What is Label?

A shipping label is a type of identification label that helps describe and identify the contents of a container or a package. These labels contain crucial information like addresses, names, weight, and tracking barcodes. Hazardous cargoes have their own specific labels that must follow the shipment.

Key takeaways:

Labels are critical to both inbound and outbound logistics and are also vital to your online store’s success, reach, and customer satisfaction.

Through labels, you can monitor and keep control of your orders, create a good customer experience, increase brand loyalty and customer retention, and ultimately increase profits.

Labels play a crucial role during an inspection at any time in the supply chain management process.

A label generally has the following information specified:

Origin and destination address

Weight of the package

Internal shipping information

A bar code for tracking

Priority of the order

Dangerous Goods Labels

Dangerous goods are the substances that apply to more than one class/division defined in the "United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods." The recommendation defines dangerous goods into nine distinct classes and several divisions within.