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How to Generate Labels for Freight Wholesale Orders

ShipHero supports label generation for both Non-EDI and EDI Freight orders. Unlike Courier wholesale orders, Freight orders require specific packing, palletization, and labeling protocols to ensure successful delivery.

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Generating Labels for Freight Orders (Non-EDI)

Depending on your requirements, you may need labels for the pallets themselves and carton labels for the individual boxes on those pallets. Before generating Freight labels, double-check your Shipping details to ensure everything is correct.

How to Change Shipping Details

Navigate to the Order Details tab of your wholesale order. Freight-specific shipping detail fields can be modified at any point during the fulfillment process.

Modifying shipping details after labels have been generated will trigger a prompt. You must regenerate labels to ensure any updated fields are accurately reflected before proceeding with the shipment.

Step-by-Step Label Generation Process

  1. Select Generate Labels to open the configuration window. If your shipment requires individual box labeling, check the Carton Labels box, then click Generate labels to confirm.

    Navigation example of generating labels for a Non-EDI Freight wholesale order.

  2. During generation, the order status displays as Generating labels with a processing icon.
  3. Once complete, the order status updates to Ready to print.

  4. Select Print shipping labels. This produces a PDF containing all necessary labels. Each label references the specific Box ID. After printing, the status updates to Warehouse Complete, enabling the Fulfill order option.

    Caution

    Do not click the Fulfill order button until the Outbound Schedule is complete. Review the Outbound Schedule for Wholesale for further instructions.

Example Pallet Label Example Carton Label

Re-printing Labels

To reprint a specific pallet or carton label, select the item from the list and use the Re-print labels option in the bulk actions menu.

Generating Labels for Freight Orders (EDI)

EDI Freight orders differ primarily in how labels are generated. When Generate labels is selected for an EDI order, labels are created through the integrated EDI platform rather than ShipHero's native system.

Shipping detail and carton label requirements are determined by the retailer's EDI platform. While the interface steps remain the same, EDI orders include a generated SSCC code for every required label.

Send ASN (Advance Shipping Notice)

The ASN is a mandatory XML document that reports packing details, dimensions, and weights. You can send the ASN during the final fulfillment step or generate it in advance if shipping information requires validation.

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