How Turbine Determines If An Order Is A Bulk Order
All of the following conditions must be met.
The production location must have bulk order workflow enabled.
The account submitting via API must have reuse artwork checked. Designs are submitted to Turbine including the "identifier" field which maps to the design's unique_id field. Items with fully matching designs are grouped. Creating an order via the quote and invoice system have their unique IDs automatically generated and assigned.
The quantity of grouped items (items with same designs) must exceed the bulk order quantity threshold set in the applicable pricing matrix record.
What is an Order Stock Label?
Order stock labels are the alternative labeling system to the single labeling of items. Order stock labels are generated automatically after receiving items from a PO using the bulk order receiving system or by picking jobs from inventory using a pick batch. The order stock label is specific to a decoration type, so in the case of 2 decoration types in the same order, 2 Order stock labels will be generated allowing the garments to be grouped and routed to the correct production area. Order stock labels can have temporary labels printed when all garments aren't present, so labels aren't released until all the items with the same decoration method are received or picked. Order stock labels can be scanned throughout Turbine and can be used to bulk QC, complete, and ship jobs.
EXAMPLE 1 - Temp Label
EXAMPLE 2 - Released Label
Benefits / Tradeoffs of Using Bulk Order Workflow
Benefits
Items can be received to a cart and grouped under one order stock label instead of many stock labels.
Quality control / Shipping can be done in bulk for all items in the order stock label.
Like items are grouped leading to production efficiency gains.
Tradeoffs
Higher likelihood of misplacing items since individual scans are no longer required.