Integrated Shipping In Xml Format
Software is one of the factors that determine the level of service that a courier company can offer their customers. Most of the features that you would look for in the software of a Miami courier service are actually all tied to one over-arching characteristic of good courier software. This is that all good courier software should offer integrated shipping in XML format.
Integrated shipping in XML format is going to give you all of the features that make doing business with a modern courier company so much easier than dealing with couriers in the past was. Previously, to try and place an order with a courier company was a frustrating experience. It often involved waiting on hold on the phone for a long period of time, and then struggling to make sure that the dispatcher understood exactly what you required from your order. Tracking a package could be even worse, and some people remember with great distaste phoning in to slow touch tone phone operated tracking menus that would at best provide inaccurate or not up to date information about a package’s location. If you work with a courier with integrated XML shipping, none of these issues will be present.
If you are working with a courier that offers integrated shipping in XML format, they will have an area that you can go to on the web to access their software. Usually, this will be found on their main courier website. They will have a login area that account holders can access. Simply use the login ID and password that your courier company provides you to gain access to the software.
Once there, the average courier software built in XML format is going to have a number of features that you can make good use of. The first of these is usually the ability to place detailed orders online. This can be extremely useful when also combined with an inventory management system. If the courier company is also your warehousing company, this type of software will allow you to manage and inspect your inventory and specify in detail your shipping needs which will then be automatically processed by the system.
There are other useful features as well. These types of systems can often be easily integrated with an advanced and practical package tracking system. Usually these will now be incorporated with GPS technology. That means that you should be able to see exactly where your package is throughout its delivery.
Earl Cavell is a consultant for local Miami courier service and Miami delivery services companies as well as international courier service businesses.