Logistics - when and how are product labels generated?

[Renovatio]

Hello,

Could you kindly explain to me how do most companies do delivery labels in a B2C setting resulting in a lot of individual and unique products? I could think of 2 possible scenarios:

1) A set of codes is generated separately and are printed on labels that at that point have no reference to any product. When products come into the warehouse or are being scheduled to be shipped out, these random unique labels are individually stuck onto product packages and each of the attached labels is then scanned and registered with the company software for every individual product in question.

2) An ID is generated when a product is registered with the company system. That however seems to be slower than option 1) because then a respective box needs to be found to attach a newly made label to it.

Maybe there are more options and standards that businesses employ?

Thank you very much

 

[MBE2017]

I used to use software that took the details from the order, it printed a packing list, invoice with a return label included, plus a delivery label x2. Great time saver for myself at the time.

All my products came in boxes, with bar codes, but that made no difference to myself, many had to be split down for smaller orders etc. The most important thing is having a trusted person packing correctly.