What are Cartons?
You can define one of your existing products as a carton of another product. It is both cheaper and easier to utilize this feature than having inventory as individual units!
Utilizing Cartons
All POs should be submitted using the carton SKUs and will then be broken down as needed to allow use of individual units.
Inbound orders will be eligible for carton level receiving rates and allow us to inbound inventory more efficiently. This is what creates the lower pricing for items.
This feature also streamlines the wholesale ordering process and eliminates the need for the VAS Jotform.
How Inventory is Calculated with Cartons
The main difference between a regular product and a carton is how we calculate the component product's inventory. Cartons have inventories of their own, but the inventory of their components includes cartons.
Here is an example:
- I have two products: Soda Can and Soda 12-pack.
- Soda 12-pack is a carton of twelve Soda Cans.
- Soda Can is stored in the pickable bin A-01.
- Soda 12-pack is stored in the overstock bins C-01 and C-02.
Because Soda Can is a component of the Soda 12-pack carton, its inventory includes the number of eaches within those cartons, as illustrated below.
Product Cases = CartonsHow to set up Carton SKUs
All carton SKUs MUST have unique barcodes from their components and follow the format of the individual SKU followed by “-CTN.”
For example if the individual SKU is “12345” the carton SKU is “12345-CTN”
Adding Cartons
- Fill out this sheet and submit back to partner@brandfoxllc.com
- Our team will then link the eaches to the cartons
Carton Compliance (Info must be on outside of carton)
- SKU must be formatted correctly (ends in -CTN)
- Barcoded with a unique barcode
- Labeled with quantity of units in carton
- Includes lot and expiration date if is lot tracked
Unqualified cartons are not eligible for carton pick/pack pricing