GATEWAY FOR PARCEL
SHIP SMARTER FASTER
Gateway for Parcel is a Multi-carrier Parcel Management Solution (MSPMS) designed to elevate your standard Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain shipping operations to world-class level. It enhances your packing efficiency, reduces your shipping costs, and improves your customer satisfaction ratings by providing a centralized platform with an enterprise-class list of carriers and services.
Powered by our revolutionary Packing Workbench, we seamlessly integrate pre-configured workflows into your operations with an array of Parcel and Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) enhancements. Our innovative system reduces inefficiencies by eliminating manual data entry and re-keying between Dynamics 365 and your chosen carrier systems, ultimately saving you time while mitigating costly entry errors.
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Poor supply chain management, lacklustre tracking, and cost management deficiencies can cripple an entire shipping operation.
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Gateway for Parcel comes with built-in automation features that simplify and streamline your operation’s shipping workflow from start to finish – ensuring carrier compliance, which means you can focus more on meeting customer demands and worry less about shipping mishaps.
CHALLENGES
Your parcel volumes are growing, while your customer expectations are sky-high, in a market hampered by increased parcel delivery costs, driven by fuel and labour inflation. Maintaining a risk-resilient supply chain is key. Today’s supply chains are suffering from poor visibility, manual process errors, and asynchronous data analytics – while standard D365 Finance and Supply Chain lacks the functional depth required to effectively manage complex parcel shipping, driving the market towards adopting innovative D365 shipping solutions designed to plan and execute a high volume of parcel shipment requests in minimal time.
SOLUTIONS
Introducing an ISV Parcel and LTL shipping solution that seamlessly integrates with Microsoft D365 ignites your entire supply chain operation; reducing risks and bottlenecks so you can focus on stellar customer service while maintaining key business goals - with features like real-time visibility, automated rate shopping, and advanced reporting and analytics. Embarking on an ERP digital transformation journey equips supply chain leaders with global supply chain solutions & strategies to respond to the next disruption and innovate for the future.
OUTCOMES
Our solution is clearcut: designed to help you meet and exceed customer expectations by seamlessly integrating with multiple carrier and service models, granting complete control over where, when, and how your packages are sent around the world.
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Industry leaders are actively upgrading their supply chain management software, becoming pioneers in the parcel shipping space.
KEY FEATURES
REAL-TIME VISIBILITY
Harness the power of Power BI Desktop to showcase critical shipping targets with filterable KPIs so you can anticipate and react to changing inventory needs.​
Data models let you build and collect visuals, which you can share as reports within your organization, or directly to your customers.
NATIVE MICROSOFT EXPERIENCE
Seamless data exchanges enhance the user experience by extending upon regular ERP operations - all accessible through familiar, native Microsoft D365 screens.
EXPORT COMPLIANCE
Simplify and streamline your operation’s AES filing shipping workflow with automated consignment generation and enhanced data capture and validation, error handling, audit trail tracking, and much more.
SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY
Real-time communication with all your 3PL, Parcel, and LTL partners through dedicated API integrations.
CARRIER COMPLIANCE
Fully-integrated with major carriers across the USA, CANADA, EUROPE, offering single-platform integration for major parcel carriers including UPS, FedEx, DPD, DHL, United Postal Services, and many more.
MOBILE SOLUTION
Create, scan, pack, and send containers and pallets with integrated Warehouse Management mobile application functionality all within the NMB Packing Workbench.
HARDWARE INTEGRATION
Easily integrated with USB and Serial scales and Packing station touchscreens for accurate weight handling and
rate calculation.
NMB PACKING WORKBENCH
Reduce the order-to-delivery lifecycle for customers. Assign boxes to pallets, pallets to containers with the click of a button with enhanced functions that let you pack, pack all, and overpack orders.
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The Packing Workbench applies easy-to-use, pre-configured workflows to your operation via an easy-to-deploy, step-by-step process. It eliminates double-keying in D365 and your carrier systems, saving you time and reducing entry errors. It also provides a host of added hardware configurations such as weight scale and portable scanner integrations, while also allowing for automated delivery notifications, so your customers remain up to date on their parcels’ whereabouts.
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Display all shipping related information including carriers, importer/exporter details, delivery confirmation notices, and HazMat item details through one configurable interface.
PARCEL EXECUTION & MANIFESTING
Provides capabilities to execute a high volume of parcel shipment requests in minimal time, significantly reducing the time to process a parcel shipment through your carriers - compatible with both standard and advanced warehouse setups.
FREIGHT CHARGE MANAGEMENT
Pack, ship, and track your freight spending while providing up-to-date freight charge cost totals for customers – including estimates, up charging, and flat rates calculations.
CARRIER RECONCILIATION
Predict and compare carrier invoice totals against expected carrier charges, enabling you to investigate and mitigate overcharging discrepancies based on set charge comparisons and tolerances.
HAZMAT
Configurable HazMat item creation allows you to create attributes and validation rules to adhere to federal shipping regulations, generating carrier-compliant shipping labels quickly and easily.
LABEL & DOCUMENTATION GENERATION
Generate documentation for both domestic and
international shipping,
including: USMCA, Bill of
Lading, Certificate of Origin and more.
RATE SHOPPING
Access carrier rate shopping at order entry, through a connected e-commerce operation or at packing to provide accurate rates for
your customers - ensuring your customers are getting the best rate for every shipment, and every delivery.