Barcode Scanning

ShipHawk WMS is designed and developed from the ground up to support barcode scanning of data, whether it is an item’s UPC/EAN/GTIN, a bin location’s ID, or carton’s SSCC-18 label, or any other possible barcode presented, 1D or 2D. In fact, the entire user experience is engineered around the methodology of “scan-and-go” meaning that any element in the system can be scanned by an operator (rather than key entered), and ShipHawk WMS will automatically (upon data validation) move to the next entry element, while providing the relevant context of previous data entered for the task at hand.

In addition, ShipHawk WMS is engineered to track inventory using the best-practice concept of “License Plates” or “Container IDs”. These (traditionally barcoded) IDs stay with the inventory from initial receipt throughout the entire lifecycle of that inventory.

ShipHawk WMS is also sensitive to the fact that many different barcoded values can lead to the same identifier in the database, whether it’s an item or bin. For example, if an operator, scans a UPC/EAN, a Vendor’s Code, an ISBN, an NDC, or other item identifier, ShipHawk WMS will look up this value and find the proper item to validate against. Of course, these alternate values must be defined in NetSuite or the ERP Item Master. In addition, if the scan results in multiple items being found, and ShipHawk WMS must know exact which item is being handled (at receiving for example), ShipHawk WMS will provide that list to the operator for further refinement. Likewise, ShipHawk WMS allows the operator to scan a bin identifier or enter/scan a check digit to validate arrival at a bin.