Introduction

This document describes the "Ship from Store" functionality embedded in Anyware POS. 

Scenarios

"Ship from Store" does NOT provide full web order pack-and-ship processes. However, it does deliver a smart and handy way of pick-and-pack web orders small scale for the store personell. The feature is not dependent on the web platform at all. In fact, the end customer does not need to know at all that the goods are coming from the store warehouse, as long as the order is shipped from one single store. The feature includes the following options:

• Store rotation based on inventory levels, priority and, optionally, post code compared to the customer. 
• Fallback to central warehouse.
• Single shipment, or multiple shipments from different stores.

Prerequisites

Anyware POS has no direct integration with the web platform. Instead its required that the web order for "Ship from Store" is created in Business Central with a "Shipment Method Code" enabled for "Ship from Store". This is the trigger for the unified commerce process in Anyware POS. It is also required that the shipment methods are setup correctly in "Anyware POS Setup". To setup the "Ship from Store" feature, follow the steps below:

1. Open up the "Anyware POS Setup" page by searching for it in the search pane.
   
2. Locate the subpage "Deliveries".
3. For each of the ones enabeling "Ship from Store", set "Delivery Type" to "Ship from Store".
4. Locate the "Ship from Store" tab.
5. Check the "Enable Ship From Store" checkbox.
6. Choose allocation method on the field "Ship from Store Allocation".
7. If acceptance time and fallback should be used, enable the "Check Acceptance Time" checkbox. The time of day is setup on store level.
8. Done!
   

On top of this each store included in the "Ship from Store" sequence needs to be enabled individually. This is done on the store card. Follow the steps below to make store specific settings:

1. Open up the "Stores" list page by searching for it in the search pane.
   
2. Go through each store relevant.
3. Open the store card by clicking on the store code field.
4. Locate the "Ship From Store" tab.
5. Set inventory safety limit.
6. Set order accept time, if enabled.
7. Choose a priority for the store.
8. Done!

Walk through

Unified commerce focuses alot around sales orders as the primary starting point of the process. To monitor the current status of unified commerce sales orders, the "Shipping and Billing" tab of the sales order is extended with "Store Delivery" information. See screenshot below.

Create Sales Order

Follow the instructions below to manually create a "Ship from Store" order in Business Central:

1. Start by creating a new sales order for some customer.
2. Set "Location Code" on the "Shipping and Billing" tab to the central warehouse.
3. Set "Shipment Method Code" on the "Shipping and Billing" tab (Show more) to a "Ship from Store" enabled shipment method.
4. Add some items.
5. Click "Release" to release the order.
6. The "Store Delivery" information should now indicate the corresponding delivery type, the assigned store as well as a calculated acceptance due date time if enabled.
7. If the "Store Delivery" information is visible: Done!

To verify the order in Anyware Cloud, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to "Anyware Cloud".
2. Click "Orders" and "Ship Orders". 
3. As a first stage, the status says "New" and means that there is a new order process by the assigned store.

Pick Order

Orders are processed in the POS device only. Although not required, it is possible to process each order in two steps setting the status to "Picked". To pick an order, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to sales mode.
2. Click "Orders to Ship" (Order att skicka) to display ship-from-store orders. 
3. Locate the order of choice (the search pane is available) and click "Manage" (Hantera).
4. Click "Picked in Store" (Plockad i butik).
5. Done!
   

Ship Order

Orders are processed in the POS device only. To ship an order, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to sales mode.
2. Click "Orders to Ship" (På väg) to display pickup orders in transit. 
3. Locate the order of choice (the search pane is available) and click "Manage" (Hantera).
4. Click "Ready for Delivery" (Klar för leverans).
5. Verify the items to ship. It is possible to scan each item, but not required.
6. If required, enter a tracking number.
7. Click "Ship".
8. Done!