Barcode Shipping Desk for Purchase Orders

• Windows desktop app for the warehouse staff of an online marketplace seller
• Barcode-driven shipping of orders bound for fulfillment centers, tracked per purchase order
• One screen from start to finish — upload, filter, scan, check what remains, export
• Uploaded order sheets kept in one file under their own names, so past orders stay searchable

• Printed order sheets ticked by hand → only the picker knew how far the job had got
• One product spread across several orders → a judgment call on which order to fill first
• Quantities copied back in one batch after picking → missed and duplicated lines
• No record afterwards of when each item shipped, or how many

• Order sheets uploaded as they are, with missing columns reported by name
• Filters on customer, center, product, barcode, order number and delivery date range; any column header sorts the list
• In shipping mode, a scanned barcode takes one off the remaining quantity and scrolls the list to that row
• Large on-screen confirmation right after the scan, showing what is left — readable without leaning into the monitor
• Color carries the outcome — green for a cleared unit, red for nothing left or already complete
• Rows that reach zero change background, leaving only unfinished lines in view
• Items that will not scan can be cleared by typing a quantity, with anything above the remainder refused

Flow of work

• Upload sheet → filter → switch to shipping mode → scan → quantity drawn down and logged → export
• Scanner connected over a serial port, with port and baud rate set and verified by a connection test
• The whole job lives in a single file — movable between PCs, or split by period for archiving
• Work happens on a copy, leaving the original untouched until save; autosave optional

• One barcode across several orders → the nearest delivery date drawn down first, clearing the most urgent center deadline
• Order numbers put on hold are refused at the scanner with a locked notice
• Each draw-down logged with its time and quantity; a mis-scan removed by deleting that entry
• Per-row notes keeping floor details such as split packing or replacement shipments with the order
• Box prep totalling the filtered rows by order number, so box counts are known before picking starts
• Files checked on open for every required field, with the missing one named

• No paper sheets and no hand ticking — the scan itself draws down the quantity and leaves the record
• Urgent delivery dates cleared first, without the picker deciding the order
• A per-item history of when and how much shipped, to trace back when counts disagree
• Held orders locked at the scanner, keeping stock that must not leave out of the shipment
• Results exported back in order-sheet form for sharing with the customer