Tools & Tips

What’s the best way to ship from FileMaker Pro?

 

With NRGship and FileMaker Pro you have two options for shipping and choosing between them often depends on what makes sense for your workflow.

Integrated shipping is our preferred method and it allows you to utilize the full capabilites of NRGship across your organization on the desktop or iOS. We often suggest that things start during order entry with address validation. This ensures that the recipient information is correct before the order ever hits your shipping department, and allows you to have a clean address in your backend CRM for future use. From your order, it’s easy to add simple rating functionality based on the content of your order so that you can charge your customer based on the estimate, or provide expedited service options based on a certain delivery date. Once the order has shipped, cost information can be returned back to the order along with the tracking number. The tracking number then provides visibility right on the order without having to check the carrier software or website. With integrated shipping you can seamlessly utilize the power of your shipping carriers without ever leaving your own database.

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Overview: Integrated Shipping

Keyed shipping most closely resembles the process you would have using carrier software integrated with FileMaker. You would key in an order number and the data would appear in the shipment. The shipping staff then adds packages, validates the address, runs rates and produces the shipping label. After shipment, the cost information is returned back to your order so that you have visibility across your organization. Since NRGship is built with FileMaker Pro, you can leverage it’s functionality to provide far more complex shipping than you could with the carrier software alone.

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NRGship is a Carrier Certfied provider that powers hundreds of businesses who ship UPS, FedEx and USPS with FileMaker Pro without the need to setup external services or perform complex API coding. Contact our sales staff to setup a time for a demo of NRGship and see how it can improve your entire business.

 

2023-07-19T05:09:49+00:00March 26th, 2021|FileMaker Shipping, Tools & Tips|

Turn an unprecedented peak into unprecedented success: Get Holiday Tips from FedEx

Between managing your customers’ expectations, safety and the rising demand for buying holiday gifts and essentials online, planning for this unprecedented peak season can make your head spin.

But it’s also a chance at unprecedented success. Industry experts and retailers share ten tips for getting a head start, from promotions and inventory to scheduling shipping for on-time delivery, all with the superior customer experience that builds year-round customer-loyalty.

Get Holiday Tips

2020-11-10T10:57:47+00:00November 10th, 2020|Tools & Tips|

How to process USMCA shipments with NRGship

This article is current as of July 2020. It will be updated as we receive new information from our carrier partners.

 

As of July 1st, 2020, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Some shipments that cross the borders of these countries may require special import forms.

For USMCA details and forms, go to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection USMCA page. For NAFTA information, go to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection NAFTA page.

UPS

Currently the UPS Developer Kit APIs do not support the new USMCA forms for automated processing.  You will need to produce your own USMCA forms and apply them to the outside of packages. You can find more information on USMCA and a sample form for UPS shipments using this link.

FedEx

Currently the FedEx Shipment APIs do not support the new USMCA forms for automated processing.  You will need to produce your own USMCA forms and apply them to the outside of packages. You can find more information on USMCA and a sample form for FedEx shipments using this link. We are working on an update where you can attach a PDF version of the FedEx form to your shipment.

 

2020-07-30T10:54:44+00:00July 30th, 2020|FileMaker Shipping, Mac Shipping, Tools & Tips|

Create UPS Shipping Labels from FileMaker Pro in under 10 minutes

In this video we will show you how to quickly integrate NRGship FM for UPS with your database by adding an external data source, creating relationships with the NRGship tables, and building a basic shipping script. While this video utilizes our UPS solution, the process is similar for other carriers.

With NRGship FM for UPS you can create shipping labels with simple scripting. There is no need to utilize complex CURL, JSON or other functions. NRGship FM for UPS is a carrier-certified UPS Ready® Business Solution which means you don’t need to worry about future service compatibility such as current UPS Developer Kit retirement.

Contact NRG Sales if you have questions about migrating from internally-developed integrations to NRGship.

2023-12-31T03:56:21+00:00July 14th, 2019|FileMaker Shipping, Tools & Tips|

Quickly save labels to PDF

NRGship Pro for UPS and NRGship Pro for FedEx both have the ability to create PDF versions of labels that were originally shipped using output to thermal printers. When printing to a thermal printer, we produce output files that are native to the device. In previous releases if you needed a PDF you would have to void the label and re-ship for laser and then save as PDF. We are now able to convert these labels to PDF so they can be created quickly by choosing the PDF option from shipment detail.

2019-07-05T07:53:30+00:00July 5th, 2019|FileMaker Shipping, Mac Shipping, Tools & Tips|

Utilize UPS Ground Freight Pricing with NRGship Pro for UPS

We’ve had numerous requests to add support for UPS Ground Freight Pricing over the past few months.  This service is an economical choice for multi-package shipments weighing more than 150 lbs via the UPS Ground service.  You can easily toggle between standard UPS services and GFP by entering a Freight Class and toggling GFP mode. In the video below we show you how it’s done.

2019-04-13T09:53:23+00:00April 13th, 2019|FileMaker Shipping, Mac Shipping, Tools & Tips|

Quickly rate shipments in FileMaker Pro

Did you know that NRG can provide a single API that will provide rates for UPS, FedEx and USPS all in a single request? You can implement this API very quickly to provide access to your discounted shipping rates without the need for NRG’s full-blown shipping solutions using built-in FileMaker functions like Insert from URL with POST data. Multi-carrier rating API access starts at $450/year. Contact sales@nrgsoft.com for more information.

2023-03-07T23:22:07+00:00September 27th, 2018|FileMaker Shipping, Tools & Tips|
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