{"id":960,"date":"2026-11-11T20:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/knowledge-base\/picking-en\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T20:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:19:38","slug":"picking-en","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_base","link":"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/en\/knowledge-base\/picking-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking &amp; Packing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Picking &amp; Packing<\/strong> is the tool for <strong>gathering the products of open orders<\/strong> from the stores and warehouses. Instead of opening order after order, you see a <strong>list of the products that must be found<\/strong>, walk around the space, <strong>scan the barcode<\/strong> of each product you find and the system updates the order by itself. You find it in the menu <strong>Orders \u2192 Picking &amp; Packing<\/strong>, with a number next to it showing how many products are waiting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#screen\">The screen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cards\">A product card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#scan\">Scanning a barcode<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#notfound\">When you can\u2019t find a product<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#filters\">Filters and search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mobile\">Using it from mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#flow\">The course of an order<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"screen\">The screen<\/h2>\n<figure>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/be-picking-list.jpg\" width=\"1734\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"The Picking &amp; Packing page: filters at the top and product cards with photo, price, barcode and order details\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Picking &amp; Packing: filters at the top and one card for each product that must be found.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the page title the <strong>totals<\/strong> are written: how many products are waiting in total and how many of them are \u201cto find\u201d (e.g. \u201cTotal 71 products, to find 61 results\u201d). The orange box below the filters (<strong>To find<\/strong>) shows which group you are viewing: \u201cTo find\u201d, \u201cIn picking\u201d or \u201cProblematic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The list shows products from orders that are <strong>still in progress and at the initial stages<\/strong>. An order with many products gives many cards, one for each piece and size. The products appear in the order in which the orders came in.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cards\">A product card<\/h2>\n<p>Each card has everything you need to find it and tell it apart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photo<\/strong> of the product and the <strong>price<\/strong> the customer paid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barcode:<\/strong> as a bar code and as a number below. It is the barcode of the <strong>specific size<\/strong> of the product.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Order details:<\/strong> the order number, the date and the manufacturer (e.g. \u201c#ANI000039644 12\/11\/2025 Adidas\u201d).<\/li>\n<li><strong>MPN and size:<\/strong> e.g. \u201cMPN: AQ0863 Size: 42 2\/3\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arrow \u25b8:<\/strong> opens the card (see below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The icons of the card<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flashing green truck:<\/strong> the order has <strong>only one product<\/strong>, so as soon as you find it, it can be shipped immediately.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blue box with a number:<\/strong> the order has <strong>more products<\/strong>, and the number shows how many.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flashing red exclamation mark:<\/strong> the product has been marked as \u201cnot found\u201d (see <a href=\"#notfound\">below<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flashing icon with many stores:<\/strong> the product <strong>exists in more than one storage location<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Open card<\/h3>\n<figure>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/be-picking-open.jpg\" width=\"1734\" height=\"1060\" alt=\"An open product card with photos, title and order comments\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>The open card shows all the product\u2019s photos, the title and the order comments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the arrow \u25b8 the card opens and you see <strong>all the photos<\/strong> of the product (by clicking a photo you enlarge it, so you make sure you pick the right colour and model), the <strong>full title<\/strong>, the order\u2019s <strong>courier<\/strong> and the <strong>order \/ product comments<\/strong> that were written in the Orders (not shown to the customer). If there is a note about the product, you will see it here.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"scan\">Scanning a barcode<\/h2>\n<figure>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/be-picking-scan.jpg\" width=\"1734\" height=\"120\" alt=\"The Picking &amp; Packing filter bar with the barcode field after the store selection; the store name is blurred\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>After you choose the store where you are, the barcode field appears next to the filters (the store name is blurred).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scanning happens <strong>after you choose the store where you are<\/strong> in the first filter. Then the <strong>Barcode<\/strong> field appears, ready for typing (autofocus), and the scanner \u201ctypes\u201d into it.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose the store (e.g. your own from \u201cAll Stores\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>Scan the barcode of the product you found. The <strong>whole number<\/strong> of the barcode is needed.<\/li>\n<li>The system finds the <strong>order that is waiting for this product and size<\/strong> and marks it as <strong>picked<\/strong>. A <strong>confirmation sound<\/strong> is heard.<\/li>\n<li>If the barcode doesn\u2019t match any waiting product, an <strong>error sound<\/strong> is heard and nothing changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If the same product has been requested by several orders, each scan satisfies <strong>one<\/strong> of them. Each record is written to the action Log (with the order number and the barcode).<\/p>\n<p class=\"kb-note\"><strong>With ERP active:<\/strong> each scan also sends the transfer document to the ERP for the storage location you chose.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"notfound\">When you can\u2019t find a product<\/h2>\n<figure>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/be-picking-store-open.jpg\" width=\"1734\" height=\"1180\" alt=\"An open card with the Search everywhere switch\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>With a store selected, the open card has the \u201cSearch everywhere\u201d switch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the product is not on the shelf, open the card and turn the <strong>\u201cSearch everywhere\u201d<\/strong> switch. The product is marked as <strong>\u201cnot found\u201d<\/strong> in your store and the <strong>other stores are asked to search for it<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The card gets the flashing exclamation mark and appears in the <strong>\u201cProblematic\u201d<\/strong> filter.<\/li>\n<li>A note is automatically added to the order comments that the product is missing from the specific store. This way the order also shows in the Orders with product information.<\/li>\n<li>When the product is found in another store, it is scanned normally from there and the order continues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"filters\">Filters and search<\/h2>\n<p>The filter bar is at the top. Each change loads the list immediately and the browser remembers the store you chose.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Store:<\/strong> \u201cAll Stores\u201d or a specific one. It also enables the scanning field.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Product group:<\/strong> \u201cTo find\u201d (not found yet), \u201cIn picking\u201d (have been found and are waiting for the rest of the order) or \u201cProblematic\u201d (not found).<\/li>\n<li><strong>See all products:<\/strong> you limit by category (e.g. Shoes, Clothing, Accessories). It fits when you pick by store department.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All Orders:<\/strong> all, only orders with <strong>1 product<\/strong> (immediate shipping) or only with <strong>more products<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Couriers:<\/strong> only orders that will be sent with a specific courier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Search:<\/strong> the field at the top right searches the cards live, by order number or date, by manufacturer, by MPN or size and by barcode. The \u2716 clears the search.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is also the ability to <strong>print simple labels<\/strong> with a barcode for the orders in the list.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mobile\">Using it from mobile<\/h2>\n<p>The page adapts to <strong>mobile and tablet<\/strong>, so you can scan from your phone inside the warehouse. On mobile the barcode field is large at the top, the title shows which group you are viewing and the filters open from the \u2630 button in a side panel.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"flow\">The course of an order<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The order comes in from the store and appears in the <a href=\"\/wp\/en\/knowledge-base\/orders-list-en\/\">Orders<\/a> at the first stage.<\/li>\n<li>Its products appear in Picking &amp; Packing as \u201cTo find\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Each product you scan becomes \u201cIn picking\u201d. While products are missing, the order stays at an early stage (with the default names, \u201cRegularity Check\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>When <strong>all<\/strong> the order\u2019s products are <strong>picked<\/strong>, its stage advances automatically (with the default names, \u201cProduct Picking\u201d). You then move on to the next stages from the Orders.<\/li>\n<li>Then the vouchers and the shipping follow (see <a href=\"\/wp\/en\/knowledge-base\/orders-en\/\">Voucher Management and Vouchers Send<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The products that Picking &amp; Packing doesn\u2019t find in the warehouse, you can also correct from the <a href=\"\/wp\/en\/knowledge-base\/inventory-en\/\">Inventory<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/wp\/en\/knowledge-base\/displayer-en\/\">Displayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A detailed guide to Picking &amp; Packing: product cards, barcode scanning, \u201cnot found\u201d, filters and use from mobile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","kb_section":[103],"class_list":["post-960","knowledge_base","type-knowledge_base","status-publish","hentry","kb_section-orders-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base\/960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge_base"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anima-ppd.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_section?post=960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}