I just spoke to a UPS tech on Monday (10/9) about installing their
system at our location. Here's what's going down:
* UPS will provide a PC, monitor, label printer, 150 lb. digital scale,
modem and software to us for free (it seems we're a preferred customer -
odd since we ship 10-30 packages per day).
* UPS will install the system as needed to make me/us happy. This
includes setting the PC up on the network and mapping to Vantage.
* The software will read from Vantage' customer file and use either the
customer id field (preferred) or the order number to pull in the needed
info.
* The UPS software will not write back to the database - bad because
advanced error-checking and learning features won't work; good because
Vantage doesn't like keyless data entry.
* UPS is going totally computerized within 3 years so you must have a PC
system going in order to have a pickup account.
The system will be installed on 10/25 at 10 am. When I know more I'll
post to the group.
Rick
MIS
Osco
Ted Kitch wrote:
>
> I believe that Calvin Dekker has already done something that will
> import
> information into UPS WorldShip. You can reach him at
> calvin@....
>
> Ted Kitch
> tedkitch@...
>
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 15:51:02 -0400, vantage@egroups.com wrote:
>
> > I have finally managed to install both UPS WorldShip with a label
> printer
> > and FedExShip on the computer in shipping. It was a bit of a
> challenge
> > ultimately solved by the suggestion by one of the members to
> upgrade from
> > Win95 to 98. Thank you. Now on to the more difficult part. I
> would
> like
> > to export the addresses we use for shipping (customers and vendors)
> to a
> > file that I can import into the respective software packages to
> save us
> > hours of hand keying all the information in. I know FedEx can take
> a
> > delimited file but I am looking more for the way to export to
> something
> of a
> > similar format. I am sure it is something simple, and I think it
> has
> been
> > covered before, but any information offered would be appreciated.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Aaron Hoyt
> > System Administrator
> > Design Standards Corp.
> > PO Box 1620
> > Charlestown, NH 03603
> > Tel 603-826-7744
> > <mailto:Aaron@...>
> >
> >
>
> Ted Kitch
> tedkitch@... Kitch
> tedkitch@...
>
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