Sunday, August 27, 2017

Ways To Make Your International Shipping Cremains Stress Free

By Raymond Snyder


International shippers handle complex operations in a larger area. International shipping cremains preparation, labeling and packing requirements are designed to handle units as efficiently as possible. This allows the processing of millions of orders everyday and helps them provide the best experience to customers.

Prior to moving items internationally, you have to ensure the items are presentable and packaged well for receipt without issues. Packages that are not prepared well before sending to a shipper is likely to bring about a lot of issues/problems, such as delays in receiving them, damaged or even a total loss. The packages that arrive at shipping centers are usually scanned by a responsible person to make sure the label has an ID that matches that which is in the system already.

It is always advisable not to put different boxes together. The label of your package should be the only place with a scannable barcode to avoid confusion. For the receiving process not to delay and avoid additional handling, always boxes should be prepared so that it meet the size requirements.

The next step so far as the inbound process is concerned is opening the box containing items. The shipping label of the box should be well placed so that it is not destroyed while in transit, become unreadable or get destroyed at destination by the one who will try to open it.

Make sure shipping labels are placed on flat surfaces so that the label remains scannable throughout the inbound process. A shipment label that cannot be scanned will cause delays in receiving your units. The best packing materials or dunnage to use are foams, air pillows, or full sheets of paper. Packing peanuts in shredded paper slow down the receiving process. For this reason, do not use loose packaging materials during inbound shipments.

Those who ship internationally do verify bar codes on standalone packages in shipping boxes can be scanned. There should be one barcode on every unit. If there is no scannable barcode on every single unit, it usually put aside for proper identification.

Case-packed units should only have barcodes on the individual packages and not on the outer carton. Barcodes on the packaging box might lead to different packages being received as one package. Units are mostly evaluated to see if they need additional preparation to ensure that they would not become damaged during storage and shipment. If preparation is required, but was not performed prior to being received at the shipping center, the units are put aside for special handling. Also, items should not have any loose packaging.

If products arrive at the warehouse with issues they are delayed before they go in the inventory. Based on the number of items that require extra handling, delays could be between two(2) to three(3) days. Items that will not need additional handling go to the received section. A comprehensive cross-check is done on every package at the arrival stage to ensure there are no issues with the item. Package each unit properly so that they are not destroyed in transit. Checks are also carried out on the title. Following the above tips during shipments will make things simpler for you and the shipper.




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