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Shipping Dispatch System (SDS)
The SDS is a comprehensive end-to-end solution for automated shipment processing via various parcel service providers and freight forwarders. It enables distribution warehouses to successfully manage the increasing complexity of logistics through optimized and cost-effective shipping processes.
What are the challenges?
Manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers are facing increasing complexity in the distribution warehouse industry. Traditional warehouse and transportation logistics processes are no longer sufficient to meet this challenge.
For instance, optimizing shipment processing involves collaborating with various carriers and parcel service providers, as customers frequently prefer to select the most cost-effective option on a case-by-case basis.
Service and costs are the primary criteria when selecting the best service provider for each shipment. But each carrier has its own specific requirements for the shipping process. The benefits of flexible carrier selection can only be fully realized when these individual requirements are met.
However, the traditional method of managing these specifications for the shipping process demands significant effort. Shipping personnel must familiarize themselves with the different software programs used by various service providers and frequently switch between them.
This requires a larger workforce and increases the risk of errors. These factors not only impact costs but can also lead to delays in delivery times. The fast delivery that customers expect today is often impossible with traditional processes.
What are the benefits?
The fully automated SDS shipping system enables distribution warehouses to significantly enhance the efficiency of their shipping processes. It currently supports the specifications of over 70 major shipping service providers, with new modules being continuously added.
As a standalone solution, the shipping system can be easily interfaced with a diverse range of logistics and ERP systems or seamlessly integrated into the K.Motion Logistics Suite. This combination, along with its established infrastructure, minimizes interfaces and potential sources of error, enhances overall system performance, and optimizes the shipping process.
Our SDS provides the following benefits:
- Fully automated shipping processes
- Highly configurable (no code)
- Secure and stable interaction of warehouse and shipping processes
- Multi-language, multi-storage, multi-client capabilities
- Large network of already integrated shipping service providers
- Out-of-the-box integration through standardized system interfaces
End-to-end shipping execution
Carrier-compliant by design
Smarter shipping optimization
Reduced errors, improved performance
“This expansion of the system landscape will support and secure mediGroup's growth in the long term.”
Key features of the SDS
Partners
Deutsche Post & DHL
Post & Parcel Germany is a division of DHL Group with around 187,000 employees. Its core business is the transport, sorting and delivery of domestic letter mail and parcels in Germany. Post & Parcel Germany offers its comprehensive portfolio of products and services under DHL Group’s two strong brands – Deutsche Post and DHL.
DPD
Experts in parcel delivery in Germany and Europe
As an innovation leader, DPD Germany demonstrates how well a parcel service can use digital opportunities to offer an optimal shipping experience. Thanks to our digital services, DPD offers maximum transparency and flexibility in parcel delivery.
GLS
Parcel and express shipping is GLS‘s business. The special thing: GLS doesn't just deliver from A to B - above all, they deliver from person to person! Whether for commercial or private recipients, whether national or worldwide. Reliable, fast and climate neutral through compensation*.
* Compensation of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from parcel shipping by investing into the following climate protection projects: Forest conservation (www.climatepartner.com/1057) – Forest conservation (www.climatepartner.com/1280) – Solar Energy (www.climatepartner.com/1298) – Wind Energy (http://www.climatepartner.com/1313)
FAQs
A Shipping Dispatch System (SDS) is a comprehensive, end-to-end shipping solution that automates the entire shipping process. It efficiently manages everything from transferring and capturing shipment data to determining the optimal shipping route and overseeing loading control.
An SDS is designed to support the specifications of various major shipping service providers, enabling the optimization of shipping routes based on cost, priorities, and delivery times. By automating these processes, it minimizes the need for manual labor and significantly increases the cost-effectiveness of warehouse operations.
The shipping system can seamlessly connect to various logistics and ERP systems, either as a standalone solution through interfaces or as part of the K.Motion Logistics Suite. It provides straightforward out-of-the-box integration via a standardized communication package and is highly configurable to meet specific requirements.
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