How did vMeasure reduce an online books retailer’s shipping charges with the DesktopShipper’s native integration?
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Case Study Summary
Problems faced by the Client
The manual dimensioning process stalled the growth of order throughput because it was time-consuming.
It was difficult to predict shipping costs as the company did not provide accurate dimensions which resulted in surcharges and penalties for not quoting the right dimensions.
The company could not decrease their shipping spend since the parcel dimensions were overstated most of the time.
The company couldn’t get their choice of carriers right since they had inaccurate dimensions which led to suboptimal carrier selection.
The management could not arrive upon a favourable contract between the carrier since they did not have accurate dimensions.
Despite having the DesktopShipper application that simplified the shipping label generation process, those labels were erroneous because the dimensions were still acquired from manual processes.
Maintenance and dissemination of data became difficult as most of the information were handwritten or partly digitized.
The DesktopShipper application simplified the company’s shipping process, yet the absence of accurate dimensions did not let them use the application to its fullest potential.
Difficulty in scaling up warehouse operations without significant increases in IT resources.
The manual dimensioning process stalled the growth of order throughput because it was time-consuming.
It was difficult to predict shipping costs as the company did not provide accurate dimensions which resulted in surcharges and penalties for not quoting the right dimensions.
The company could not decrease their shipping spend since the parcel dimensions were overstated most of the time.
The company couldn’t get their choice of carriers right since they had inaccurate dimensions which led to suboptimal carrier selection.
The management could not arrive upon a favourable contract between the carrier since they did not have accurate dimensions.
Despite having the DesktopShipper application that simplified the shipping label generation process, those labels were erroneous because the dimensions were still acquired from manual processes.
Maintenance and dissemination of data became difficult as most of the information were handwritten or partly digitized.
The DesktopShipper application simplified the company’s shipping process, yet the absence of accurate dimensions did not let them use the application to its fullest potential.
Difficulty in scaling up warehouse operations without significant increases in IT resources.
Why do customers choose vMeasure dimensional weighing system
over other dimensioners?
The vMeasure Dimensioning Solution
- The order details, along with the SKUs to be packed for the order, are displayed.
- The warehouse associate then scans the individual FNSKU to verify.
- Once all the items are verified using the FNSKU, the warehouse associate then packs the order and places the package on the vMeasure system.
- The warehouse associate scans the confirmation barcode to trigger the measurement on the vMeasure system.
- Once the measurement is triggered, the vMeasure system automatically dimensions the package and updates the corresponding data to Ship-Station
- The vMeasure system returns to the order ID scan screen automatically once the data upload to ShipStation is complete.