Re: Freight charges -- MAPICS-L

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We ship 75% of our shipments via UPS or FedEx Ground, using their PC-based
systems (which they provided us).  Their systems generate the
shipping/return labels as part of their normal process.

For common carrier shipments, we put a low-end Okidata printer in shipping
that the shipping associates use to generate shipping/return labels - a
small RPG program that takes an order# and prints the ship-to address on
the label.

Again, I feel obligated to point out that this is not necessarily a
replacement for Varsity Shipper, which provides a great deal more (but for
which I couldn't get financial approval), and doesn't (usually) require
any custom programming.  But this is a pretty darn good alternative, and
it allowed me to implement a very low-cost data collection solution in our
shipping department.





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Re: Labels
I was just wondering what you use to get the shipping and return address
on
the packages.
Varsity does that pretty well for us but I am always looking for a way to
save a buck.
Mike Bennett - Kimray Inc.
405-525-6601 - 405-525-6165 fax




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Yes, we ship common carrier.  We currently use a PC rating package called
ExpressWorks from Roadway, which isn't currently integrated (pretty
primitive).  I am currently working with Roadway to see how to get similar
capabilites as we get from UPS and FedEx Ground.

Note: this isn't as slick as VARSITY Logistics (they offer more
capability, as I recall), but it's free.

I don't understand the question on how I label the shipments.  UPS and
FedEx assign tracking numbers (which we accept and add to the order, both
in the tracking number field and as order comments, using a batch RPG
program we wrote), Roadway assigns Pro-numbers, which I want to do the
same with.  Is that what you mean?






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Thanks Dale for the OFFSHIP lead.
We are using VARSITY Logistics right now but perhaps we can save some
annual maint money.
Do you ship LTL as well?
And how do you label the shipments?

Very interested
Mike Bennett - Kimray Inc.
405-525-6601 - 405-525-6165 fax


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