Creating an ASN (Advance Shipping Notification)

1. Purpose

To explain how clients create an Advance Shipping Notification (ASN) in Mintsoft before sending stock to the Scale 3PL warehouse.

Creating an ASN allows the warehouse to prepare for incoming deliveries and ensures stock can be received efficiently.

Applies to all inbound stock deliveries including cartons, pallets and containers.

Client

Scale 3PL

In Mintsoft go to:

Warehouse → Goods In → Create ASN.

This opens the ASN creation screen.

Enter the required delivery information:

The delivery quantity does not need to be exact because warehouse staff can update it when the delivery is booked in.

Click Next once the delivery details are complete.

Products must now be added to the ASN.

You can:

Click Add to include the item in the ASN.

If an error is made, the quantity can be amended or the item removed from the ASN before confirmation.

If a product has not yet been created in Mintsoft, a new SKU can be entered when adding products.

Warehouse staff may need to complete missing product attributes when the goods are received, such as:

If a delivery contains a large number of SKUs:

This allows many products to be added at once.

Once all products are added, confirm the ASN.

The warehouse will then expect the delivery and prepare for goods-in processing.

Deliveries without an ASN may take longer to process because the warehouse has no advance notice of the incoming stock.

Detailed Mintsoft training guides are available in the Scale 3PL support portal: