The Bottom Line About Shipping Software

Whether you ship 50 packages per day or 5,000 packages per day you need certified shipping software

Why Do I Need Certified Software?

Carrier Compliance

Carriers require you to comply with their rules and be able to:
  • Properly route and label your packages
  • Provide the driver with a pick up manifest
  • Transmit PLD (package level detail) information for billing/tracking purposes

Where Do You Fit In Today?

Online Shipping Tools available for most carriers on their web sites (i.e. myups.com)

Carrier-Provided Software installed on a PC or several PCs throughout the warehouse (i.e. FedEx Powership, UPS Worldship)

3rd Party Vendor Solutions purchased from a company certified with the carriers you ship with (i.e. DigitalShipper)

Handwritten Carrier Waybills some companies today still hand fill out a carrier’s multi-part waybill to ship their packages

FACT: Even though a company uses one of the top three technologies, they still complete handwritten carrier waybills for: International shipments LTL/FTL shipments Shipments that do not originate in their order entry system