For products like photo books or framed posters that consist of multiple physical parts, Gelato now offers a simplified packaging configuration: Unified Scan. This allows packaging stations to recognize a multi-part product with a single scan, applying the scan status across all components automatically.
What is Unified Scan?
Unified Scan is a feature that ensures consistency in packaging and dispatch for multi-part products. By applying a special tag during product setup, all components of a product are treated as a single entity during scanning, streamlining warehouse operations, and reducing handling errors.
For example:
Without Unified Scan: Each photo book part must be scanned separately at the packaging station.
With Unified Scan: Scanning one part updates the status of all parts automatically.
How It Works
The packaging:unified-scan Tag
To enable this behavior, a tag called packaging:unified-scan is applied to your product model.
Once this tag is set:
The system automatically applies unified scan logic.
Scanning any one part of the product during packaging marks all parts as scanned.
How to Enable Unified Scan
Step 1: Apply the Tag on Product Creation
When adding or updating a multi-part product via the Gelato Product Platform:
In the product model form, enable the Unified Scan option if your product is multi-part.
This action applies the
packaging:unified-scantag automatically.
Note: This option is only available for products identified as multi-part. It will not be shown for single-part products.
Step 2: Update Existing Products (if applicable)
If you already have multi-part photo book products live, ensure they are updated to include this tag:
Use the
UpdateModelorAddModelendpoints to apply thepackaging:unified-scantag to existing product configurations.
Step 3: Enable Multipart Feature Flag
Go to Feature Configuration and enable 'Packaging Multipart' feature flag
Feature Availability
The Unified Scan configuration is currently behind a feature flag.
To enable it for your account or tenant, please contact support or reach out to your Gelato representative.
FAQs
Q: What happens if the tag is not applied?
A: The product will default to requiring each part to be scanned separately.
Q: Can I use this for single-part products?
A: No. The tag and its configuration option are only available for multi-part product models.
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