Feature Request – Automatic Master Carton Allocation
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Venetian red Flyingfish
We use Starshipit for both DTC & wholesale fulfilment.
Whilst the Packaging Engine works well for DTC orders, our wholesale products have predefined master carton quantities & preferred master cartons that are already captured in our product master data.
For example:
Brew Cork
20 × Brew Cork 12oz → 1 × CTNO12MED
40 × Brew Cork 12oz → 2 × CTNO12MED
60 × Brew Cork 12oz → 3 × CTNO12MED
Ora Bottles
4 × Ora Bottle 700ml → 1 × HBTL700
8 × Ora Bottle 700ml → 2 × HBTL700
12 × Ora Bottle 700ml → 3 × HBTL700
Different SKUs can have the same master quantity but require different master cartons, so the relationship needs to exist at the product level rather than simply by quantity.
Currently our warehouse team has to manually reconfigure every wholesale shipment to match these predefined carton rules.
It would be great if Starshipit could automatically allocate the required number of master cartons whenever the ordered quantity matches (or is a multiple of) the master carton quantity for that SKU, before passing any remaining units through the Packaging Engine.
For example:
45 × Brew Cork 12oz = 2 × CTNO12MED + packaging for the remaining 5 units.
10 × Ora Bottle 700ml = 2 × HBTL700 + packaging for the remaining 2 bottles.
This would streamline wholesale fulfilment, reduce manual intervention & allow businesses to utilise the master carton configurations they've already defined.