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Some common features of a warehouse shipping manager tool include:

1. Inventory management: to track inventory levels, reorder items as needed, and manage stock levels to ensure that orders can be fulfilled in a timely manner.

2. Order management: to manage and track customer orders, including order tracking, order fulfillment, and order processing.

3. Shipping management: to manage and track shipping information, including shipping rates, options, and schedules, as well as do shipping cost optimization.

4. Automate label printing: to ensure accurate customer, product, and tracking data is collected and sent for printing shipping labels.

5. Reporting and analytics: to track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to shipping, such as shipping costs, delivery times, and customer satisfaction.

6. Integration: with other systems such as accounting and inventory management software, eCommerce platforms, and customer relationship management (CRM) systems to provide a more comprehensive view of the warehouse operations.

• Unique business needs: Many companies have unique requirements and processes that are not completely fulfilled by commercially available tools as they lack many features or integrations with other tools that are a must-have.

• Flexibility: You can modify your warehouse shipping manager to include new features, functionalities, and integrations with other tools as your internal processes evolve. It will help you easily adapt to changing requirements.

• Control: Have more control over the development, maintenance and upgrades of your app. Appsmith being an open-source product gives you complete control over your applications and you don’t have to worry about vendor lock-ins.

• Integrations: Custom warehouse management tools can be integrated with other systems such as inventory management, accounting, and customer relationship management systems.

• Data ownership: Building a custom warehouse app let you own and control your data 100% at your end which can be crucial for compliance or security reasons.

• Competitive advantage: A custom-built tool can get your teams a competitive advantage, as it allows them to have unique features and capabilities that are not available to competitors.

• Complexity: such tools can be complex to build, especially considering the amount of data they process and integrations with other tools they need.

• Engineering bandwidth: building this would require experienced engineers, and their bandwidth is already crunched with customer-facing projects.

• Data management: ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data is a critical problem that needs to be solved.

• User experience: building a tool with a user-friendly interface and easy navigation for different teams to use is challenging without experience frontend engineers involved.

• Testing and quality assurance: you will need thorough testing to ensure your app is fully functional and reliable. Poor performance or data inaccuracies can have a direct revenue impact.

• Security: you will need to ensure the security of sensitive information, such as customers' personal and financial data as well as implement measures for access control, authorization and compliance with regulations.

• Operations teams: to manage and track various stages of order fulfilment, including inventory management, production, and shipping.

• Warehouse teams: for overseeing and conducting the day-to-day operations of a warehouse such as tracking inventory levels, monitoring the status of orders, picking and packing as per order prioritization, and ensuring that products are shipped to customers on time.

• Logistics teams: to plan and schedule shipments, track the status of orders, and monitor delivery times, as well as figure out the best shipping carrier integration and shipping cost optimization methods.

• Retail teams: to manage their inventory and fulfil orders from their physical stores. They use the tool to track product availability, monitor stock levels, and process customer orders.

• Management teams: to understand the efficiency and performance of the overall process, to identify delays and breakages in the process, and to formulate strategies for improvement.