Introduction

Introduction

FedEx Ship Manager

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FSMS provides the following shipping functionalities:

• Shipping to and from any FedEx service location

• Tracking any packages shipped with FedEx including those shipped with FSMS or any other FedEx automation solution as well as manual or pre-printed air waybills

• Routing using Universal Routing and Sorting Aid (URSA) for FedEx Express shipments and

ZIP/postal codes for FedEx Ground shipping

• Rating for any U.S. or Canada-based account number

FSMS is a transaction-based shipping solution, which means that FedEx supplies you with the transactions you need to streamline your shipping operations and allows you to build your own user interface that is customized to your business needs.

Features of the User Guide

To help you use FSMS to automate your shipping operations, the following sections are provided as part of this FSMS User Guide:

What’s New

The What’s New section describes the new features, transactions, and transaction fields that will be required to take advantage of the new functionalities for this release. This section is NOT intended for use as a coding reference nor as a detailed technical specification of the new features. Details will be provided in the FedEx Ship Manager Server v 7.6 Transaction Coding Reference (FSMS TCR

Version 7.6).

Referenced Documents

The Referenced Documents section provides details about each document mentioned in this User

Guide.

Chapter One: Setting Up FSMS

Chapter One of this User Guide provides steps for:

• Entering configuration information to personalize FSMS for your operations

• Setting up printers

Setting up your FSMS software correctly will provide shortcuts for shipping and will help make your FSMS implementation seamless and efficient.

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Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding

FSMS is a transaction-based shipping solution. Therefore, you can build your own transaction set based on all of the transactions supported by FedEx in the FSMS software. In this section of the User Guide you will find:

• FSMS Transactions Types

• Online vs. Offline

• FedEx Shipping Overview (FedEx Ground, FedEx Express, FedEx International, etc.)

• Functionality for Coding Special Services and Open Shipping

Chapter Three: FSMS Shipping Labels

FSMS provides flexibility in creating both standard and custom labels. Chapter Three of the User Guide includes instructions for producing accurate labels that can be scanned by FedEx to provide optimal routing and shipping. In this chapter are:

• Label formats supported by FSMS

• Label creation and printing rules

• Information for custom label creation and obtaining approval by FedEx Operations

• Label Matrix providing information for the type of labels that are required for each FedEx shipping service

Chapter Four: FSMS Revenue Management

FSMS offers powerful revenue upload and management functionality to provide accurate billing and reporting of your shipping costs. In this section of the User Guide you will find:

• Revenue Options Set-up

Chapter Five: Using FSMS Utilities

FSMS includes several utilities designed to facilitate management of tracking numbers, labels, invoices, revenue, and reports. Chapter Five of the User Guide details the procedures for using the following utilities:

• Label Reprint Utility

• Ground EPDI File Reader Utility

• Express Hourly Upload File Reader

• Ground Rates and Discounts Utility

• Retrieve, Retain, Restore (R3)

• Report Viewer Utility

• Ship Manager Server Console

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Chapter Six: FSMS Reports

FSMS provides the option of producing, saving, and printing a variety of reports to assist in the management of your shipping operations. In this chapter of the User Guide, we will review:

• Producing FSMS standard reports

• FSMS report field definitions

• Creating customized reports

Appendix A: Value Reference Tables

Appendix A contains several tables of FedEx shipping rules which are useful for creating shipping transactions. These tables are:

• Unit of Measure Code Table – Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)

• Currency Code Table

• Country Code Table

• U.S. State Code Table

• Canadian Province Code Table

• Mexican State Code Table

• Maximum Allowable Weights per Packaging/Service Table

• Vague Commodity Descriptions

NOTE:

The reference tables provided in Appendix A are not a complete reference of all available information. Complete FedEx Express and FedEx Ground business rules are contained in the

FedEx Service Reference Guide, which is available free of charge by contacting 1.800.Go.FedEx

(1.800.463.3339) or your FedEx Account Executive.

Glossary

This section provides the description of terms and acronyms used throughout this User Guide.

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