ConnectShip™ Toolkit


A fully-integratable, multi-carrier shipping toolkit for enterprise-wide systems

ConnectShip™ Toolkit is a set of API-based development tools for accessing ConnectShip™ COM and XML interfaces to support shipping functions. ConnectShip™ Toolkit provides direct access to ConnectShip™'s acclaimed Progistics™ technology for small parcel and LTL shipment manifesting using BAX Global, Canada Post, Canpar, DHL, LTL, Miscellaneous, Purolator, TNT, UPS, UPS Mail Innovations, UPS Freight, UPS Supply Chain Solutions and USPS. It is the ideal solution for developers and integrators to incorporate shipping, rating, and routing functionality into enterprise, e-commerce, and supply chain management applications.

Multi-carrier Shipping Capabilities

ConnectShip™ Toolkit provides total-order-visibility throughout the order pipeline, gives accurate rating and routing information, and allows for the selection of multiple carriers on a single system. The ConnectShip™ Toolkit suite provides access to the following logistics functionality:

  • Rating
  • Routing
  • Shipping
  • Carrier delivery commitments
  • Carrier-compliant labels and documentation
  • Manifest data and communication

Complete Shipping Integration

The ConnectShip™ Toolkit suite features the Progistics™ Transportation Toolkit, which is used for integrating shipping functionality with external applications using industry standard technology such as COM or XML. The Transportation Toolkit comes with pre-defined, pre-built components for developers to embed Progistics™ shipping functionality into existing software applications or to develop a unique transportation application that can stand by itself.

Progistics™ is the rating engine that contains all the business rules for performing rating, routing, and shipping functions. ConnectShip™ Toolkit can be integrated with existing enterprise applications, such as customer service, order entry, and warehouse management solutions. Companies can make their own shipping tools, based on their own business rules, that can perform rating, routing, and shipping functions, such as printing carrier-approved shipping labels, manifests, and bills of lading.

Visible and Accurate Shipping Data

ConnectShip™ Toolkit provides total visibility of an order through-out the supply chain by fully integrating with your existing enterprise systems. Now internal areas such as customer service and order entry can access accurate shipping information directly from the Internet or Intranet. With regular multiple carrier updates from ConnectShip™, you and your customers have access to accurate shipping costs.