Everything under one roof: multi-carrier shipping systems optimise your shipping logistics.
Which forwarder or parcel service provider offers the best price/performance ratio? This question is more important than one might initially think. After all, customer needs have been growing for years – not only faster and faster delivery times are in demand, but also different shipping services. Not every carrier offers the optimal service for every delivery type or geographical area. What is needed is a certain flexibility that allows shippers to choose the right shipping option depending on the situation.
With the help of a multi-carrier shipping system such as HVS32, you reduce the complexity of shipping handling and design this process holistically.
HEIDLER shows you which aspects are taken into account and which advantages result for all types of frequent shippers. Regardless of the individual shipping volume.
Basically: All carrier requirements centralised in one multicarrier shipping software
The larger and more complex one’s own product range, the more planning effort and tact is required in shipping processing. After all, this process represents the last task in the ordering process for the shipper, which is entirely his own responsibility. Nowadays, customers expect a certain selection of shipping service providers and shipping services (such as express, cash on delivery, Packstation, etc.), and a reliable system for the central control of all shipping processes is also needed within intralogistics.
However, the connection of many individual single-carrier systems, i.e. systems that can only be used by one carrier, is extremely complex. Not only does it involve a high initial outlay, it also requires constant care and maintenance. This is a rather impractical scenario, even for high-volume shippers. In addition, with HVS32 we offer a shipping software that takes into account all aspects of shipping processing in a centralised manner in one software.
The multi-carrier shipping system combines over 300 carriers, makes them centrally controllable and grows with your warehouse. You want to start with just a few transport service providers? No problem, because thanks to the modular software design, our shipping software can be flexibly expanded. Adapt your shipping services based on customer wishes and market trends – with our help, without any limits.
Central interface to your merchandise management or warehouse management system: the advantages of the HVS32 shipping system.
When choosing a software solution, it is always a question of long-term usability. After all, processes and work steps are designed for it, which can usually only be changed with considerable effort. When choosing a multi-carrier shipping system, this means that as many carriers as possible must be integrated and various flexible ERP / WMS integrations and interfaces must be available.
The HVS32 is the solution that offers you a wide range of open interface technologies, allowing it to be seamlessly integrated into existing processes – of course also when the host system (ERP/LVS) is changed or for parallel control of a shipping system from several ERP/LVS systems. Based on bidirectional communication via the interfaces, information such as the tracking number, parcel status data, calculated freight costs and much more is reported back from the shipping system to the ERP/LVS.
Here is an overview of the most important advantages:
- More than 300 carriers can be controlled centrally via one single dispatch software
- Host system-independent in operation and can be connected to one or more ERP or LVS host systems as desired
- Flexibly expandable with numerous plug-ins, e.g. for invoice or address verification, for status data or runtime analyses
- Uniform workflows independent of the carrie
In short: HVS32 offers you maximum scalability with the highest functionality – either in fully automatic background operation (black box) or as an interactive application in the foreground, operated directly at the packing station. This not only simplifies your dispatch handling, but also creates planning security for every conceivable growth scenario.
Our shipping software grows with your warehouse: Selected modules for expansion and customisation.
We designed HVS32 to provide you with a familiar user interface at all times. Instead of small-scale, tedious handling and integration of carrier-specific programmes, our software solution includes all relevant functions for your shipping management. You want to integrate a new carrier? This can be done easily and quickly by choosing from the existing 280 carrier modules. New carriers are added continuously. Do you want to flexibly choose the carrier that delivers the best offer? With the help of a best-price enquiry, you receive all the information you need to make a decision at the touch of a button.
Streamline your processes and control all shipments via a single programme. You are not limited by the pros and cons of individual carriers, and you remain capable of acting at all times. In this way, you also ensure your competitiveness as a retailer while reducing maintenance costs at the same time.
Sounds interesting? In the following, we present selected extensions with which you can optimise your shipping process holistically.
- Transit time analysis and comparison
Use the Status Data Manager to see at a glance which carrier provides the fastest delivery for a specific area. Extensive analyses and evaluations give you a solid planning basis to fully satisfy your customers.
With this tool you not only determine the cheapest carrier, but can also include many other factors using your own set of rules. This ranges from information on maximum weight to customer exclusions of certain shipping service providers. In this way you reduce your shipping costs and also ensure a very high level of customer centricity.
- Automatic job processing
Would you like to process print jobs automatically without any further intervention? That’s possible, because with the extension module “Automatic Polling” you can immediately print the desired carrier label on the basis of the print data record. Use various interfaces (REST, SOAP, ODBC, etc.) to easily transfer the print data and also control other functions such as daily closings, reprints, etc. directly from the host system (ERP/LVS).
Speaking of which: With the Heidler Freight Cost Management System (HFMS), we have also centralised all accounting processes that are significant in the course of freight handling. This allows you to compare freight costs with new carrier tariffs by simulation on the basis of your shipping volume, to control invoices comprehensively and thus to reveal successive savings potentials. You can find out more here – or directly in the corresponding HEIDLER blog post.
Get to know the multi-carrier shipping software HVS32 without obligation
The requirements for shipping processing differ depending on the industry as well as the size of the company. We would like to give you an understanding of the benefits of our solution and answer any questions you may have. In the HEIDLER blog you will therefore find articles on individual aspects, and we have also summarised all the enhancements for you here.
We look forward to the exchange with you!