Order Shipment Cost Optimization (OSCO)software automates selection of optimal shipping box or boxes to cut shipping, labor and material costs while making the packaging and shipping more eco-friendly.
OSCO is a small footprint, high performance, aggressively priced solution with a high Return on Investment (ROI). Easy integration withWMS and Order Processing systems makes it a snap to integrate with existing order processing systems.
Key Features and Benefits
1.OSCO generates solution that use smallest and least number of boxes for order shipment
a.Finds solutions which reduce Dimensional weight
i.Air Shipments and International Shipments: Carriers charge greater of the Dim weight or actual weight.
ii.Domestic Ground Shipments: Carriers charge greater of Dim weight or actual weight for large parcels that are light in weight.
b.Finds least number of boxes to use for parcel shipment
i.Fewer the number of shipment cartons, lower theshipment cost.
2.OSCO generates cube optimized solution
a.Reduces size of the shipping carton. This allowsuse of cube/density based shipping options, in addition to weight basedoptions, to reduce cost of large orders.
b.Option to ship large orders via LTL (FedEx and UPShave integrated LTL options into their system) and cube based optimization iscritical for reducing LTL shipping cost.
a.Reduces shipping cost by using one vendor to get volume discounts. (OSCO can help reduce number of orders that need special shipping methods).
b.Avoid the need to use oversize boxes that can be expensive to ship by optimally dividing shipments into multiple standard size boxes.
c.Enforces weight limits per shipment box to prevent over-weight penalties.
4.OSCOgenerates solutions to reduce material cost
a.Reduces corrugated costs by using smaller and fewer shipping boxes.
b.Reduces packing material cost by maximizing cube utilization, thus need to use less packing/filler materials such as bubble wrap, air bags, and packaging peanuts.
5.OSCOreduces environmental waste
a.Minimizes corrugated material use/waste.
b.Minimizes packaging material use/waste.
c.Reduces fuel usage and CO2 emissions by creating solutions that use fewer and smaller shipping cartons as they take less space during transportation.
6.Automaticselection of shipment box and manifest generation
a.OSCO helps reduce labor cost
i.Eliminates labor time in searching / trying for theright size box.
ii.Eliminates labor time wasted when order does not fit in the selected box, resulting in redundant labor spent in transferring items to bigger box.
iii.Eliminates labor spent creating or modifying packing/manifest list (pick list) for each shipping box.
7.OSCO helps determine shipping cost at timeof order placement
a.Provide accurate shipping cost estimate to Client/Buyer.
b.Reduce risk of shopping cart abandonment by providing correct shipping cost to customer. NetIQ study found that consumers attribute 35% of their abandoned carts to high shipping costs and lengthy delivery times.
c.Estimating and quoting too low shipping can result in shipping cost losses that cannot be passed on to the customer.
8.OSCO can be easily integrated with WMS / Order processing systems
a.Designed for easy integration with existing WMS/Order processing systems
b.Some of the interfaces available are:
i..NET API’s
ii.TCP/IPSockets communication
iii.FileBased I/O (CSV, Text, XML)
iv.JAVAAPI’s
9.OSCO 3DClient / User Interface (Optional)
a.Illustrates the solution in virtual 3D space
b.Shows step by step loading sequence
c.Allows interactive order creation and modification for verification and testing
