Shipping service providers and SAP Business One

Especially in times of increasing Ecommerce The shipping process plays an increasingly important role in merchandise management. The extensive automation of shipping via shipping interfaces helps to cope with the growing business. Part of this is the dialogue with the shipping service providers. The Versino interface between the shipping service provider and SAP Business One helps to optimise the work in shipping.

Dispatch solution for SAP Business One

All shipping service providers now offer interfaces to their own software landscape. The corresponding interface can be used to automatically import shipping data from SAP Business One to the respective logistics company. Meanwhile, data transfer between the shipping service provider and SAP Business One is simple thanks to automation and ensures secure data exchange.

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Partner for the interface between logisticians and SAP Business One

The following companies can be addressed with the interface between the shipping service provider and SAP Business One:

DHL
DPD
GLS
UPS
HERMES
TNT
trans-o-flex
GO!
Swiss Post
more on request

Functionality of the shipping interface for SAP Business One

The interfaces are thereby created by creating a new delivery, A/R Invoice or return is triggered. The address data is read from the respective SAP Business One document and forwarded to the respective shipping service provider.
Further processing takes place according to the settings and specifications in the dispatch software. Among other things, this can also take place in the service provider's web portal. Depending on the configuration, one such process is fully automatic or semi-automatic label printing. But also the control of document printing is conceivable.

Transfer of the tracking number to SAP Business One

Depending on the supplier, the reference numbers of orders or returns are loaded at regular intervals with a . This is done via an export file provided by the shipping service provider. Alternatively, a web service transfers the tracking number to the corresponding SAP documents such as the outgoing invoice, delivery or returns.

Optional combination with Versino E-Mail One AddOn

With the separate e-mail add-on for SAP Businesss One, the automatic sending of e-mails can be linked to the tracking numbers.

The texts for the e-mails can be generated from SAP according to the type of document or type of e-mail. On the other hand, you can also realise the sending of an e-mail to multiple recipients.

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