Inbound Service include APIs to support customer inbound their inventory into the TNSL warehouse network. The big picture below debrief the full flow of Inbound process:
Service Actions
The following operations are included in the Fulfillment Inbound Shipment API section:
| Operation Name | Operation Description | API Documentation |
| Get Inbound Guidance | Returns inbound guidance for a list of items by SKUs. Guidance includes: 1. List of accepted quantity for each SKUs 2. Timeslot which is available to deliver / pickup shipments | Documentation |
| Get Available Inbound Warehouses | Return list available warehouses for customer to inbound their products. | Documentation |
| Create Inbound Shipment | Create an inbound shipment to inbound customer inventory to TNSL Fulfillment Center. | Documentation |
| Get Label Of Inbound Shipment | Return the label that would place on the inbound shipment to helps TNSL Inbound staff correct receive & inbound packages. | Documentation |
| List Inbound Shipments | List all available inbound shipments of customer. | Documentation |
| Get Inbound Shipment Detail | Detail information of an inbound shipment of customer. | Documentation |
| Cancel Inbound Shipment | Cancel an inbound shipment of customer. Cancel inbound shipment is allowed at status: – SELF_DELIVERY: from status NEW to status WAITING_FOR_ITEMS – CARRIER_PICKUP: from status NEW to status WAIT_TRANSPORT_CONFIRM | Documentation |
| Get Receipts | Return the detail receive information of each items of each inbound shipment | Documentation |
Terminology
The following table defines terminology for this API section:
| Term | Definition |
| Inbound Guidance | Set of guidances to helps customer prepare inbound packages properly & schedule the delivery / pickup of shipment. Guidance includes 2 important information: 1. List of accepted quantity for each SKUs 2. Timeslots which is available to deliver / pickup shipments |
| Inbound Warehouse | The warehouse in TNSL network which is available to receive the inbound shipment. |
| Inbound Shipment | Presents for an request generated from customer to inbound a set of SKUs to TNSL logistics network. |
| Inbound Shipping Plan | Available shipping plan to ship the inbound shipment to fulfillment centers. Currently there are two available shipping plan: – SELF_DELIVERY: Customer deliver packages to inbound warehouse on the selected timeslots. – CARRIER_PICKUP: TNSL pickup the packages from customer’s store on selected timeslots, deliver to inbound warehouse. Carrier_pickup service by truck detail. |
| Shipment Labels | The labels generated by Inbound systems & must place on inbound packages. There are two types of label: shipping & inbound labels. These label used by shipping & inbound staff to detect & properly inbound the packages. |