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Parcel Shipping with Varsity
For over a decade, Varsity has been a leading provider of
multi-carrier transportation management systems (TMS) for
companies who ship parcels. Varsity’s parcel shipping
suite, designed exclusively for the IBM iSeries, is an integrated
suite of advanced supply chain execution modules for the most
complex small package shipping and auditing requirements.
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Varsity’s parcel solution automates every step of the
small package shipping process--from order entry all the way
through to shipment track and trace and report creation. It
seamlessly integrates with legacy, ERP, and Order Entry systems
running on the iSeries through standard interfaces maintained
by Varsity. Varsity’s parcel solution also includes the
industry’s first iSeries-based auditing package, for
those companies who wish to reduce their freight expense even
further.
Benefits
- Flexible, modular solution allows parcel shippers to select
only the functionality they require
- Enhances customer service at every point of the order
fulfillment process
- Reduces expenses through automation of the entire parcel
shipping process
- Guaranteed upgrade path provides scalability for growing
businesses
Varsity’s parcel shipping suite
consists of the following:
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Varsity’s Supply
Chain Execution Modules for Parcel:
ShipSoft-Parcel: ShipSoft-Parcel
is a complete, integrated transportation management solution
that automates the entire small package shipping process.
ShipSoft manages the selection of carriers, optimizes shipment
pricing, and ensures label and manifesting compliance for
major parcel carriers, including DHL, FedEx, UPS
and the United States Postal Service. ShipSoft also performs
additional value-added services such as hundredweight consolidation,
document generation, maintains detailed historical information
on all shipments for future reference and reporting, and acts
as the controlling application for all other Varsity software
modules. By providing an integrated, automated shipping solution,
ShipSoft-Parcel enhances customer service, eliminates data
entry and drastically reduces overall shipping costs.
ShipTalk: ShipTalk is an
electronic link to third-party carriers that provides real-time
communications and access to delivery status and shipment
tracking information. ShipTalk provides up-to-the-minute order
status, minimizes late deliveries and enables efficient supply
chain management through pipeline visibility and email alerts
messaging.
ShipPack: ShipPack, Varsity’s
pick/pack module, captures item-level detail during the packing
process and reconciles packed items against the pick ticket.
ShipPack automatically generates ASN 856 (Advanced Shipment
Notification), UUC 128 labels and other package documents
in the format that consignees require. By providing these
compliance tools, ShipPack allows customers to easily conform
to consignee requirements, quickly verify accuracy of shipments
and avoid routing guide penalties for non-compliance.
ShipSelect: ShipSelect automates
the carrier selection process for any shipment, based on criteria
such as transit time, carrier preference, cost, mode, performance,
and carrier service types to select the optimal carrier. This
guarantees the user chooses the optimal carrier for every
shipment, while conforming to routing guide and business requirements.
By performing the carrier selection process upstream, ShipSelect
ensures that the customers’ shipping requirements are
exactly met at the time the order is placed.
ShipAudit: ShipAudit, the
industry’s first iSeries-based freight auditing solution,
reconciles actual carrier invoices against anticipated costs
in order to prevent payment of over-charges, duplicate bills
or invalid charges. ShipAudit eliminates costly third-party
audit and administrative costs by automating the entire freight
bill audit process.
SpeedWeigh: SpeedWeigh works
with Varsity ShipSoft to allow shippers to automatically retrieve
package weight from the shipping scale. Weight is pulled into
ShipSoft at the time the order number is scanned, eliminating
the need for an additional get-weight barcode scan or manual
entry of package weight. ShipSoft combines package weight
provided by SpeedWeigh with destination, package dimensions,
service type, and carrier rates to determine shipment costs.
By using SpeedWeigh to eliminate the manual steps to scan
or enter package weight, shippers improve accuracy and streamline
shipping applications.
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