CPS Fully Supports United Parcel Service^® (UPS^®) Services and Functionality
 

Overview

CPS is your fast and easy UPS shipping software solution for shipping parcels via UPS^®. Integrated UPS Rates and Service Selection and UPS Tracking in CPS allows both clients and customers to benefit from easily accessible UPS services. This plus a full suite of powerful features make CPS one of the most comprehensive shipping software solutions available.

CPS supports all available UPS services - both domestic and international services, including alternative billing options such as freight collect, consignee billing, and third party billing.  CPS also supports thermal UPS "Smart Labels", "Tag less" C.O.D.'s, and the ability to request electronic Call Tags.  CPS is available to all shippers in the US 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii and through special arrangements internationally.

In addition to having access to all UPS services, CPS contains the following UPS integrated functionality:

UPS Time in Transit - This powerful UPS integrated functionality displays all available UPS shipping services within the United States with their scheduled delivery time, date, and days in transit. You can now compare the speed of UPS Ground to other UPS delivery services without ever leaving CPS.

UPSlink - CPS communicates with the UPS Data Center for PLD uploads, tracking and tracing. This secured communication protocol which allows for communication to be established though an existing ISP. UPSlink is only available through the UPS Ready™ Program and CPS has been certified to fully support it.

UPS Tracking - This powerful UPS functionality lets you provide up-to-the-minute shipping status reports to your customer, improving customer service and increasing traffic on your site.

Carrier Approvals and Certification

CPS is UPS Ready^TM, which means you can upload your daily closeout information (PLD - Package Level Detail) electronically to the UPS data center.  UPS Smart Labels generated by CPS have also been certified UPS Ready^TM.

Services Supported

CPS supports these UPS domestic residential and commercial shipping services:

UPS Early A.M.® UPS Early A.M.® Letter UPS Next Day Air® UPS Next Day Air® Letter UPS Next Day Air Saver® UPS Next Day Air Saver® Letter UPS 2nd Day Air A.M.® UPS 2nd Day Air A.M.® Letter UPS 2nd Day Air® UPS 2nd Day Air® Letter UPS 3 Day Select® UPS Ground (continental US, AK, HI, and PR)

CPS supports these UPS domestic Value-Added Services:

Saturday Delivery Collection On Delivery (C.O.D.) UPS Delivery Confirmation Verbal Confirmation of Delivery Ship Notification Delivery Notification Exception Notification UPS Hundredweight Service® Declared Value Hazardous Materials

CPS supports these UPS domestic billing options:

Bill Shipper (Prepaid) Bill Receiver (Collect Billing) Bill Third Party (3rd Party) Consignee Billing

CPS supports these UPS international shipping services:

UPS Worldwide Express PlusSM UPS Worldwide Express PlusSM Letter UPS Worldwide ExpressSM UPS Worldwide ExpressSM Letter UPS Worldwide ExpeditedSM UPS Worldwide ExpeditedSM Letter UPS Standard To Canada UPS World EaseSM  (Extra cost optional UPS Contract Service)

CPS supports these UPS international Value-Added Services:

Saturday Delivery Ship Notification UPS 10 KG Box® UPS 25 KG Box® Declared Value

CPS supports these UPS international billing options:

Prepaid Freight Collect Delivered Duty Paid, V.A.T. Unpaid Bill Duty/Tax and Shipping Charges to Shipper

CPS supports UPS Returns Services including UPS Returns^TM Print Return Label, Electronic Return Label, and Print and Mail Return Label services.  This means a UPS return label can be printed to be sent to the person returning the package or included with the package.  Alternately, UPS can be instructed to print a return label and send it to the person returning the package using CPS.  Or, send a notification by e-mail to a person needing to return a package that contains a link to the return label which can printed on the recipient's own printer.  CPS also supports UPS Return Service Pickup Address when the pickup address is different than recipient address.

CPS supports UPS Returns Plus - 1 UPS Pickup Attempt and UPS Returns Plus - 3 UPS Pickup Attempts services.

CPS supports UPS address validation for the CPS customer database. CPS can automatically update its customer data base with corrected ZIP+4 and mark them as verified when used.

CPS also supports these new UPS services and charges:

UPS Saturday Pickup service charges Time-in-Transit UPS Quantum View NotifySM UPS Early A.M.® Verbal Delivery of Confirmation UPS International Declared Value International UPS Exchange Collect UPS Flexible Parcel Insurance Shipper Release UPS Fuel Service Charges UPS Multiple Piece Shipment Tracking NEW! UPS PaperlessSM Invoice

Shipping Labels and Documentation

CPS also prints document labels, custom labels and other user defined labels.  In fact, CPS can print multiple labels for each package processed.

In addition to the required labels, CPS can also print the following international documents:

Thermal "Smart Labels" for domestic and international shipments Commercial invoices for both international and Puerto Rico shipments NAFTA and non-NAFTA Certificate of Origin Shipment Totals tags Pickup Summary Barcode labels Documentation labels for internal use

Reports

In addition to user defined and specially ordered reports, some of the reports CPS has pre-set and ready to use include:

Daily Shipment Detail Report Outstanding Delivery Confirmation Report Outstanding C.O.D. Report Outstanding Return Service Report Department or Cost Center Report

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