Manage Inbound Shipment
After creating inbound shipments, the first step is to verify routes have been configured or not and if not configured then the user can see an error message in the error log and the Create Shipment Picking button will be shown.
User can configure the route and click on the create shipment picking button. Next step is to select Shipping Type and Transport Type. There are two types of Shipping Type (Partner / Non-partnered)
There are two types of Transport Type ( Small/LTL)
Go to Amazon / FBA / Inbound Shipment
Case-1: Non-Amazon-partnered carrier shipments:
If the carrier selected by you is not an Amazon Partner then you will need to select your own carrier and deliver the products to Amazon Warehouse.
Small Parcel: If Carrier is non-partner and transport type is small then Amazon will require the Carrier Name and list of the tracking number.
LTL Parcel: If the carrier is non-partner and transport type is LTL then Amazon will require a carrier name and Pro-number. Pro-number is the tracking number provided by the non-partner carrier.
Update Carton Content information & Get Carton Content Result:
If you are using Amazon Non-Partner carrier then Amazon recommended unique product labels and for that user must import the following details. If the inbound shipment has 3 boxes then the user must create 3 box info in Inbound shipment with all product details.
In the box info, the user must specify both dimensions, weight, product and quantity. Also, each box id is number and user can start with 1,2..N. After input carton details the user must submit to Amazon and wait for 120 seconds and one button will show-up is called Get Carton Content Result.
On click on this button system will check if any error in Amazon then system will set the state to working and Update carton content button will visible. User can see the error log In error log tab and correct it after that again update carton content information to Amazon.
The same cycle will execute if we will not submit correct carton details to Amazon. User can import Carton content using a CSV file as well.
Import Inbound Shipment from Amazon to Odoo :
The inbound shipment which was created in Amazon can be integrated into Odoo by navigating to Amazon / Operations / Import Shipment.
Warehouse: The user will need to select from the drop-down menu and choose the warehouse from which you will need to deliver the product to the Amazon warehouse.
Shipment ID: The user will need to enter the Shipment ID from the seller portal.
Instance: The user needs to select the Instance from the drop-down menu for which Amazon Inbound Shipment will be carried out.
Once you have entered all the required details you can Import Shipment.
Once, the details are successfully fetched from your Amazon Seller Account, you will be able to see all the required information for the products you are sending to Amazon Fulfilment Center.
Here, for each inbound shipment, there will be two pickings. One from your own warehouse to transit (Delivery Order) & second from transit to Amazon (Receipt). You can check both of the below screenshots for better understanding.
So, this is also one of the ways to manage and process inbound shipments for Amazon in case if it is not directly integrated/configured with Odoo.