Changelog

This release brings a quick, responsive Helm all round, Shipping Rules that read product tags, pick routines that tag as they go, packing slips that travel with your pick list, more from your inventory import, and fast printing for big batches.

Shipping Rules That Read Product Tags
Add an Order Item Tag condition to a shipping rule and pick one or more product tags. The rule matches when any product on the order carries one of them, so large or special items go straight to the right courier service.

Pick Routines That Tag as They Go
Give a pick routine one or more pick tags, and every pick it creates carries them automatically. Manual runs, scheduled runs and split runs are all covered, so picks arrive already labelled for the team, zone or shift they belong to.

Packing Slips with Your Pick List
When you print or download a pick list from inside a pick, switch on Include packing slips and the packing slip for every order in the pick comes out right after it. Helm uses the template set in your Document Rules, or your default packing slip.

More from Your Inventory Import
The inventory import takes the Cost Price from Product Information as a column. Map it once and Helm fills it in for new items and keeps existing ones up to date; a blank cell leaves the stored cost as it is. A new Archived column archives products in bulk: Yes, TRUE or 1 archives an item, and No, FALSE or 0 brings it back, exactly as the inventory list does.

Your Channel’s Product Names on Paperwork
With Use Channel Names switched on, invoices and packing slips show the product name from your sales channel, so customers see the same name they ordered. A short info hover in Channel Settings explains exactly where the setting applies.

Fast Printing for Big Batches
Bulk printing from the Orders page sends one combined file per document type and size, and the Packing Terminal prepares large print runs in a single pass. Hundreds of orders reach the printer in noticeably less time.

Small but nice

• Auto Merge Orders keeps your oldest order as the main one, by Date Placed, and manual merges follow the same rule.

• Purchase orders show an Item Code (SKU) column next to the item name.

• Delivery movements show long product names in full, with the complete name and code on hover.

• Location import and export include a Category column, and the Public API v2 can list location categories and count locations per category.

• In the mobile app, Assembly locations appear in the To Location pickers for movements, and picked quantities can be edited just as on the web.

• Order imports only need a Product Name for SKUs that are new to Helm.

• If a shipment can’t be created on the Single Shipment page, a clear popup lists each problem on its own line.

• Parcels you merge or move by hand stay exactly as you set them, on the web and in the Packing Terminal.

• User, System and Channel Logs let you choose how many rows to show per page, and the Courier Logs Action filter shows a readable name for every action.

• Plus a sweep of fixes across orders, picking, purchasing and imports, keeping everything running smoothly.

Steady, clear, and built for the way you work: the Helm team

This release brings collection dates you choose, a full history for every item, customs data ready for the new EU and US rules, and a faster flow from the tote to the packing bench.

Book Collections for the Right Day
Set a future collection date for your label requests in three ways: straight from the order page, for many orders at once from Set > Collection Date on the Orders list, or through the Order API. The new Set Collection Date action in Order Rules can also choose the date for you. It can be a set number of calendar or business days ahead (with or without UK holidays), or the next chosen day of the week, at the time you pick.

The Full Story of Every Item
The Inventory page has a timeline showing everything that has happened to an item, in order: allocations, channel stock syncs, manual edits and order-driven moves. Filter by date to see exactly how stock got where it is.

Ready for New Customs Rules
Add the companies that make your products under Settings > Manufacturers, then link them to each item in Customs Information, along with its Manufacturer Part Number. Helm sends these details and the product barcode with every label, ready for the EU rules that apply from 1 November 2026. For US shipments, add each manufacturer’s MID and use the US Compliance section to mark items as certified or disclaimed, with a company default certifier to save time.

Hit Every Ship By Date
Despatch Target Rules can now work from the Ship By Date your channels send, so every order’s target lines up with the date your marketplace expects it to leave.

Manage Your Totes
The new Pick Totes screen under Processing shows every tote and the orders inside it after a tote pick. Unassign orders from one tote or many at once, with a clear summary of every order affected.

Link Channel Products in Bulk
A new Channel Product Linking import connects channel SKUs to your Helm products from a single file, with Stock Sync and Include Inbound Stock set per row. Any rows that need attention can be downloaded, corrected and uploaded again.

Faster Packing at the Despatch Terminal
Scan a tote filled in Sort Orders and the order inside opens, ready to pack. Once an item is fully scanned, a Next Up panel shows the image, title and SKU of the next one. Scan the PROCESS barcode to start packing the selected order. Find Order picks the order with the earliest despatch target first.

Returns, Found Your Way
The Returns Terminal finds despatched orders by customer name, Channel Order ID or Channel Alt ID, alongside postcode, order ID and tracking code.

Trace Every Batch
The new Despatched Batches report under Shipping lists every batch-tracked item sent within your chosen dates. It includes customer contact details, batch, expiry and serial numbers, ready for any product recall.

Small but nice

• Save a sort order in your Orders views and it stays after a refresh.

• Print or download invoices for orders in Draft.

• Reports leave archived records out by default. Tick Include Archived to bring them in.

• In Shipping Rules, Potential Problems checks your recent or random orders, rule groups have an Edit action in the row menu, and delete confirmations name the group.

• Order Rules keep each filter group tidy, with every filter type used once per group.

• The Warehouse Performance Dashboard shows a No Target category in Despatch Performance and explains each Inventory Performance column.

• Days of stock remaining counts stock still due on your purchase orders.

• SKUs up to 255 characters import from your channels.

• The Location Stock import sets replenishment and max level settings.

• Stock warning notifications name the product, with a link straight to it.

• Location codes can include dots.

• App Store listings have a fresh card design, and screenshots open full screen.

• Plus a sweep of improvements across orders, picking, transfers, reporting and the Public API, keeping everything running smoothly.

Steady, clear, and built for the way you work: the Helm team

This release brings partial SKU search, one-click reports from your dashboards and goods-in checks on deliveries.

Find Products by Part of a SKU
Inventory search matches any part of a SKU, with exact matches shown first. Type a few characters and the right product is at the top.

Your Reports, One Click Away
The Overview, Sales, Inventory and Customer Care dashboards link straight to the matching report, already set to the timeframe you’re viewing.

Item Codes on Deliveries
The Delivery Items section shows each product’s Item Code, so goods in can be checked off at a glance.

For Developers: Consistent Webhook Payloads
Every webhook delivers its data as an array, including deliveries that contain a single record. If your integration reads single-record webhooks as an object, update it to read the first item in the array.

Small but nice

• Sort wall locations need only a Location Code when your location structure is set to Locations.

• Search for Inventory Checks from the header using terms like stock take, stock count or cycle count.

• Request Logs show which app made each request.

• Tag filters using Contains, Starts With or Ends With accept free text in Shipping Rules, Order Rules, Inventory Checks and Movements.

• Attached files download straight to your device for extra security.

• Plus a sweep of improvements across purchasing, deliveries, picking, sign-in and the Public API, keeping everything running smoothly.

Steady, clear, and built for the way you work: the Helm team