The Parcel Shipping System - PSS was designed with flexibility in mind for distributors, mail order houses, manufacturers and any organization shipping between 50 - 50,000 packages daily. PSS supports all small parcel carriers including FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, UPS, USPS, Airborne, DHL., and others. PSS also supports LTL carrier rating, pallet packing and produces bills-of-lading.

PSS is capable of acting as the gateway between all of the carrier provided systems and your application server. PSS can automatically select the best ship-via based upon freight cost or delivery experience. PSS boasts a powerful and easy to customize interface that can read from and write to most databases directly.  PSS can be installed as a host-based application or as a stand-alone parcel processor. We provide scales, label printers, forms printers, scanners, conveyer control and more.

With PSS you can choose options that suit your current operation, and, at any time, add more options to the system as your automation and integration needs change.

If you are looking for shipping Control, increased Productivity, Flexibility, comprehensive Reporting and the ability to provide superior Customer Service, PSS will be the correct choice.

Control
PSS is capable of controlling the accuracy of your data and the flow of your parcels from the time a packing-list is generated until the parcels are picked up by your freight carrier.

A properly configured PSS system will:

	verify that the SKUs ordered are the SKUs packed
	verify that the quantities ordered are the quantities packed
	verify that serial numbers, lot numbers & batch numbers are valid and available
	use the weight provided in your SKU file for scale-less shipping
	stop an order from shipping if the customer is over their assigned credit limit
	use your business rules to select the correct carrier for each shipment
	control your automated conveyer or sorting equipment
	generate an approved carrier label for every box shipped
	report on a carriers performance vs. their performance claims
	save a complete history on every parcel shipped until purged
	do much, much more.

PSS uses the Level II Interface to integrate with your application software. The interface is limited only by your imagination and the data available to PSS.

Productivity
Once control has been established and human errors eliminated, immediate productivity gains will be realized. Productivity will be further increased when paper is handled once or eliminated, and data is made seamlessly available to the customer service, accounting and traffic departments.

A properly configured PSS system will:

	accept data from your application software, i.e. shipto name and address, ship via, order detail, SKU detail, etc
	return shipping data used by customer service, i.e, weight, freight cost, tracking #, delivery info, etc
	return inventory control data, i.e. SKU, quantity, bin & serial # shipped per box, backorder info, etc
	return accounting information i.e. freight invoiced, freight expense, etc
	use your business rules for billing freight
	print master and individual bills of lading
	automatically create vouchers for LTL carrier shipments
	trigger bin inventory allocation routines based upon packing information
	trigger invoicing based on your business rules
	email a customer shipment notification complete with hyper-linked tracking numbers, and thus minimize customer inquiries
	do much, much more!

Flexibility
The Parcel Shipping System was designed with flexibility in mind. You can choose just those software, carrier and hardware options that suit your current operation, and, at any time, add additional options to the system as your automation and integration needs change.

	PSS generally resides in a multi-user environment allowing users from every department to share centralized shipping information
	PSS connects users via Ethernet or serial communications, locally or over a WAN
	PSS packing and rating workstations can be completely wireless and mobile
	As you grow, PSS allows you to add an unlimited number of additional packing & rating stations
	PSS supports all of the major freight carriers so you don’t have to think twice about adding or replacing any shipping vendor
	Software Co-Op, Inc. is a software house. If your business rules change, SCI staff will be available to make software alterations
	PSS is the most transportable shipping system available. If you change application software your investment will be safe in PSS
	The Parcel Shipping System can be fully integrated shipping solution on a host or web server
	The Parcel Shipping System can be used as a stand-alone PC-based solution
	PSS offers several levels of fault tolerance for our 24/7 customers

Reports
Although most of the parcel carriers do not require paper manifests any longer, PSS is able to produce approved manifests for all of the major carriers. There are dozens of additional reports and pre-printed forms that can help you streamline your shipping operation and recognize trends, including:

	Bills-of-lading for an individual shipment
	Consolidated  bills-of-lading for multiple shipments
	Shipments by a carrier over a specified span of time (used to audit your carriers' bills)
	Packages shipped by a specific packer
	Manifests for any carrier
	Packages shipped by a specific department
	Freight costs for shipments by department
	Total freight costs over a given period of time by shipper
	And much more!

Additionally, the PSS report generator will enable you to create custom reports based on any information in the PSS database.

Customer Service
Customer service will be the difference between satisfying and losing a customer in this business climate. With PSS you get all of the tools you need to answer your customers' parcel status questions accurately and speedily. PSS eliminates shipping errors, one of the primary causes of friction in a vendor / customer relationship. Next, by emailing ship notifications that your customer can easily use to track your shipments, you reduce the number of customer service inquires. This proactive one-two approach will give your customers only one reason to call - to place new orders!

PSS will instantaneously provide up-to-date information to help you better serve your customers. Order entry can select carriers and quote shipping charges. Your customer service department knows immediately when a shipment has been processed, what was shipped and by which carrier. They can answer incoming inquiries about the status of any parcel. Yesterday's shipments can be looked up just as easily as those made months and years ago.