TMS Software - Automate TMS Shipping & Fulfillment | ShipHawk
Smart Packing™ TMS Software
In addition to identifying the optimal carrier and service for each order, ShipHawk’s Smart Packing™ tells warehouse workers which box/carton or pallet is best for each order, eliminating this decision in the fulfillment process. ShipHawk calculates final packed weights and dimensions in advance and utilizes this data in the smart rating process.
ShipHawk’s Smart Packing™ does not require hardware to work, but it is capable of working alongside box-makers, dimensioners and other hardware components to produce best-in-class workflows that don’t rely on human decision making.
Smart rating - TMS software for multi-carrier shippers
Multi-carrier rating automatically finds the best carrier for every order. This is more than a garbage-in-garbage-out API call. By using your negotiated rates, ShipHawk optimizes for cost, time, service level, carrier and carrier type. ShipHawk identifies the optimal carrier and service and compares options across modes. In addition, with our dynamic rules engine, your team can take control and configure rating and fulfillment decisions in real-time.
Dynamic rules engine - configurable business rules
Our configurable, on-demand shipping rules engine allows businesses to customize carrier and service selection, provide in-cart rates and manage unique shipping rules and policies all the way down to the customer level. ShipHawk automatically applies rules according to your specifications so delivery promises are met with behind-the-scenes automation in the warehouse. By choosing the right carrier and service level on an order-by-order basis, before sending shipping labels to print, ShipHawk ensures that shippers spend as little as possible while meeting customers’ expectations.
Creating and managing business rules is easy with a simple text editor that doesn’t require IT development. Fine-tune your shipping and eliminate costly mistakes with automated rules.
Business intelligence - WMS & TMS shipping data & analytics
Even though expert operators believe in the power of data, key information remains siloed across numerous business systems in most operations. Working alongside an ERP or other system of record, ShipHawk unifies disparate fulfillment and shipping data into one location, providing real-time access to shipping data and analytics. This creates operational visibility that allows shippers to monitor carrier performance metrics like time-in-transit and delayed deliveries as well as operational metrics like orders picked and shipping costs. Shipping and order fulfillment reporting can be automated company-wide to keep executives informed on shipping strategy decisions and opportunities.
Parcel, LTL & FTL shipping software in one TMS
Using multiple portals to support different modes is slow and expensive. ShipHawk’s TMS supports parcel, LTL, and FTL in one system. With hundreds of parcel and LTL carriers, as well as many leading 3PLs, ShipHawk supports the carriers needed, using the shippers’ own negotiated rates and relationships. In addition, ShipHawk’s full-truckload shipping enables you to request quotes and full-truckload shipments from carriers. ShipHawk also writes back all required shipment details to your ERP and automatically generates documentation for orders.
Streamline shipping documentation
Every order, every marketplace and every carrier requires different documentation. Operations teams use ShipHawk’s TMS to save time and reduce duplicate and manual entry by accessing and generating required shipping documentation, reducing the risk of costly non-compliance fees. This includes:
- Labels and bills of lading (BOL)
- Commercial invoices
- Parcel labels
- Pallet labels
- Carton labels
- Shipment-level packing slips
- Order-level pick tickets
- HTML builder for building custom packing slips and pick tickets
ShipHawk supports customers with EDI needs to streamline order processing by integrating with EDI providers to automate the generation of ASNs (advance shipping notices) and retail labels.
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Flexible, configurable TMS architecture
ShipHawk Advanced Shipping is built on a modern technology stack of Ruby on Rails 4 and React, using a PostgreSQL database server. REST APIs with simple JSON data make it easy to integrate with ERP, WMS, supply chain, eCommerce, proprietary solutions and more. The architecture provides stability, scalability and efficient development of new features and capabilities. When making technical and architectural decisions, our primary considerations are:
- Usability and customer experience – ShipHawk is easy to use and integrate with
- Stability – ShipHawk is a business-critical system so all critical components have built-in redundancy
- Security – Business-sensitive information is accessible only to those authorized to use it
- Developer preference – Built on a modern technology stack that allows for maximum productivity
