Ascent™ - Multi-Carrier Package Management

Transportation efficiency is critical to both customer satisfaction and the bottom line. For high-volume mailers and shippers, our Ascent™ software system reduces transportation and logistics costs and streamlines mail, parcel, air express, and LTL carrier shipment processing. It helps shippers and mailers compare service options and save money without compromising delivery requirements. Ascent™ is a powerful multi-carrier shipping solution, supporting on-line carrier automation including UPS, USPS, RPS, FedEx, and DHL. Ascent™ links you to carriers and, with its Smart Shopping function, selects only carrier services that meet your delivery and cost of delivery requirements for the package.

StreetSmart Address Correction

StreetSmart Address Correction improves delivery performance and eliminates carrier address correction services costs. e-Track retrieves delivery status of individual packages or groups of packages from carrier websites and downloads the information to Ascent™'s history file. Real-time decision-making and analysis tools reduce costly errors, enhance productivity, and control shipping costs. E-mail and fax shipment notifications significantly reduce customer phone calls and improve customer service.

• Provides electronic connectivity to multiple carriers, including UPS, USPS, RPS, FedEX, Airborne Plus, and DHL.
• Enables rate shipments online during order-taking, confirm shipments immediately, and update inventory online.
• Selects carrier service based on the delivery requirements for the package or customer's preference.
• Compare shipment expected and actual weights, alert shippers of potential under, over, or incorrectly-packed cartons.
• Produces required barcode.
• StreetSmart Address Correction feature eliminates costs associated with carrier address correction services.
• E-track feature downloads delivery status of packages or groups of packages from carriers' websites.
• Email and fax shipment notifications allow you to provide shipment information to customers.
• Powerful conditional logic capability ensures internal business rule automation and compliance.
• Analyzes carrier usage across multiple modes.