The integration of shipping software with back office accounting systems can pay big dividends in terms of improved efficiency, elimination of redundant manual tasks, and increased availability of timely information.

Over the years we have integrated Sage MAS 90 and 200 with a variety of shipping software packages to achieve some of the following results:

• Entering an order number in the shipping software performs a lookup in Sage MAS 90 and 200 and automatically displays the ship-to address
• Automatically posting tracking numbers back to Sage MAS 90 and 200 from the shipping software. The tracking numbers are then available in sales order and invoice history inquiry screens. From there, you can click on a tracking number and get up to the minute delivery status through integration with UPS, Federal Express, and other related web sites
• Automatically updating the ship date entered on the order in Sage MAS 90 and 200 with the actual ship date from the shipping system. This, combined with our enhancement to allow automatic generation of invoices by ship date, allows those organizations with significant invoicing volume to dramatically streamline this process
• For those companies with EDI and Advanced Ship Notice requirements, we help capture box specific information (i.e. which items are in which box, etc.) and then turn it around so it can be used to meet these requirements

We have worked with a wide variety of 3rd Party shipping software packages in conjunction with Sage MAS 90 and 200 over the years. They have included:

• UPS Worldship
• UPS Online
• Star Ship
• Clippership

For additional Shipping System resources, please see our Sage MAS 90 and 200 Resources section.