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GroovePacker is an excellent solution for adding key warehouse management features like physical inventory tracking and best-of-class pick pack verification to ShipStation.

ShipStation is a scalable, feature rich order manager and GroovePacker complements it perfectly, giving your warehouse staff the tools they need to pack every order without error and keep inventory up to date. If you’ve never used barcodes before, GroovePacker can generate barcodes and print them for easy labeling of products. GroovePacker also brings mobile scanning support, verification and inventory tracking for kits and bundles, multi-pack barcodes and more.

There’s a whole cascade of events that occur each time a packing error is made. From disappointing your customer, to comunicating about the issue, to shipping them what’s needed, to correct their order (along with a gift so they’ll give you another chance to get it right). Every step of the way you’re more likely to encounter problems since your most optimized and tested systems tend to be the ones with the most use. 

Barcode scan and pack verification allows you to bypass these shipping error woes. Your packers scan a barcode on each item as it’s packed, assuring it’s correct. Do you often see instances where multiple items are ordered but only one gets shipped? Never again with Scan and Pack verification. Every item is counted and checked off as it’s added to the shipment. GroovePacker seamlessly integrates barcode scanning verification with ShipStation giving your shipping system the ability to catch packing errors before they’re shipped and before any cost has been introduced.

In addition to user friendly barcode scan and pack verification GroovePacker brings ShipStation the most accurate physical inventory tracking possible. Every item moving into and out of your warehouse can easily be tracked and accounted for, empowering your business with a capable and cost effective warehouse management solution and all the competitive advantages that go along with it. Because the cost of GroovePacker is less than the cost of the shipping errors it prevents, you’re adding to your bottom line every month you use it. As your order volume grows, so do the benefits of avoiding shipping errors. When it comes to receiving exactly what they order, your customers expect perfection every time. With GroovePacker you can deliver.

LET’S LOOK AT HOW EASY IT IS TO SETUP AND BEGIN ELIMINATING YOUR PACKING ERRORS.

Connecting GroovePacker to ShipStation is as easy as copying and pasting your API key info.  In seconds your orders can be imported for scanning. If all needed product data is present in ShipStation you can let GroovePacker automatically import products while orders are imported.  If you need to have your products imported before you receive orders for them, so you can generate barcodes and print product barcode labels from GroovePacker, product data can be imported by creating a mock order in ShipStation and importing it. GroovePacker only requires a product name, SKU and Barcode (registered UPC or internal barcode), in order to provide barcode scanning verification. If you require data like bin locations that’s not available from Shipstation, a CSV file can be used to quickly add the products or just the data that’s missing. 

ShipStation / GroovePacker Workflow

There’s no reason to change how you currently print your shipping labels. GroovePacker can work with ShipStation to accommodate a variety of workflows.

The workflow will vary slightly depending on where and when you print. ShipStation allows you to print your order number on your packing slip as a barcode. GroovePacker can then use a scan of the order number to display the order to be packed. This allows your packers to split orders up into batches and scan them in any order they like. In this batch workflow all printing is best done from within ShipStation. Some fulfillment operations incorporate a digital scale and ship by exact weight. They’ll print shipping labels individually after packing and weighing the packed shipments for exact package weights. In this workflow you may choose to print packing slips and pick lists from directly from GroovePacker.