Package Contents Tracking provides you
with all the data required for full, hierarchical Advance Ship Notice
e-commerce transactions. Using any off-the-shelf barcode scanners, your
shipping and packing personnel can quickly and efficiently collect
package-level contents data while they are placing your product in the
shipping boxes. SSCC-128 compliant "license plate" labels and
optional package contents labels are printed for each shipped package.
PCT is designed to use supermarket-style scanning stations to scan the
barcode of each product as it is placed in the box. It also supports shipping
of full case-pack product, as well as placing of full case-packs and
mixed-product boxes on pallets. Controls are available to allow/disallow/warn
for over- or under-shipments, and the user may display a screen showing what
is short-shipped. PCT may be configured for separate packing stations and
shipping stations, or for integrated "one-step" packing and
shipping. You can also customize the SSCC-128
labels for your trading partners.
If you have the capability to send e-mails from within your ERP
system (such as
that provided by Kourier Messenger), PCT provides data
Dictionaries which can embed package-level detail and tracking information in
an outbound Advance Ship Notice e-mail. Your customers can receive an e-mail
showing them what was shipped and the contents of each box, and they can even click
on a link in the e-mail to track their packages at the UPS or FedEx web site.
You can realize a very substantial decrease in your Customer Support costs,
and an increase in your Customer Satisfaction with this feature.
