This example is for packing your own cherries (& where harvest records exist in GrowData)
Fruit Movements:
Picked into Lugs -> Lugs into Bulk Bin -> Bulk Bin Tipped -> Packaged -> Palletized
Setup Requirements
Before you can use the Packing Program, you'll need to ensure you have set up the following items in GrowData (click on the links to open associated articles)
Also note, within the Packing screen you will have the option to enter Growers/Suppliers; Customers; Carriers & Cool Rooms:
PART 1: Generating Harvest Records in GrowData
Add the bulk Bin Card Number against the Harvest Records.
PART 2: Using the Packing Screen in GrowData
1. Type in fruit batch code - create this code as whatever you like (can be numbers or letters , however it needs to be a unique code)
2. Select the type of bins that are being tipped. Note - these bin types are created in Picking setup.
3. Enter the number of Bins Tipped. Type in the number of tipped bins.
E.g. Bins Tipped = 20 in the image above
4. Associate bins to a batch.
When you click on the bins tipped button a popup list will appear (pictured below) of bins that have not yet been allocated to a packing record/batch.
Note: This looks to the harvest screen for the bin #, and once you've associated these bin numbers with this packing record, it will feed the batch number back to the harvest screen and therefore associates it with the block
Place your cursor in the blank field at the top and scan the bin barcode, to assign bin to the Packing Record/Batch.
Alternatively if you don't wish to scan, simply type in the Bin No and it will do the same thing to allocate the bin to the Packing Record/Batch.
Note, associating bins to a batch doesn't count the 'Bins Tipped', so you still need to enter this in per step 3 (if you wish to track this info).
5. Add a new pallet & its contents
Click 'Add New Pallet'
The Pallet ID is automatically generated.
You may or may not know the Customer, Carrier, Destination and connote number at this stage - so these can be added in now or later - they just need to be entered before the pallet is consigned. (see step 7).
Enter in the contents for what's on the pallet.
Click the + next to the Pallet ID to expand.
You'll see Pack Types in the dropdown (these options pull through from Setup > Packing);
6. Generate Packing Slips
If you've got multiple pallets on your list, you'll need to select the one you wish to generate a packing slip for. You can do this by clicking in the grey square to the left of the Pallet ID, and you'll see the line will turn blue. Then, at the bottom of your screen select 'Packing Slip'.
Note: If you wish to print multiple Packing Slips at once, click the X on Packing Slip Button and a popup list will appear.
7. Consign Pallet & Generate Connotes
A Con Note number can be the same across multiple pallets within the same or different Packing Records/Batches - however they must go to the same customer.
In the example below, the Con Note (detailed or summary) report shows Con Note #4 contains 4 x pallets (#9,12,14 & 16), with a total of 281 Containers going to Coles.
On the Packing Record below for batch 19072023-3, we just have the one pallet (number 16) as part of Con Note 4. The other pallets (numbers 9, 12 & 14 on the report about) will be found within other Packing Records/Batches. If you wish to find a pallet number, you can use the 'Find Pallet' button at the top of the screen; or to click through other Packing Records/Batches use the arrows on the bottom left.
To commit to your consignment, complete the following steps:
1. Ensure the highlighted pallet on your screen has the relevant Con Note number
2. Open up either Con Note (detailed) or Con Note (summary) report.
3. Within the print preview screen, you will have the ability to either:
A. Print & Consign (then select 'yes')
B. Consign Only (then select 'yes')
Now, once you have exited this screen and are back on the Packing Record, you'll see the box has been ticked indicating that it is Consigned: 
Note: if you have made an error in the consignment, highlight the relevant pallet (with that consignment number) and click on Con Note (detailed) or (summary) report; then at the top of the screen you'll see an option to 'Cancel Consignment'. This will un-consign all related pallets for that connote.
8. Record Wastage.
To record wastage in your Packing records, you'll need to firstly ensure you have setup a 1kg waste bin (see link to Packing Setup at the beginning of this article).
Within Packing record, on the right hand side of the screen you'll see a section called 'Waste Fruit' (highlighted in the snip below).
Select your Waste bin from the dropdown selection. As we have set this up as a 1kg bin, you now simply type in the kilo's of waste and these will be reflected above (in the Waste field under Gross & Net weights).
- Gross Weight = Combined Net Weight + Waste
- Net Weight = Packout weight (in the example below, the P84 Bulk Avocado packing containers weigh 10kg each. 100 containers x 10kg, + 60 containers x 10kg = 1600kg
- Waste = Kilograms of waste
This Waste amount (in kilos and as a %) will also display on the Packing Report: 