How Do I Create a Shipment? What are Shipments Used For?

A shipment is a collection of samples that will travel together from one facility to another. Shipments that originate from a ShotFlow Brand app can be created and tracked to any number of different studio or storage facilities. Shipments can also originate from a ShotFlow Studio app and be sent other studios, a brand, or any destination.

The Studio is given visibility and access to Samples through the Shipment workflow. Without access or visibility to the Samples, the Capture team is unable to take advantage of the Pull Workflow (AKA Shot Retrieval). 

To learn more about Shot Retrieval, please click the title below: 

Utilizing Shot Retrieval in Shot Centric View

Creating a Shipment

1. From the Shipment table, click +New Shipment

2. Fill out the desired fields for the Shipment

3. Click Create Shipment at the bottom of the form.

Assigning Samples to a Shipment

Once the Shipment has been created, samples can be assigned to that shipment. 

1. From the Samples Table, navigate to the desired view, and/or use filters to identify only the Samples that should be assigned to the Shipment. 

To learn more about filtering views, please the click the title below: 

Searching Views - Slicing Data using Simple, Advanced, and List Search

2. Check the boxes next to the desired samples, or check the box in the column header to select all samples in the view. 

3. Select the action button "Assign to Shipment"

4. A new panel opens to the right, enabling Shipment selection. Click into the Related Shipment field, and a new pop-up window presents. 

5. Choose the Shipment from the list, or if the desired Shipment is not shown, use the Search Shipments field to start typing in the Name of Shipment. The list will narrow down options matching the characters entered in the search box.

6. Once the desired Shipment is located, click on it to highlight it. The name of the Shipment will now show in the Related Shipment field and the pop-up window will close. 

7. Click Update xx Samples. The selected samples are now assigned to the desired Shipment. 

Assigning Shipments to Shoots

Once Shipments are created and the samples are assigned, the final step to provide visibility to the Studio, is to assign the Shipment to a Shoot on the Studio side.

To learn more about Assigning Brand Shipments to Studio Shoots, please click the title below: 

How Do I Assign Shipments to Shoots?