How would you like to do UPS shipping in less than of thirty seconds per package? This includes weighing the package, printing the shipping label, filling out the UPS shipping documents, and billing the shipping charges to the customer.
Our Shipping Clerk software does all of the above, and is quick and easy to use. The process goes like this:
One benefit is time saving; shipping is quick and easy. Another benefit is billing control; you never miss billing shipping charges to a customer (with an optional billing mark-up feature).
The Starr Computer Systems, Inc. Shipping Clerk module is a shipping manifest that is integrated into Starr Accounting. This shipping system is very powerful in that it can not only eliminate all manual writing involved with the shipping process, but it can also minimize the amount of information that must be keyed in by pulling the information from Starr Accounting and the electronic scale.
The Shipping Clerk is designed to:
Particular features of the Starr Computer Systems Shipping Clerk include:
The Shipping Clerk interfaces with the Order Entry, Accounts Receivable, and Sales Leads databases to obtain the shipping address and other information. Using all of these databases, you can easily ship to both customers or prospects. In addition, you can manually enter the address information, and ship to virtually anyone.
Order Entry is accessed using customer orders; then the charges are automatically passed back to the order for billing.
Accounts Receivable is accessed using customer orders; then the charges are automatically passed back to the order for billing. You can also use the customer record to obtain shipping information.
Sales Leads is accessed using the leads database. When using the Shipping Clerk as a stand alone system, we recommend using Sales Leads for address information.
UPS rate and zone files are used to compute UPS rates. This data can be updated by you when new rates are published, so you avoid annual rate update charges. All USA, Canada, and Mexico rates are included. The control files also contain information that permits marking up the rates; either by a percentage, a fixed amount, or both.
Charges are calculated using a simple, easy to use screen. All shipping tasks are done from this "process package" screen, with each task either automatic or done by pressing a function key. The tasks are: "assign package ID", "get the weight", "compute charges", "print a package label", "print an address label", "print a charges label", "print a COD tag", and "write a manifest transaction".
The "Transaction file" report contains the full detail of the daily transactions. It can be printed in several sort orders, and with varying amounts of detail. This report is your audit trail of each days shipping.
The "UPS manifest" report is a summary report containing both an abbreviated transaction listing and a service/charges summary. It can be printed in several sort orders. One copy goes to the UPS driver, and you keep one copy and file it with your "Transaction file" report.
When new rates are published, they are keyed by Starr Computer Systems Inc. and made available to Shipping Clerk users. A program is provided to load the new rates while preserving your zone data.
The "Purge transactions" program is used to purge old transactions, and to produce an audit trail of purged transactions.
The Shipping Clerk System contains seventeen programs which collectively perform the creating, maintaining, updating, and report generating functions of the system. Each major program is briefly described below.
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