What is WMS (Wave Shipment)?

You can subdivide a large number of orders into different tasks based on a certain standard, and these tasks are waves. In this way, you can quickly batch process these orders, improving order processing efficiency.

It is only recommended for major sellers with large volume of orders to use Wave Shipment to improve efficiency.

1. Enable/Close Wave

1.1 Enable

💡 Preconditions for using the wave feature

• Ebable [Inventory Features] before using Wave Shipment;
• All store SKUs have been mapped with merchant SKUs;
• Install BigSeller Printing Plugin, which is used for all the printing processes on WMS page. Please click here to download it.
• In addition, we suggest that you set up shelves for the products in the warehouse, if you want to pick products based on the shelf number.

After Wave Shipment is enabled, the status of “In Process Orders” will become “Shipping”. Processes such as printing shipping labels and pick lists and shipping must be completed on the Wave Page. The “Automatically move to [Shipped]” feature will be disabled.

💡Notes
1. Wave types



2. Click here to learn how to customize pick lists
3. Shipping group can be set in Shipping Settings > Shipping Group Settings.)
4. Picking Method:

• Picking while sorting: the picker needs to push the picking cart into warehouse to pick goods, while still correctly placing the SKU on the corresponding basket of the picking cart;
• Sort after picking: the picker only needs to undertake the picking task, picking all SKUs within the wave into the same picking cart, without caring about sorting to the correct basket; Sorting tasks can be completed by sorters.

1.2 Turn off

When you turn it off, the system will verify whether there are packages in the “To Pick”, “To Pack” and “In Packing”. You can’t turn it off if there are unfinished waves.

1.3 Wave Settings

You can also change the setup in the “WMS Settings” later.
🔗 Introduction to Wave Settings
 

2. Wave Shipment

 

2.1 Generate Wave

There are two ways to generate a wave: generate waves automatically, manually select orders to generate waves.

💡 You need to pack orders in the “New Orders” first before you go to the “Wave Shipment” to process them.

- Generate Waves Automatically


- Manually Select Orders to Generate Waves

2.2 Print Pick Lists

💡 You can also assign pickers to specific waves.


💡 The shipping labels can be printed in [To Pick], [To Sort], [To Pack], [In Packing] lists.

2.3 Secondary Picking

For Multiple Items Wave, there are two picking methods:  Picking While Sorting, Sort After Picking.

• Picking while sorting: the picker needs to push the picking cart into warehouse to pick goods, while still correctly placing the SKU on the corresponding basket of the picking cart;
• Sort after picking: the picker only needs to undertake the picking task, picking all SKUs within the wave into the same picking cart, without caring about sorting to the correct basket; Sorting tasks can be completed by sorters.

Therefore, the Sort after Picking is more suitable for sellers with large order volumes and large warehouses.



If you still select the "Picking while Sorting", the wave will move from "To Pick" to "To Pack" directly after you finish picking. You can ignore this section and follow the step 2.4.

If you select the "Sort After Picking", the order will go to "To Sort" after you finish picking. Then the wave needs a secondary picking.


Step 1: Go to WMS > Pack&Ship > Secondary Picking



Step 2: scan or enter the merchant SKU/GTIN > Confirm



After finishing the secondary picking, the order will be in "To Pack" status, and need to be processed on Scan Package page.

2.4 Scan Package

💡 Notes
1. There are three package match methods: Pre-Matching, Post-Matching and Sequential Matching, which can automatically match specific package information based on the SKU entered during scanning.
Learn more 👉 What is Package Match Method for Wave Shipment?

2.5 Ship

There are two ways to ship: “Scan and Ship” and “Ship Manually”.

- Scan and Ship



💡 Notes
1. If you can't find your manifest on [Manifest Manage] after scanning the parcels, you may have not clicked on "Generate Manifest".
2. Scan Settings
① Scan Times:

• 1 time: orders will be automatically moved to the "To Pickup Orders" List after one scan.
• 2 times: the first scan is to confirm the package info. Orders will be moved to the "To Pickup Orders" List  after the second scan.

- Ship Manually
 

After completing all the Wave processes, orders will be moved to the “To Pickup Orders” List. Then you can wait for the courier to pick up the packages or drop them off at the express station nearby. Finally, orders will be automatically moved to the “Shipped” List if there is logistic information online.
 

5. Common Questions

Q1: Can I cancel the wave?
A1: When the status of the wave is [To Pick], you can void the wave.

Q2: What about the abnormal packages? Can they go back to the “To Generate Waves” List?
A2: Yes, you can manually move the abnormal packages back to the list of “Generate Waves” and restart.

Q3: Can I move the abnormal packages to the “To Pick Up Orders” List？
A3: Yes. Go to the “Abnormal Packages” List> Select orders > Click “Move to To Ship” > Go to the “To Ship” List > Click “Ship”

Q4: Is there a way to automatically move orders to Shipped items?
A4: Yes, you can enable the auto tool on Setting > Order Settings > Other Settings > Auto Tools
Then orders will move to WMS > Package Manage > Search Packages > Shipped.