What Are Pick Tickets and Why Do I Need a Pick Ticket?
by Chelsea Camper | Last Updated May 8, 2024The term “pick ticket” is thrown around a lot in the world of order fulfillment and is occasionally subbed out with words like “pick slip,” “packing slip,” “packing ticket,” etc. In truth all of these terms are referring to the same thing in order fulfillment: A sheet of paper listing all of the items that are to be put in a box and shipped to a customer.
Let’s go a little deeper into what pick tickets are and why they’re important.
What Are Pick Tickets?
They are slips of paper that tell you what to pick off your shelves and pack into the box to be sent to the customer. Pick tickets list not only what items a certain customer requested but how many of each and the exact style that they want.
Pick tickets are usually printed along side a shipping label on a shipping label sheet. By having the pick ticket and shipping label on the same sheet the possibility of a pick ticket or shipping label of one order getting mixed up with a different order is lessened.
Why Do I Need a Pick Ticket?
Pick tickets help you keep track of which items, how many of each, and what style of item go in each box. You can think of it as an order recipe telling you how many of each item to put in the box and (sometimes) the order in which to add them to the box.
The uses of pick tickets don’t stop in the warehouse. Once warehouse workers have finished picking and packing the items for the order they can slip the pick ticket into the box before it’s sealed and shipped. That way when the customer receives the package the first thing they see is the pick ticket and they are reminded of what they ordered and from whom.
If you’re looking for pick tickets with labels, our Peel Out!® Shipping Label Sheets will work great!
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