”, and “expired lot number”. 

NexxPack allows fulfillment operations that need to capture and/or validate serial or lot numbers, to do so as part of the packing process.  This option may be turned on and off depending on business requirements.  During the packing process an   operator is prompted to scan, key enter, or select from a drop down menu, a serial or lot number.  NexxPack then validates this number or simply captures the data for the purpose of updating other enterprise systems, or for producing packing and shipping documents.  

As each carton is packed for a customer order, NexxPack assigns it a unique License Plate Number (LPN).  The LPN ties together all packing data for a carton (items, quantities, serial and lot numbers, weight, etc.), The LPN can be later attached to a carrier’s tracking or Pro number, thus allowing providing carton level detail to customers so that can improve inbound visibility for “your” shipments (rather than the limited visibility a tracking number provided by everyone else).

As operators pack items into cartons, NexxPack optionally monitor item weights and dimensions to ensure that the packing capacity of each carton is maximized.  Should a particular carton fall outsides a weight or quantity tolerance, NexxPack will alert the operator or a manager to this event, and stage it for a quality control check.  Improving packing container efficiency helps reduce carton and void-fill costs, as well as transportation costs.

NexxPack generates business-specific packing lists and carton labels.  Packing lists can be printed per carton or per order.  Packing labels can include simple descriptive carton labels, packing list labels, and carrier-specific shipping labels.  For those businesses requiring Bills of Lading (BOL), NexxPack can print a Standard Long or VICS BOL.

As part of the packing process, NexxPack captures packing and shipping data that can later be used to build an ASN file.  This file can be used by EDI applications to help facilitate customer required EDI transactions.  NexxPack can also print industry-specific UCC128 labels.

NexxPack optionally can validate the deliverability of a shipping address prior to printing out a carrier-compliant shipping label.  It will standardize, format, and validate shipping addresses for more that 230 countries and territories around the world.  NexxPack also determines whether an address is commercial or residential, so as a carton is shipped, the correct carrier and service level cab be selected.

To help reduce transportation costs, NexxPack looks for opportunities for operators to pack customer orders into the fewest number of cartons possible.   It does this by checking against the delivery address and method of shipment and alerts operators to opportunities where multiple customer orders can be consolidated into fewer cartons (shipments).