What is a shipping system – and why is it becoming increasingly important for companies?
In times of growing shipping volumes, increasing customer requirements and growing complexity in logistics, many companies are reaching their limits. Whether online retail, manufacturing or wholesale: anyone who regularly sends parcels or pallets needs more than just label printing and shipment tracking.
This is exactly where a shipping system comes into play.
📦 What is a shipping system?
A shipping system is a specialized software solution that automates and coordinates all shipping processes within a company and networks them with existing IT systems such as ERP, warehouse management or store systems. It acts as a central interface between internal processes and external shipping service providers – from CEP services and freight forwarders to international logistics partners.
Instead of complex individual solutions or manual processes, a shipping system bundles all shipping tasks in a central system:
- Generation of shipping labels
- Transfer of shipment data to the carrier
- Automatic return of tracking numbers
- Selection of the optimal shipping service provider (best price/best carrier principle)
- Documentation and archiving
- Shipping cost control and billing
The aim: to save time, avoid errors, reduce costs – while remaining flexible and scalable at all times.
🚚Why is a shipping system becoming increasingly important today?
The demands on modern shipping logistics have risen sharply in recent years. What used to be organized via individual shipping portals or manual booking systems must now be automated, transparent and, above all, scalable.
These are typical challenges that many companies are familiar with:
- Different requirements depending on the shipping service provider
- Time-consuming manual data entry
- Lack of transparency for shipping costs and deliveries
- Media discontinuities between ERP and shipping
- Limited scalability with high shipment volumes
A professional shipping system not only provides relief here, but also becomes a strategic component of the logistics processes. It ensures consistency, speed and quality in shipping – regardless of the transport volume or the number of carriers used.
💡 HVS: The intelligent shipping solution from Heidler Strichcode
With the HVS, we offer you a powerful and modular shipping system that can be flexibly adapted to your individual requirements. Our system can be used across all sectors – from medium-sized companies to major international mail order companies.
✅ The most important advantages at a glance:
- Flexible connection to existing ERP, WMS or WMS systems
- Functions such as freight cost management, invoice control and best price calculation
- Automated label creation and shipment tracking
- Central user interface for all shipping processes
- Scalable – from small shipping volumes to several tens of thousands of shipments per day
The simple integration into your existing system landscape and the individual customization options make HVS32 an important lever for your logistics optimization.
🧩 Conclusion: You can no longer do without a shipping system
A professional shipping system is no longer a “nice to have” – it is the basis for efficient, error-free and future-proof shipping logistics. If you want to digitize your processes while keeping costs, quality and speed under control, you cannot do without a solution like HVS.
Would you like to find out more or check directly how our shipping system can be integrated into your processes?
👉 Talk to our experts – we will be happy to advise you personally.