UPS & FedEx Shipping Cost Utilities

 Everyone knows the original estimated charge in Order Manager is more often not the same as the actual charges you receive from UPS or FedEx once the package is delivered and the bill is sent. Between the fuel surcharge, residential delivery charge, address correction charge, actual vs. rated weight price adjustments, etc., your final charge can be significantly different than the estimated charge in Order Manager.

Occasionally, carriers will make adjustments to shipments already charged.  Sometimes you get a credit for over paying and at other times you get a debit for under paying on a shipment. How do you identify these adjustments to your shipments in Order Manger?

The UPS Shipping Cost Utility and FedEx Shipping Cost Utility automates the process of updating your actual shipping charges with your tracking table in Order Manager.

Thes utilities will provide the following benefits:

  1. Reads the data in your UPS and/or FedEx data file and puts it into a easy to understand report. The report is automatically generated in PDF format so you can print or review the data anytime.
  2. Updates the estimated costs in the OM’s tracking table with the actual charges from UPS or FedEx.
  3. Updates the package’s weight data to the Tracking table.
  4. Optionally generate a report only to review the data before posting to your database.
  5. Use the update options to control which tracking numbers are updated.
  6. Apply adjustments automatically to your tracking table in Order Manager

At present there is no automated way to update Order Manager with the actual charges from the carrier unless you are willing to spend countless hours manually entering in this data. These Shipping Cost Utilities are the answer to this problem.

You can not get a true net profit or cost of goods sold with out having accurate shipping costs in your Order Manager database.

Sample Report in PDF Format

UPS Shipping Cost Utility – $195.00
UPS Shipping Cost Utility Add-on

FedEx Shipping Cost Utility – $195.00
FedEx Shipping Cost Utility Add-on