What’s New

What’s New

Feature Description

Download Ground Discount

Rates

The download of Ground Discount Rates feature added in FSMS v 7.2.3 has been enhanced so the download of Rate Request is automated and is performed twice monthly at reconcile time. The ability to download Ground Discount Rates was introduced in FSMS v 7.2.3 and the rates were only receivable via Demand Download.

FedEx Express Returns FSMS has added more Return Service options. The Express Returns feature adds FedEx Express service options to the existing FedEx

Ground Return service option introduced in FSMS v 6.8.

Return Merchandise

Authorization (RMA)

Number

Online Returns Label

A new optional field, Return Merchandise Authorization Number (RMA

Number), has been added to support the Returns feature. This field is available for use with both FedEx Express and FedEx Ground Returns services.

In addition to providing the ability to directly create a return label, FSMS v 7.6 has also added the ability to create a Return Label and send it via e-mail to another party. Once the Return label transaction is processed, an e-mail is sent to the returning party providing them with a URL they can use to receive the return label. The online return label is a plain paper label. This feature is limited to U.S. Domestic returns at this time.

New error codes have been added to support this feature. For more information, see the FSMS Transaction Coding Reference (FSMS

TCR,) Version 7.6.

Merge FSMS and FSM API In order to rapidly adopt and support increased online/real time transactional capabilities, FSMS 7.6 has incorporated the FSM

API/Direct product. Any FSM API/Direct transaction that does not require the use of a meter number is now supported via FSMS. The list of supported transactions is as follows:

200/300 Dispatch Request/Reply Transaction

202/302 Cancel Dispatch Request/Reply Transaction

403/503 Tracking Request/Reply Transaction

410/510 Drop Off Locator Request/Reply Transaction

415/515 Address Verification Request/Reply Transaction

033/133 Cancel E-Mail Label Request/Reply Transaction

044/144 Ground Call Tag Request/Reply Transaction

045/145 Ground Call Tag Cancel Request/Reply Transaction

046/146 Express Call Tag Request/Reply Transaction

047/147 Express Call Tag Cancel Request/Reply Transaction

FSMS will not process these new transactions, but rather will act as a communications link to the backend systems that process these transactions.

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Feature

Allow Pre-Ship Validation for FedEx Ground/FHD

Shipments

Shipment Query Request

Enhancements

Enhanced Meter Query

Request

Calculate & Pass

Dimensions

Description

The current Pre-Ship Validation functionality that supports validation of

FedEx Express service availability to a selected destination has been expanded to allow validation of FedEx Ground and FedEx Home

Delivery (FHD) service to a selected destination.

The Shipment Query transaction has been enhanced to allow for increased search parameters, such as Ship Date, Service Type,

Recipient Name, Tracking Number, etc., as well as now supporting queries for FedEx Ground and Transborder Distribution (TD).

The Enhanced Meter Query Request enhancement applies to the existing "List Meter Information for Meter" Request code (Process

Request Code).

For FedEx International Express shipments, the dimensions used to calculate the Dimensional Weight for a shipment can be passed in at the package level or at the shipment level for standard FedEx International shipments.

IPD/IDF and TD shipments dimensions, if provided, should only be provided at the package level. Provision of dimensions is optional for all non-Freight shipments.

This feature is valid for the following FedEx services:

• International Priority (IP)

• International Economy (IE)

• International First (IF)

• International Priority Freight (IPF)

• International Economy Freight (IEF)

• International Priority Distribution (IPD)

• International Distribution Freight (IDF)

• Transborder Canada (TD CA)

• Transborder Mexico (TD MX)

Note: Thermal ONLY for Master Label.

• International Economy Distribution (IED)

• Early Bird (FedEx Europe First)

New error codes have been added to support this feature. For more information, see the FSMS TCR Version 7.6.

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Configuration Utility

Changes

Canada International

Economy – Box Only

(maintenance)

IPD/IDF Configurable

Reports

What’s New

Description

In an effort to make the FSMS Configuration Utility easier to use and more customer friendly, we have applied FedEx brand standards,

Common Look and Feel (CLF) standards, to the utility:

• The Advanced Settings, Meter Settings, Tracking Numbers, System

Settings, and IPD/IDF Settings tabs will be hidden, and the user will only have visibility to the Shipper Settings, Doc-Tab, Report

Settings, and Label Settings tabs until the "view" password in entered after clicking the Access Privileges button.

• After the "View" password is entered, the hidden tabs will be made visible but not accessible for changes. To access hidden tabs, the

“View” password must be entered each time the FSMS

Configuration Utility is launched.

The IPD/IDF tabs will only be available for accounts that are contracted IPD or IDF shippers. If the account is not an IPD or IDF shipper, this tab will remain hidden so the FSMS Configuration Utility doesn't show information that will not be used.

• Available configurable doc-tab options will be limited to the service options available to the origin country. For example, if the origin country is not an allowed origin country for FedEx Ground shipping, the Ground option on the Doc-Tab tab of the FSMS Configuration

Utility will be unavailable for configuration. IPD doc-tabs will be available only to contracted IPD customers.

• The additional labels options for FedEx International labels on the

Label Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration Utility have been merged into a single 'Additional Laser and Thermal Labels' option.

The new headings are: International Copies, Distribution Master

Copies (for IPD/IDF/IED), and Distribution Overnight Letter Copies

(for IPD/IDF/IED).

• The color scheme of the FSMS Configuration Utility will be modified in keeping with the CLF standards.

FSMS will now return an error if attempting to ship FedEx International

Economy from CA with a FedEx Envelope or FedEx Pak packaging type.

New error codes have been added to support this feature. For more information, see the FSMS TCR Version 7.6.

FSMS v 7.6 has added the ability to request multiple copies of IPD/IDF reports via the Reports Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration Utility or via the Global Ship Request transaction. The two added fields can also be used in the Configuration/Meter Query Request transaction to configure the report copies in the Report Settings tab.

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Feature Description

FSMS Remote

Configuration

Update INCO Terms

Declared Value and MPS

Edits – Canada

(maintenance)

Align Transaction Formats for Customs & Carriage

Values

Disable Express Intra-

Canada COD

(maintenance)

To enable centralized and/or remote configuration of the FSMS application, the FSMS Configuration Utility has been created as an independently installable component. This will allow remote configuration of FSMS as long as the server being configured is on the same network as the configuring computer.

To install just the FSMS Configuration Utility, select Remote

Configuration during the installation process. The FSMS Configuration

Utility is a Java-based application and will require the installation of the

Java Virtual Machine (JVM) prior to installation.

The Update INCO Terms feature relaxes the edits for International commodity Terms of Sale to make processing FedEx International shipments easier.

The following restrictions will be enforced for CA origin shipments:

• The allowed currency for Declared Value for intra-CA shipments is being limited to $CAD.

• Multiple-piece shipments (MPS) will not be allowed for the following services: PO, FO, IP, IE, IF.

In an effort to align the field lengths for Customs and Carriage Value,

Declared Value for Carriage has been reintroduced for use, and Total

Commodity Customs Value has been changed from a length of 11.2 to

14.2 to match the Customs Value length.

The Declared Value for Carriage will remain available for use at its current length. This field has been added for use with the Global Ship

Request/Reply transactions and the Online Return Label Request/Reply transactions.

The FedEx Express COD service is being disabled for use in intra-

Canada shipments.

Allow Origin Loc-ID

Override at Field Level

(maintenance)

Label Reprint to Include

Single Transactions

The purpose of this feature is to allow the user to override the LOC-ID when a field level (or higher) password has activated the LOC-ID field in the FSMS Configuration Utility. The LOC-ID is determined automatically by FSMS upon entry of origin country and postal code. The LOC-ID is determined by the Universal Routing and Sorting Aid (URSA) file for postal aware countries and by the country.dat and cityinfo.txt files for non-postal aware countries.

The Label Reprint transaction has had all restrictions removed, and any label may now be reprinted up to 24-48 hours from the original ship date and time.

Future Day shipments may be reprinted up to their ship date. After the ship date, the reprint rule above applies.

Label Reprint by Reference The Label Reprint transaction has been enhanced to allow labels to be reprinted by Reference Number in addition to the currently supported reprint by Tracking Number. This feature only applies to thermal and laser labels. This feature only applies to package labels and does not apply to Master Air Waybill (MAWB) labels.

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Feature Description

Remove Legacy Code from

FSMS

Ground Oversized III (OS

III) Surcharge/Express

Oversize (OS)

Support and code for legacy transactions has been removed. Customers still using legacy transactions need to migrate these functions to the 020 transaction before upgrading to FSMS v 7.6.

The transactions that are no longer supported are:

001/101 – U.S. Domestic Shipping Request/Reply

002/102 – U.S. Domestic Rate Request/Reply (May need to map

function to 020)

003/103 – U.S, Domestic Delete Transaction Request/Reply

005/105 – U.S. Domestic Service Commitment Request/Reply

006/106 – U.S. Domestic Route Request/Reply

015/115 – U.S. Domestic COD MPS Transaction Request/Reply

051/151 – U.S. Export Shipping Request/Reply

052/152 – U.S. Export Rate Request/Reply

053/153 – International Delete Request/Reply

Remaining supported transactions are:

004/104 – Tracking Number Request/Reply

007/107 – End-of-Day Close Request/Reply

020/120 – Global Ship Request/Reply

023/123 – Global Delete Request/Reply

024/124 – Shipment Query Request/Reply

035/135 – Child Meter Registration Transaction

037/137 – Online Label Request/Reply

042/142 – Tracking Request/Reply (by Tracking Number,

Reference and MPS)

043/143 – Tracking Request/Reply (by Shipper, Recipient,

Exception and Door Tag)

070/170 – Meter Query/Configuration Update Transaction

095/195 – Label Reprint Transaction

The support for Oversize III Ground shipments and Express Oversize shipments was added in FSMS v 7.2, but the additional surcharges were not. FSMS v 7.6 adds support for the Ground OS surcharges and the

Express surcharge with two new Reply fields. These fields will be returned when any Oversize condition is met.

New Postal Routing

Countries (maintenance)

Change the Country Code for Serbia (maintenance)

The following three countries are now considered postal aware and will require entry of a correct postal code to complete routing and successfully process the shipment:

• China

• India

• Greece

If the correct postal code is not provided, the shipment will fail, and an error message will be provided indicating that the postal code is incorrect.

The country code for Serbia has been changed from YU to CS and is listed as Serbia and Montenegro.

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Label Exceptions/Special

Movement CA

This feature affects CA-U.S. shipping only and is intended to make the number of Consignee AWBs configurable. A new field, Suppress

Consignee Label, has been added to the Label Settings tab of the

FSMS Configuration Utility for Canadian origin meters only.

Rate All Services Request The Rate All Services transaction provides for the ability to receive rates and service commitments for all available FedEx services in a single

Reply transaction. The transaction can be used to find a rate for all available services given a range of parameters such as special services, weight, dimensions, destination, etc.

A new transaction set has been provided for this feature. For more information, see the FSMS TCR Version 7.6.

Rate Anywhere-To-

Anywhere (U.S. Domestic

List)

Return List Rates for Bill

Recipient and 3 rd

Party

Billing for FedEx Express

The ability to receive a rate quote from any U.S. origin to any U.S. destination will be available in the Service Availability Request, Global

Ship Request, and Rate All Services transactions. The minimum data required to receive a rate is the origin and destination state and postal code. Returned rates will be based on selected packaging type, service type, and special services.

This feature removes a current inconsistency between FedEx Express and FedEx Ground rating. Currently, a rate will be returned for any

FedEx Ground shipment regardless of Payer, but Express will only return a rate for Bill Sender. This feature will correct this inconsistency so that only List rates are returned for Bill Recipient or Bill Sender, and discount rates are only returned with Bill Sender for both FedEx Express and FedEx Ground.

Dynamic Surcharging

Patches & Service Pack

Support

Database

Duplication/Backup/

Failover

In order to more quickly support new surcharges, a new surcharging format is being adopted. The new surcharge format will be based on multiple occurrence fields rather than specific fields for each surcharge.

To use the Dynamic Surcharge feature, a checkbox was added to the

System Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration Utility. Checking this box will cause surcharges to be returned in the Dynamic format. The current format is the default format.

FSMS v 7.6 introduces a new utility, the FSMS Console, which provides additional information about installed services including: Base Version,

Patch Version, and Patch Application Date.

Patches will be created on a TBD schedule from the production issue database. Service Packs will be cumulative, i.e. each subsequent

Service Pack will contain the fix or fixes in the previous Service Pack and may also contain new features in addition to bug fixes.

The Database Duplication/Backup/Failover feature allows a backup server to function as a true backup to the Primary Server by writing the contents of the Primary Server 's database to the backup in ten-second intervals. Thus, the same meter numbers and tracking numbers are stored on both servers. The Primary Server will also ensure all updates downloaded are passed to the Secondary Server: URSA, rates, software updates, and table updates.

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What’s New

Feature

Full Postal Validation

Transactional Reprint of

FSMS Reports

Tunnel Client

Enhancements

Adoption of UV SDK

(maintenance)

New Installation,

InstallShield v 9.0

Dangerous Goods (DG)

Excepted Quantities for all

Shipments

Dangerous Goods (DG)

Excepted Packages for

Radioactive Shipments

Support ShipAlert

E-mail Message

Child Meter Online

Registration Transaction

Enhancements

Description

All FedEx Postal Aware countries will now require the use of valid country postal codes for the following entries:

• Sender/Shipper

• Recipient

• Importer Postal Code

• Broker

• Alternate Return Address

Failure to use a valid postal code will result in an error, and the shipment will not be processed.

See the FedEx Service Reference Guide for a list of Postal Aware countries.

This feature enhances the existing Label Reprint transaction to support reprinting of FSMS produced reports. This transaction is now the Reprint

Transaction and supports printing both Ship Time and Close Time reports.

Enhancements to the Tunnel Client will enable FSMS to detect and use

Internet proxy settings if a browser client (Internet Explorer or Netscape) is installed and properly configured.

FSMS will replace the existing URSA Routing Service with a new URSA

Validate Software Development Kit (UV SDK). This is a maintenance feature and transparent to the end user. Routing will continue to function without change.

FSMS v 7.6 is upgrading to the use of InstallShield v 9.0 that will allow for custom installation options. Any option not installed during the initial installation may be installed at a later time.

This feature was first introduced in FSMS v 7.2 for use in Canadian origin shipping only. It has been expanded in v 7.6 to allow any origin to ship Dangerous Goods in Excepted Quantities. When shipping DG in

Excepted Quantities, no additional DG fields are required.

Refer to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) manual for rules on qualifications for Excepted Quantities. No DG surcharges will be assessed for Excepted Quantities shipments.

This feature allows customers to ship certain Dangerous Goods, as specified by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) manual, without assessing a DG surcharge.

The ShipAlert e-mail functionality has been enhanced to allow for the delivery of a customer specified message with the ShipAlert e-mail notification. A new field has been added to support this feature enhancement.

The 035/135 Child Meter Online Registration transactions have been enhanced to allow for the following fields to be included in the Request transaction: 1148, 1149, 9744, 9746, 1201, 1154, and 1590.

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Feature

Addition of Shipper E-mail

Address to the Auto

Configuration Utility (ACU)

SIGNALS – FedEx Ground

Shipping Enhancements

Description

A field has been added to the ACU meter Request utility to allow the upload of the shipper e-mail address.

SIGNALS is a collection of FedEx Ground specific business rule changes that includes the following:

1. Support for the following CA taxes for all intra-CA FedEx Ground shipments.

These taxes are currently supported for intra-CA FedEx Express shipments:

• Harmonized Sales Tax

• Quebec Sales Tax

• Goods and Services Sales Tax

The taxes, if applicable, will be returned in the 120, 119, and 125

Reply transactions as part of the Total Surcharges field.

2. Ground EPDI File Handling Modifications:

• FSMS will no longer create Ground Electronic Package Data

Interchange (EPDI) files to upload FedEx Ground package data.

The creation of the EPDI files will be managed by one of the

FedEx mainframe servers. FSMS will now upload a Ground

Hourly Upload file on the same time interval as the Express

Hourly Upload file, every 30-120 minutes.

• The FSMS level EPDI Code is no longer required and will be removed from the Meter Settings tab of the FSMS

Configuration Utility.

• The existing No Upload/No Ship (NUNS) functionality will now apply to FedEx Ground shipments. If the NUNS checkbox is checked and Ground Hourly Update (HU) files have been created and not uploaded within a 72-hour period, FSMS shipping will be disabled.

• FedEx Ground account numbers will no longer be editable from within the Meter Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration Utility.

The FedEx Ground account number is assigned when a new meter is obtained or when an existing meter is reconfigured via the Auto Configuration Utility.

• The existing Ground Cycle Count field will no longer apply to the file extension of the FSMS created EPDI file but will now only apply to the Pickup Number of the Ground Pickup Manifest. existing

Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration Utility has been renamed Express Force Close Time, and a separate checkbox titled Ground Force Close Time has been added for FedEx

Ground. The default time upon installation is 23:55.

• A new field has been added to the Configuration/Meter Query

Request transaction to allow the Ground Force Close time to be configured via this transaction.

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Feature Description

Revenue Interface Controls

(RIC)

The RIC initiative is FedEx’s response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed by Congress in 2004, and is designed to tighten various controls on data transmitted to, received from, and managed by FedEx.

• Express tracking numbers will no longer be stored in the

C:\FedEx\FedEx_Airbill folder but will now be stored in the FSMS database. A support-level password will be required to manually change the tracking number range.

• FedEx Ground tracking numbers will no longer be stored in the

Registry but will now be stored in the FSMS database. A supportlevel password will be required to manually change the tracking number range.

• Meter Configuration Impacts – a meter can only be added once the support-level password has been entered. Upon clicking the Add button, a popup box will be displayed. Upon entering all information,

FSMS will attempt to retrieve existing meter information from FedEx mainframe systems. New meters may be requested and configured by using the FSMS Meter Registration Utility launched from the desktop. In the event a meter cannot be added automatically, meter information may be entered manually.

• The first meter entered into the FSMS Configuration Utility is the

Master meter. All subsequent meters are Child meters. To change a meter designation requires entry of the support-level password.

• Any manual changes to configuration information on the Shipper

Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration Utility will be uploaded to

FedEx and shall overwrite existing data for the meter/account.

• FSMS will verify each configured meter as they are entered by communicating with FedEx systems. If communications are not enabled during the configuration process, FSMS will attempt to verify them when communications are established.

Advanced Regulatory

Information (ARI)

FSMS is asked to support the new Customs regulations in Canada and the U.S. by capturing additional shipment information and applicable edits in the Global Ship Request transaction. For more specific information, see the FSMS TCR Version 7.6.

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Feature

Gilbraltar II

Description

This requirement is to remove the edit for Country of Ultimate

Destination as a required entry in the Global Ship Request transaction.

International Rules and Regulations:

Determine shipping choices based on rules and regulations of the destination country.

Countries Available:

Support all countries in the Country of Manufacturer field, rather than only those served by FedEx. All of the countries in the world will now be valid countries for Country of Manufacture.

Country Specific Requirements include:

How the Commercial Invoice (CI) is required by the destination country, i.e. hardcopy, letterhead, country-specific language, or Electronic

Commercial Invoice (ECI). There will be no change to the ECI logic or the hardcopy CI logic.

FSMS introduces two new fields (CI Language Code and Destination

Country CI Indicator) in the Global Ship Request Reply in support of this feature.

Support Country Name Aliases:

This feature displays the multiple countries in the country drop-down that are identified with a single country code – i.e. Wales, Scotland, England and Channel Islands all have a country code of GB. This new functionality allows the user to easily determine the correct country code based on the known country name.

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