ScanPower

Who is ScanPower for?

Amazon sellers, Walmart sellers, and the prep centers and 3PLs who pack for them. Goods arriveScan them in, import and receive against a purchase order. The pack stationUnits scan into boxes. Item labels print as each one is handled. The truckBox labels are on the cartons before the carrier is chosen.

Pack first or pack later?

Pick pack first when the boxes are already built or the shipment moves small parcel. Pick pack later when you want the shipment created before anyone tapes a carton, and the freight moves LTL. Amazon supports both orders. ScanPower names its two workflows after Amazon’s own wording. Provide box contents up-front, the pack-first workflow Box contents are declared before the shipment is generated.

Which labels print, and on which printers?

Nine label types print from PREP & SHIP, from the FNSKU item label to the pallet label. Three printer families print directly, with no operating-system print dialog in the way: DYMO 450 through DYMO Connect, Zebra ZP450, GK420d and GX420d through QZ Tray using ZPL, and Rollo through QZ Tray.

What is a pack group?

A pack group is the set of units inside one inbound plan that Amazon has grouped to be packed together. In the pack first flow, Amazon returns pack groups when it generates packing options for your plan. If only one packing option is available, ScanPower auto-confirms and you can begin packing boxes. What it means at the pack station It means a large mixed batch does not always become one tidy pile of boxes.

How long does training a packer take?

One ScanPower customer trained a team member who was brand new to Amazon in an hour. The pack station job is a scanning job: scan the unit into the box, let the box template fill in the dimensions and weight, close the box, take the label off the printer. The Amazon knowledge sits in the software. “We trained a team member brand new to Amazon today using the software and they picked it up within an hour!