The supports both LTL and Parcel Manifests. The following sections provides a brief description about both manifests.
Parcel shipment containers are processed through the manifest station. Each container is associated with the appropriate carrier's manifest at the station. For parcel shipments, the is capable of creating loads and load containers that can be manifested.
The supports parcel manifest procedures for parcel carriers including UPS, FedEx, USPS, and Purolator. Carrier-specific requirements are automatically provided at the station. For example, FedEx requires that each container being added to the manifest to obtain a tracking number from its Ship Manager Server.
The supports multiple billing options such as prepaid, collect and third party billing that are provided by the parcel carriers. International and domestic shipments are also supported. Special services for a carrier are also provided, which can be added or removed as needed.
The is configured appropriately at a carrier or SCAC level, to pre-generate tracking numbers and labels.
A manifest station processes containers belonging to multiple carriers. However, physical requirements or printer type compliance forces a warehouse to have a dedicated station for specific carriers. The also supports building of pallets for shipments to allow movements of containers at the pallet license plate level to the manifest station.
Integration is provided for in-line weighing scales, such as Mettler Toledo. The allows a warehouse to integrate with weighing scales connected to the MHE devices. In such situations, weight of the package is recorded as and when the container is diverted through MHE. Manual entry of weight is also allowed.
A unique manifest number is assigned by the or provided by the user. Parcel carriers provide tracking at both manifest level and individual container level. The provides the capability to capture the return tracking number for carriers that support return services.
Typically, containers are fluid-loaded into the parcel truck. Confirmation of a manifest as an end-of-day process confirms the individual cartons as 'Shipped.'
Shipments that are added to a manifest gets shipped on closing the manifest. The supports Synchronous and Asynchronous closure of manifests, with the default being Synchronous closure. When manifests are closed synchronously, errors, if any are reported to the user on submitting the closure request. However, when closed Asynchronously, the user would need to check for alerts/errors in the Alert Console. The manifest status "Closure Failed" indicates occurrence of errors while closing the manifest.
Similar to parcel manifesting, all parent containers in LTL shipments and loads can be manifested. The provides the ability to include the entire load into a manifest, instead of manifesting individual containers. Upon confirming an LTL manifest, apart from LTL BOLs, a Trailer Manifest for all loads included in the manifest gets printed.