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How do you fulfill orders in your warehouse?�� Having a well-defined order fulfillment process���� is essential for maintaining clear communication�� through the entire warehouse, no matter how many���� individuals need to touch a single order to get�� it out the door. The NetSuite Pick, Pack, and Ship���� feature gives you that essential communication in�� your order fulfillment process. Let's take a look.�� The Pick, Pack, and Ship feature allows�� you to track the individual statuses of���� your order fulfillments. With this feature, you�� can identify an order as being picked, packed,���� or shipped by filling out the corresponding�� NetSuite transaction. If you use this feature���� without the Advanced Shipping feature, then�� once an item has gone through the pick, pack,���� ship process NetSuite will generate�� the invoice and mark the order as���� Fully Billed. With Advanced Shipping, on the�� other hand, you will be able to bill the order���� separately from the fulfillment process. You can enable the Pick, Pack, and Ship���� feature on the Shipping & Receiving section�� of the Transactions tab in Enable Features.���� You can also enable Advanced Shipping�� in this section if it is not turned on.�� You'll want to set a couple preferences�� before you begin using Pick, Pack,���� and Ship. Navigate to Setup > Accounting >�� Setup Tasks > Shipping to set these preferences.�� The preference Default Item Fulfillment Stage�� allows you to choose the default status of an���� order (whether picked, packed, or shipped) when�� you fill out an order fulfillment record. Of���� course, you can always select a different status�� when you are on an order fulfillment record. The���� other preference you may want to set is the�� Shipping Label Creation Stage preference. If���� you have the Shipping Label Integration feature�� turned on, this preferences lets you decide at���� which status NetSuite will generate tracking�� numbers and the shipping label for an order. Let's walk through the pick, pack, ship�� process. The entire process begins when���� your warehouse receives a sales order. The�� sales order shows up in a list on your Fulfill���� Orders page. Where do you go from there? First, navigate to the Fulfill Orders���� page (Shipping > Shipping > Fulfill Orders). On this page, notice the field Set Shipment���� Status To has been set to Picked by�� default. Any orders you fulfill from���� this page will be marked as picked. If you�� changed this field to Packed or Shipped,���� then fulfilling orders from this page would cause�� those orders to receive the corresponding status.�� But for this video, we'll assume you want to�� mark your orders as Picked first. A warehouse���� employee would either use this page or�� the individual sales order to start the���� fulfillment process. From the Fulfill Orders�� page, select the Fulfill checkbox next to the���� appropriate order and then hit the Submit button. This will pull up the Item Fulfillment - To Be���� Generated page. If you're going to partially�� fulfill the order, you can adjust the quantities���� you're fulfilling using the Items tab on�� this page. Otherwise, save the record.�� At this point, NetSuite generates an�� Item Fulfillment record that has the���� status of Picked and a Mark Packed button�� which allows you to move the order to the���� next step in the fulfillment process. If you go to the individual order,���� however, it will not display the Picked�� status. From the sales order point of view,���� the order is just in the fulfillment stage, so the�� order will have the status of Pending Fulfillment.�� The next step in the process is to box up the�� order and mark it as packed in NetSuite. You���� can either do that from individual Item�� Fulfillment records, or you can do it���� in bulk from the Mark Orders Packed page. To�� use the Mark Orders Packed page, navigate to���� Shipping > Shipping > Mark Orders Packed. On this�� page, you can filter by customer and order type.���� You can also look up a specific order number. Then, select the checkbox in the Pack column���� next to the order that you wish to mark as�� packed and hit the Submit button. You will���� be taken to a Process Status page�� while NetSuite processes the job.�� When the process is complete, the Item�� Fulfillment record for any orders you���� processed will show a status of Packed�� and display the Mark Shipped button.�� The final step in the process is to ship�� the order out. To do that either hit the���� Mark Shipped button on an individual Item�� Fulfillment record or navigate to the Mark���� Orders Shipped page (Shipping > Shipping > Mark�� Orders Shipped). On this page, select any orders���� that you are shipping and hit the Submit button. After the job processes, the Item Fulfillment���� record will display the status of Shipped. If you use Advanced Shipping, then at this���� point the order's status changes from�� Pending Fulfillment to Pending Billing,���� and your accounting team can take over the�� process. If you do not use Advanced Shipping,���� then NetSuite will generate an invoice for the�� order and the order status will be Fully Billed.�� Maybe you're interested in NetSuite's Pick,�� Pack, and Ship feature, but you feel like it's���� a lot more complicated than you need it to be. Or�� maybe you already use this feature, and you feel���� like there might be ways to accomplish the same�� results without going through so many clicks. One���� of our clients was in a similar position. They�� needed to use the Pick, Pack, and Ship feature,���� but they wanted to eliminate as many clicks as�� possible. With the customizations we created for���� them, they saw a 35% increase in efficiency and�� virtually all errors eliminated from the process.�� If you're interested in how SuiteRep can increase�� your efficiency and make sure you get the best���� value from your pick, pack, ship process,�� contact us to get the conversation started.�� The NetSuite Pick, Pack, and Ship feature�� fuels accuracy and communication throughout���� the entire order fulfillment process. Thanks for watching. If you enjoyed���� this video, let us know by hitting the�� like button. And, to learn more about���� how SuiteRep can help you with all of your�� NetSuite needs, visit us at SuiteRep.com.