How Field-Packed Produce Moves from Harvest to Shipment

When produce is packed into saleable containers during harvest, its identity begins in the field. Harvest Point connects field context, container labels, truck dispatch, cooler receiving, pallet inventory, sales, and shipping in one operating workflow.

Why field packing is different

In a shed-pack operation, harvested product usually reaches a facility before it becomes finished, labeled inventory. In a field-pack operation, the saleable case or container is created during harvest. Identification and traceability therefore need to begin at the point of packing and stay with the product.

1. Establish the harvest context

The operation begins with a Field Pack work order connected to the selected field or orchard, block, harvester, and scheduled work. Product and lot information are selected as the crew packs and labels the harvest.

A map can show the selected field, block, and loading area. Boundary awareness can warn the operator when the device is outside the selected block, helping the digital record stay grounded in the intended harvest location.

2. Label product where it is packed

Harvest Point prints a separate label for each case or container. A configurable label can include the product's configured GTIN, lot number, pack date, grower, field or block, and a unique serial number.

When required downstream, the label can include a Voice Pick Code calculated from the configured GTIN, current lot number, and current date. Approved templates can place configured GTIN and lot data into GS1-128 barcode formats. Harvest Point does not issue or validate GTINs.

3. Dispatch finished product from the field

When a truck is ready to leave, the operator records the receiving location and product quantities. The load carries a load number and lot number, with optional driver and truck information. This creates an electronic record of what left the field and where it is expected to arrive.

4. Receive the load at the cooler

Receiving personnel open the dispatched load and review its lot, grower, products, quantities, truck, driver, and dispatch time. They confirm the storage location, adjust pallet quantities when needed, and save the receipt with device location capture.

5. Create pallet inventory and tags

Harvest Point divides the received product into pallet rows using the configured product quantity as a starting point. Receiving personnel can adjust the pallet breakdown before saving. The resulting pallets enter inventory at the selected cooler location and can receive pallet tags and identifiers.

6. Continue into sales and shipping

Once received, the field-packed product is available as identified finished inventory. Harvest Point's sales-order and shipping workflows can use that inventory to support fulfillment and preserve its connection to upstream operating records.

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