Shipping, crates & finishing

How to know what’s in every crate

You know what is in a crate because products were scanned into it — the packing list is a live record, not a typed afterthought. Spectr shipping lists update as products are scanned into crates, and field crews can scan a crate to see contents on their phone.

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Key facts

A crate map drawn at 4 p.m. from memory will be wrong.
Installers should carry a virtual packing list, not call the shop.
Spectr generates packing documentation without assembling it by hand.
Damaged or short crates are solvable only if contents were real.

How shops handle this

Build the crate by scan
If it is in the crate and not scanned, it is not in the crate.
Pack by elevation or phase
Convenience packing is how the site opens six crates to hang three panels.
Close the crate in the system
A closed crate is a promise. Treat it that way.
Give the field the same list
Phone scan at the gate, not a PDF in someone’s cab.

Common questions

What if we ship loose on a flatbed?

It is still a “crate” in the system — a shipment container with contents.

Can we reprint a list at the site?

You can. The source of truth should still be the live record, not the reprint someone annotated.

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