Dec 16,2022
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During the past few months, our team has been busy ... building a more comprehensive logistics system and providing better client service. After multiple meetings, analysing, researching, developing and testing, we are proud to announce the latest update of eTower - a flagship product of WallTech (China) Co., Ltd, a leading International Logistics SaaS Provider - Multi-package Shipment. In this week's eTower Observer, let's dive into what multi-package shipment is, its advantages and applicable scenarios, as well as the introduction of this new function in eTower.
Multi-Package Shipment Definition
Multi-Package Shipment is a logistics and transportation method where multiple packages or orders are combined and shipped in one transportation order. This method is often used to optimize logistics efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and improve the overall effectiveness of transportation. Multiple orders can be grouped in a multi-package shipment for better tracking and management throughout transportation.
Advantages of Multi-Package Shipments:
● Cost Effectiveness: Combining multiple orders for transportation in the system reduces the labour of tracking each order separately and saves on the overall cost of operation and logistics.
● Reduced Loss and Damage: By centralizing multiple packages, the shipment's location can be tracked more easily and monitored better, reducing the risk of loss or damage to the shipment.
● Improve Transportation Efficiency: Sorting multiple packages in one shipment can reduce sorting and handling time in the following logistics process, which improves overall transportation efficiency and shortens delivery times.
Challenges:
For logistics service providers, it can be challenging when it comes to sorting large amounts of parcels into groups according to different rules, such as clients, destinations, product types, product weight, etc,. Especially if you don't have a system built with such logic. Therefore, a professional logistics collaborating system such as eTower is crucial.
Applicating Scenario:
When the warehouse provides a multi-package shipment service to their clients, the logistics service provider can manage the corresponding information in eTower, such as the rules of the multi-package shipment order, as well as sync the multi-package shipment order's tracking number back to each parcel's tracking number for customer/shipper to track each parcel.
eTower's New Feature: Multi-Package Shipments
eTower introduces the advanced Multi-Package Shipment feature to provide users with a smarter and more efficient logistics management experience.
eTower offers different billing options: per ticket or piece. For per-ticket billing, the billing weight of the entire ticket is used to account for costs; for per-piece billing, each piece is billed separately and then totalled to the ticket's cost.
The billing rules can be flexibly configured, which brings unique benefits to users in several ways:
● Intelligent Centralized Management: eTower's Multi-Shipment feature allows users to centralize multiple packages for smarter shipment tracking and easy monitoring.
● Custom Reports and Analytics: Custom reports and analytics can be generated in eTower to provide insights into key metrics of multiple shipments to optimize logistics decisions.
● Real-Time Notifications and Alerts: eTower provides real-time notifications and alerts to help you stay on top of key events in the multi-piece shipment process to ensure smooth logistics operations.
By combining the benefits of multi-load shipping with the innovative features of WallTech software, you can achieve more efficient and controlled logistics management and improve the overall efficiency of your transportation process. WallTech is committed to providing advanced solutions to help you stand out in a competitive marketplace.
You can contact us with any questions about Multi-Shipment or other logistics solutions!
