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Any material outbound from the enterprise that must be shipped via an accountable carrier/courier or whose movement must be documented represents the breadth of applicability encompassed by this TAVTM product component.

The scope of shipping activities includes everything from a customer pick-up, to business mailings, parcel packing and labeling for commercial carrier/courier consignment, container loading, truck loading, postage calculation, carrier/courier shipment rating, LTL shipping, and bulk freight contract shipping.

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

"External Distribution" represents all activities and information associated with accounting for delivery receipt. This spans the times from carrier/courier consignment to recipient receipt to return receipt acquisition. The resulting time/information matrix yields the "In Transit Visibility" customers expect and accountability finance demands.

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

TAVTM Shipping & External Distribution Software is available in two models, nearly identical to each other with the only difference being in how they handle addressing and carrier/service selection.

  • Material Distribution System (MDSTM)

    MDSTM lets the owner make up his or her own address types, e.g. HOME, OFFICE, PLANT, SHIP, MAIL, etc.. Each address type may in turn be associated with one or more carriers. This means that every account in the system may have multiple addresses, and that each address is appropriate to the type applied to a given carrier.

  • Controlled Distribution System (CDSTM)

    CDSTM has an address type for every carrier/courier configured in the system. Again, an account in the system may have multiple addresses, but each address is appropriate to a specific carrier/courier. This means that an account could have a USPS address, a FedEx address, a UPS Address and/or a DHL address to name a few.

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    This page last updated on August 19, 2003.