Link to DigitalShipper Enterprise Shipping Software
Link to DigitalShipper Enterprise Shipping Software
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Implementing
new shipping software for the enterprise is quicker, easier, and more affordable
with today’s software technology. Don’t lose out on the benefits an Enterprise
Shipping Solution can bring to your company. What Is
Enterprise Shipping? Enterprise shipping is not some mysterious
corporate function. In fact, it is exactly what it sounds like. It is the
process of shipping performed at a level visible to any management person or
employee who has been given the permissions to perform the shipping task, or see
the shipping information at a corporate level. Enterprise shipping goes beyond the normal, "I have a package and now I need to ship it" type of processing. In an enterprise environment, shipping is not a just a function of the warehouse, it is a process driven by the enterprise. There must be planning in place for how to get the information required for shipping, how to use the information to create business rules to ship the order properly, and how to correctly route the results of what has shipped to the appropriate data storage locations in the enterprise. A new enterprise shipping system needs to be able to handle existing company requirements and processes as well as being scalable upward and across the enterprise. An enterprise shipping system purchase should be the last shipping software purchase required by any company. The ability to handle the work load to an infinite level is an important requirement of any enterprise shipping system. When adopting an enterprise shipping system, businesses need to incorporate new thought processes and automated work flows for processing their orders. Introducing an enterprise shipping system into a company should require a top down thought process for efficiently utilizing the enterprise shipping system. It does not make sense to automate a poor process or a manual process just to adapt to an enterprise shipping solution. Rethink existing processes to ensure they will work well in an automated environment. Validate those processes by asking the people who currently perform them manually to participate in the re-engineering of internal processes. Only when management and employee buy-in exists, will any new system perform as it was designed. Businesses grow and change over time. An
enterprise shipping solution must be able to manage that growth and must be able
to adapt. Computer hardware will Most importantly, an enterprise shipping solution must benefit other functions within the enterprise. Customer Service needs to know if the order shipped today. What was the tracking number? Accounting needs to know the cost of shipping, both the negotiated and standard published rate. The warehouse manager needs to know the shipping volume trends for the last year. The VP of Distribution needs to have all of the shipping information for his 10 distribution centers for the last twelve months available to him for UPS rate negotiations. Right now. An organization can no longer live by the old adage, "If it isn't broke, don't fix it." Many processes within a company can be improved upon, even if those processes are working fine today. What must be kept in perspective is the cost of improvement vs. the gain in productivity or information visibility. An enterprise shipping solution must be able to provide a justifiable ROI. If the cost of improvement is too great, most companies will search for a more affordable solution before giving up on the project altogether. Enterprise shipping need not be pushed to the
side in favor of other Take the time to identify your objectives,
select a reputable vendor, dedicate a project "owner" within your organization;
and realize an enterprise shipping project is one that will be much easier to
implement than a WMS or ERP project. |
