Changelog

Last week we saw many of you at the Meet & Grill. We presented three new features there: traceability, an MCP server and a CSS assistant. All three are now live. In this changelog you can read all about them, and what else has been improved and fixed.

Traceability

Do you sell products with an expiration date or a lot number? Then you need to know which lot is where, and which customer received it. With traceability you keep track of that in Picqer.

Switch it on in Settings and choose per product what you record: an expiration date, a lot number, or both. You enter the details once, when you receive the goods. After that they follow the stock by themselves, through moves and picks, onto the picklist and the packinglist.

Picqer keeps that record long after the stock has left your warehouse. So when a supplier recalls a batch, you can look up who received it.

Read the guide to lot numbers and expiration dates, or get started right away with setting up traceability.

The next step is FEFO: first expiry, first out. Picqer will then send you to the location with the earliest expiration date, so older stock does not get left behind.

MCP server: connecting Picqer to an AI assistant

You can now connect Picqer to an AI assistant, such as Claude or ChatGPT. Ask a question or give an instruction in plain language, and the assistant carries it out in Picqer. Useful for the kind of work that would otherwise take you through several screens.

You decide what the assistant may do: read only, or take action as well. Personal data can stay out of it entirely. And processing orders, closing picklists or creating shipments is something an assistant can never do.

The MCP server is still in beta. We would love to hear how you get on with it.

A CSS assistant for your templates

Your templates for picklists, packinglists and invoices are styled with CSS. You no longer have to write it yourself. Tell the CSS assistant in plain language what you want to change, a bigger logo say, or the header in your brand colour. The preview next to it shows the result straight away.

You will find the assistant under the 'Custom CSS' field with your templates.

Other improvements

• Several settings now have their own rights. That way you can delegate management without making someone an admin.
• Sendcloud pickup points now also come in from Shopify Advanced, next to Shopify Plus.
• On a return you add all products from the order as replacement products in one click. You can also prioritise backorders for replacement products.
• You now copy product codes and barcodes in one click from the product page and the product popup.
• In your rules for orders you can now also use product dimensions as a condition.
• When a fulfilment customer cancels an order, you now clearly see that in the order log.

Fixed

• New tags are available in filters straight away. You no longer have to wait up to an hour.
• Orders from the portal use the right warehouses again.

Over the past month we've revamped Movements, the way you move stock between warehouses. Where that used to happen in a single click, it's now a task you carry out step by step, on web and in the app. In this changelog, you can read everything that's changed.

Revamped: Movements

A movement in Picqer now follows the steps in the warehouse: you collect the products in a container, bring it to the other warehouse, and stow the products there. Each step has its own status, so everyone knows where the stock is and what still needs to happen.

Collecting and stowing happen in the app, sorted by picking route through your warehouse. For each product, Picqer suggests a location. You adjust it where needed, and the amount too. For example, if you'd rather take a whole pallet. At the end, you see exactly what was moved, between which locations, and where it differed from the plan.

We'd love to hear what you think of the new Movements. The old way is still available for now, but will disappear soon.

Other improvements

• When creating a batch, you can now also select multiple fulfilment customers, and filter by packaging advice.
• When counting stock, you can now add locations based on the products stored on them, filtered by fulfilment customer, supplier, or tag.
• When importing orders from WooCommerce, we now support more formats for the preferred delivery date.
• In the fulfilment portal, backorders are now grouped by order, just like in Picqer.
• When manually adding picklists to a batch, you now also see the batch title.
• When importing customers, you can now also update the delivery and billing address, including for existing customers.

Fixed

• When processing returns, you no longer have to choose a location for products with unlimited stock.
• Pickup points from QLS's new Shopify checkout are now imported correctly.

In the previous changelog, we made it easier to create batches using presets. We're building on that: you can now fine-tune your batches even further, with new filters and options. In this changelog, you can read everything that's changed.

Fine-tune your batches

The more varied your orders, the more control you want over which picklists end up in a batch. That's why you now put your batches together more precisely, with new filters, like delivery country and shipping profile, and new options per filter. That means you no longer need to set up your own rules and tags to get to the same selection.

A few of the new possibilities:

• Filter by delivery country, handy for prioritising domestic orders so you meet your delivery promise: order today, delivered tomorrow.
• Filter by shipping profile, handy for meeting a carrier's cut-off time.
• Exclude products or locations, handy for handling unusual items or bulk locations separately.
• Exclude tags, handy for keeping picklists with, say, gift wrapping out of the batch.

Other improvements

• Updates about Picqer, like this changelog, now live under Help & feedback in the sidebar.
• The container page now shows the products you recently moved out of it, at the bottom, so a quick mistake is easy to undo.
• Linking a location from the product page is now easier.
• In the fulfilment portal, the 'Stock at a specific moment' report now also shows cost price, price, and type. That lets your fulfilment customers work out their stock and sales value themselves, without extra exports.
• The order export now also includes the preferred delivery date.
• On manual shipping labels, the sender address now sits on one line and the sender country is shown, as carriers recommend.

Fixed

• Shipments to Madeira, the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Ireland now include the required customs information, so they're created correctly.
• Bundle products from Shopware 6 are now ignored, so you only ship the individual components.
• Emojis in (customer) remarks no longer cut off your text. The emoji itself is dropped, but the rest stays intact.

In your warehouse, every small step counts. That’s why we’ve made it easier to create batches with presets, and backorders can now be processed automatically when stock becomes available. In this changelog, you’ll read what has changed.

Create batches faster with presets

Batches save a lot of time when picking. With a batch preset, you set the right filters once, so you don't have to think about them every time. We've made that even easier: instead of starting in the form, you now pick the preset you want right away, just like you're already used to in the Picqer app. So you create a batch in one click and can start picking immediately.

Got a lot of presets? Then you'll want to find the right one quickly. That's why you can now group and sort presets, and hide them when you don't need them for a while. So your list stays organised.

The batch overview is also clearer now. Previously, open, completed, and cancelled batches were mixed together. Now you see at a glance which ones are still open, and you can filter to find what you need. You can also give a batch its own name, and see which preset was used.

Process backorders automatically

When an order is in backorder, you want it to ship as soon as possible. That's why backorders can now be processed automatically: as soon as the order is partially or fully in stock, Picqer creates a picklist. That way, backorders need less manual attention, and orders ship out faster.

Prefer to stay in control? We’ve improved manual processing too. You can now filter by warehouse, supplier, or fulfilment customer, see in advance how many picklists that will create, and set a limit.

Other improvements

• When pausing a picklist, you can now choose whether to pause just the picklist or the entire order. Useful when the issue needs to be resolved by customer service or your fulfilment customer.
• In the portal, your fulfilment customers can now set up a notification for paused orders.
• New orders from Bol now appear in Picqer sooner.
• VVB orders with Ampère are now automatically snoozed until 3:00 PM the day before handover, just like DHL Same Day.

Fixed

• Pickup points on MyParcel shipments from WooCommerce are imported into Picqer again.
• Sendcloud shipments to Northern Cyprus are created correctly again.
• Bundle products are displayed correctly on a picklist again.
• You can again type an email address in a comment without any issues.

As you may have noticed, we gave the fulfilment portal a major update last month. In this changelog, we’ll walk you through what’s new, and more.

An updated fulfilment portal

Your fulfilment customers now get a clearer overview, better insight, and more ways to help themselves. That gives you more time to focus on the warehouse. The updated portal has a more modern look, works better on mobile, and can be branded with your own colour and logo.

The biggest news: dedicated purchase advice for your fulfilment customers. They see at a glance what to purchase, and turn it into a purchase order with a single click. The advice is based on open backorders and a stock strategy they can set per product. Read more about how it works

The updated portal includes a lot more:

• Orders: your fulfilment customers can now find and create orders more easily, and see at a glance what stage an order is in.
• Cancel products: your fulfilment customers can now cancel products on an order themselves, as long as they haven't been picked yet.
• Partial deliveries: you can now choose per fulfilment customer whether they can create a picklist themselves when part of an order is in stock.
• Product management: your fulfilment customers can now (de)activate and delete products themselves, if you enabled product management for them.
• Store actions: your fulfilment customers can now import products themselves, send stock to the store, and run a extended order import, provided this is also enabled in the store settings.
• Address book: your fulfilment customers can now edit and delete addresses more easily.
• Reports: your fulfilment customers can now request reports themselves, such as the fulfilment report (showing what has been done for them), stock at a specific moment, and which products sell best or do not sell at all.
• Stock per warehouse: in the fulfilment portal settings, you can now let your fulfilment customers see stock per warehouse.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll keep improving the fulfilment portal. Got feedback or questions? Let us know.

Other improvements

• New integration: Rewize
• When processing returns, you can now choose a location per product, just like with receipts.
• The batch PDF now makes it clearer which products don't have a location.
• You can now require colleagues to scan the destination location whenever they move stock on mobile.

Fixed

• VAT on shipping costs is now processed correctly when importing Shopify orders.
• The container page is fast again, even for containers with many products.
• The overview of picklists to invoice is fast again.
• The selected warehouse is now also used for quick stock changes.
• The supplier name is now always shown correctly on purchase orders, even if you entered it manually.
• Scanning a location on mobile no longer accidentally triggers a product search.