NetSuite Ship Central

NetSuite Ship Central enables order fulfillment processing using a tablet or kiosk device. It supports multilevel packing that lets you pack items into cartons and then transfer packed cartons onto pallets. Based on your fulfillment requirements, you can set up shipping to process shipments for orders packed through the app or through the NetSuite UI, separately.

NetSuite Ship Central, together with SCM Mobile, extends packing and shipping capabilities to enable you to:

NetSuite Ship Central provides the following packing and shipping capabilities through the mobile app, some of which depend on your carrier:

Ship Central Packing

Ship Central Shipping

Carrier-Specific Shipping Options

Packing items into cartons

Does not include cartonization, which automatically selects box types for specific items and box sizes

Does not support picking and packing directly into shipping boxes

Local and international shipping

Does not support LTL/freight, pallets

Single and multi-package shipping

Carrier-provided shipping insurance

Saturday delivery

Package codes

Two additional shipment references

Home delivery, with residential address validation

Advanced shipping options

Transferring packed cartons into pallets

Third-party and recipient billing

Rate shopping for shipments

- Includes rate shopping for orders or order lines on the NetSuite UI

- With option to get the best shipping rate

Shipping cost distribution

Packing instructions for items or orders

Packing by waves created through NetSuite WMS

Address validation

Delivery confirmation

Non-delivery instructions for international shipments

Third-party billing for FedEx Ground COLLECT

USPS Canada Delivered Duty Paid

* Printing of packing labels, lists, and BOL

- Customizable labels and lists

* Printing of shipping labels, return labels, and documents

- Includes certificate of origin and commercial invoice, whether printable or electronically submitted

- With option to generate multiple shipping manifests

- With option to print default company logo

- With option to print return labels during or after shipping

* Automatic printing of UPS Control Log for packages valued above 1000 USD

* Capturing item weights from weighing scales

Voiding of shipping and return labels

 

* Requires PrintNode integration for capturing of weights, manual or automatic printing, as well as reprinting on the NetSuite UI

- If available from your carrier and shipping service, shipping documents may be submitted electronically instead, during shipping label generation and printing through the app.

 

For more information about integration with ShipEngine or PrintNode, see NetSuite Ship Central FAQs.

Watch the following video for an overview of packing and shipping:

Availability

The NetSuite Ship Central SuiteApp is shared with accounts that use either Warehouse Management or Advanced Inventory Management. For assistance with licensing requirements, contact your NetSuite account manager.

Supported Transactions and Item Types

NetSuite Ship Central supports the following types of transactions and items:

  • Sales and transfer orders in Pending Fulfillment status

  • Item fulfillments in Picked status for packing and in Packed status for shipping

    You can ship orders packed through the NetSuite UI or WMS separately from those packed through the Ship Central app.

  • Items that belong to the following supported item types:

    • Inventory and assembly items, including, matrix, lot numbered, and serialized items

    • Kit/package items and item groups

    • Non-inventory items and, if you use Warehouse Management, service items

      To pack both types, items must be fulfillable and either for sale or for resale.

      The following item types cannot be assigned tariff codes, so they cannot be shipped internationally: service item for resale and service item for sale.

      For more information about item settings, see Creating Items for Ship Central.

    • Items that ship individually, if enabled on the item record

    • HazMat or dangerous goods items, if enabled on the item record

      This option applies to inventory and assembly items only that you want to ship locally through USPS.

For more information, see the following topics:

Related Topics

General Notices