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Bill of Ladings vs Proof of Delivery
Advanced Solutions provides several solutions for managing truck shipments, that include Bill of ladings and proof of delivery. A common question is what is the difference, when is one appropriate over the other etc. In today’s post I’ll describe them and how they are...
Quickly generate a pdf directly from a sap print preview
It’s common that customers need to quickly and easily generate a PDF for a document. Typically, we do this by setting up an output type that has a PDF output defined. But what if this is a last minute request from a user and no output is defined? An undocumented...
Why Web APIs are not replacing EDI anytime soon
I’ve seen a lot of articles lately about the great coming of Web APIs and how they’ll replace standard EDI communications. In the age of Amazon, we can all agree there is a need to upgrade EDI technology, which has been around since the 1960s. But replacing it...
You’re doing SAP EDI wrong…and wasting money
Customers often complain about the time and money it takes to integrate SAP EDI processes with partners. And they’re not wrong. Two things stand in the way of SAP EDI efficiency: using IDOC processes incorrectly and buying into the misconception that “this is the way...
Generating a Manual bill of lading in SAP
Though you maybe generating Bill of ladings on a daily basis directly from SAP what you may not know is that the same Bill of lading you are generating from SAP is also available manually for shipments originating in an external system or no System at all. It used to...
The USPS gets no respect
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Print a manual label in SAP using Enterprise Label
Occasionally a clients environment has restrictions on users access to a browser or run restricted desktops that cannot access the BarTender Web Print server to be able to generate ondemand Barcode labels. If this is the case in your environment you still have the...
Determine your freight class in Advance Ship for SAP
Determining the correct freight class for your LTL shipments may seem like a daunting task especially when your materials fall into various classes and your loads of various sizes. Luckily customers using Advance Ship should rarely need to think about this. But in...
Dec 4th Update to Mexico Electronic Accounting rules
On Dec. 4th the Mexican SAT updated the rules related to Electronic Accounting. You can find the rules identified as the Seventh Resolution of Modifications to the 2014 Miscellaneous Tax resolution and its Annex 24 update here. The main change for our customers with...
How the upcoming small parcel rate changes may affect you
As we get closer and closer to the end of the year, many of our customers are becoming more aware of the potential impact of the rate increase and change announced by FedEx and UPS this year. Though both announced increased rates of ~4-5%, the major change is to use...