The scope of receiving activities include everything from a spouse dropping off lunch for an employee, to courier delivery of business data, to the arrival of vehicle loads of goods (truck, aircraft, vessel, etc.) hazardous or otherwise.

Enforcing the correct handling of the material within each arrival context requires a sophisticated level of configurability.

"Internal Distribution" is a bit of a misnomer in that it invokes the quaint image of a clerk distributing office mail from a metal push cart.

All aspects of contemporary transportation as they pertain to material movement are thoroughly addressed. This includes everything from a clerk distributing office mail out of a metal push cart, to campus couriers moving material among buildings, to piece/bulk material movements to regional/national/international destinations, to operating any type of consignment carrier operation, commercial or otherwise.

"Internal Distribution" also represents all activities and information associated with shipment movement and accounting for delivery receipt. This spans the times from courier consignment, to courier route execution, to recipient receipt, to return receipt acquisition, and from expected arrival to actual arrival. The resulting time/information matrix yields the "In Transit Visibility" customers expect and accountability finance demands.

"Package Routing" is performed by the system every time a parcel is handled by "Internal Distribution" personnel. In this manner, material handlers and couriers move parcels according to system direction, thereby ensuring accuracy and consistency. Without the system, parcel handlers and couriers would have to determine material placement. Automation of package routing relieves distribution services personnel from determining the "next stop" for a given material in transit.

Automated tracer processing resulting from outstanding consignment and/or arrival aging minimizes the cost of full accountability. Full accountability satisfies customer, financial, regulatory and legal interests. Automated aging and tracer processing are available for expected arrivals, distributed parcels and return receipts.