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Understanding Predictive Packing

Predictive Packing Overview

Administrators should refer to Setting Up Predictive Packing for the steps to configure Predictive Packing and set up exclusions.

The Predictive Packing User Interface (UI) allows users the ability to configure, review, and modify the Predictive Packing settings (as well as create exclusions for shipment level control). It can be used for quotes, rates, and/or shipments.

The UI is accessible to users with the Administrator role.


Predictive Packing User Interface—Configuration and Exclusions

The Configuration screen is used to configure a customer’s standard Predictive Packing settings, Enable/Disable Predictive Packing, and (optionally) select an additional field and value for Must Ship LTL. The screen also provides a drop-down About option to provide on-screen details for each of the settings, allowing the user to make settings decisions without swapping between multiple screens.


Configuration screen

This screen is used for the following:

  • Enable/disable Predictive Packing

  • Easily configure total weight, container quantity, and dimensions limits

  • Provides a listing of the pre-populated default settings

  • Optionally select an additional field and value for Must Ship LTL

  • Data validation

  • Move about info

This screen also includes an About drop-down (accessed by clicking anywhere on the blue on the About section bar) which provides details for each of the settings, which provides the user with on-screen configuration help. The About is displayed by default when the Predictive Packing Enabled slider is set to the Off position.


Exclusions Screen:

Eustom Exclusions are available when Predictive Packing is enabled. Users can select from multiple criteria for excluding Predictive Packing from running on specified transactions.

This screen is used to create, modify, delete, and enable/disable exclusions to stop Predictive Packing from running on specified Rate, Quote, and/or Shipment transactions.

Pallets are packed single level only. Predictive Packing does not perform Multi-level packing.


Predictive Packing Package Information Notifications

A notification message displays the Predictive Packing disabled notices (when applicable) and is displayed directly below the Package Information header on the Rate & Ship page.


Logging / Trace Information

Trace logs are created for each Predictive Packing that results in either successfully completing the Predictive Packing process, or if the process results in error.


Examples of logging that occurs when Predictive Packing is disabled at the field level:

  • Exclusion-disabled Predictive Packing

  • Shipment exceeds Predictive Packing boundaries

  • Disabled by standard field

  • Configuration gap
    Example: An LTL shipment, but no valid Pallet container is configured

The log records can be found in the following places:

  • Rate & Ship screen (in the Shipment Number tab)

  • Shipments screen (displayed in the Trace tab after the Delivery Order is selected from the Shipments list)


Log / Trace Information Content

The following information is included in the Trace record content:

  • Event Date: Time/Date stamp when the trace is logged.

  • Status: The status of Predictive Packing for the transaction.

  • User: User Display Name or "System", as appropriate

  • Descriptions:

    • No parcel packages were found for packing.

    • One or more products are missing the required elements


Predictive Packing Custom Exclusions

You can set up exclusions for disabling Predictive Packing at the shipment level. Refer to Setting Up Predictive Packing for the steps to set up Custom Exclusions.

Predictive Packing can be used for any combination of quoting, rating, and shipping.