A look inside UPS Worldport
National Geographic Megafactories takes a look at the UPS Worldport facility in Louisville, KY
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NRGship delivers for Mardi Gras
Thru integrated shipping with BakeSmart, NRGship customer Ambrosia Bakery in Baton Rouge, LA is able to keep up with the holiday demand for their fresh King Cakes.
Ambrosia shared with us this photo of King Cakes being loaded onto a UPS truck for Fat Tuesday delivery.
Simplify customer returns with UPS Returns Flexible Access
NRGship Pro now features support for UPS Returns Flexible Access which provides customers with the convenience of dropping off a package at any Post Office™ or personal mailbox in addition to thousands of other UPS and U.S. Postal Service locations.
In order to utilize Flexible Access you must first contact your UPS Representative. Once enabled, you can simply check a box in NRGship to help your customers make their returns with less hassle.
Take control of inbound logistics with UPS Import Control
NRGShip Pro was recently updated to include support for UPS Import Control. With UPS Import Control you can easily create shipping labels which can be provided to your supplier for shipment to your or another third-party. By creating the inbound label yourself, you have full visibility to the shipments progress.
From the International Forms tab you can easily simply check a box and choose a label type to create your inbound labels.
Inside UPS driver boot camp
The Washingtonian recently got a glimpse inside UPS’s driver training facility, Integrad, in Landover, MD. While UPS is shipping company, they excel in creating best practices for repetitive tasks. UPS’s “340 Methods” tell drivers the most efficient way to do just about anything, such as buckling your seat belt with your left hand while starting the ignition with your right or beeping your horn every three seconds when backing up for safety. Do you think you have what it takes to be a driver? Check out the full article…
UPS Trackpad Helps Haiti Relief
Utilizing UPS Trackpad technology, the Salvation Army was able to streamline the January 2010 Haiti earthquake relief distribution.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_qqhZNUHX0
Simplify Int’l Shipping with UPS Paperless Invoicing
Now that the holiday season is coming, one of the best ways to ease your international shipping pains is to utilize UPS Paperless Invoicing thru NRGship Pro for UPS. UPS Paperless Invoice eliminates the need for paper commercial invoices by transmitting commercial invoice data to enable clearance by Customs offices across the globe. Just access the signup page at ups.com and have a digital image of your company letterhead and signature ready.
Need a pocket grappling hook?
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How about a survival chainsaw, a bailout bag, or a Goliath skull. You can find these and other unique items at County Comm – an NRGship customer who has been using NRGship Mac Pro for some time now after converting from UPS WorldShip and hand entering their PayPal orders.
We recently visited their cramped, but organized warehouse and shipping space and were impressed to see a growing business passionate about their products and their Mac environment.
County Comm has NRGship fully integrated with PayPal, speeding up their shipping processes 10x and helping them manage their growth and create some much needed leisure time outside their office and cramped warehouse. Fortunately they will be moving into a new warehouse soon and expanding to multiple shipping workstations.
What were they thinking?
In Mailing System Technology’s first edition of What Were They Thinking? Mike Porter presents several examples of print and mail errors that became news items. Mailers are encouraged to review their own quality control processes to avoid making the same kinds of embarrassing mistakes. Included is a list of preventative measures that shops can implement.
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