UPS Shipping XML

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What is UPS Auto Import XML?

You've probably become accustomed to using UPS Worldship's Keyed Import feature to pull shipping information from CMS. While Keyed Import is still available, CMS users have a new option that can streamline your shipping function. We have integrated the Worldship feature XML Auto-Import so that you can push shipping information to Worldship throughout the day, and generate your UPS shipping labels without having to leave the CMS Manifest window.

Setup for this feature involves telling CMS where (on your hard drive) to send the information, and telling UPS Worldship where (on your hard drive) to look for that information. If you are processing UPS shipments on more than one workstation, you will need to set up XML Auto-Import on each of them. See Setup for XML Auto Import.

Then, at the beginning of the shipping day, you place UPS Worldship in Auto-Import mode, and simply go about the business of processing packages in the CMS Manifest. When you click the Label button on the Manifest window—or scan the barcode for the Label button—if the package is to ship by UPS, CMS exports the shipping information to an .xml file in the location you have set up. Worldship, operating in Auto-Import mode, periodically checks the location for new data, and upon finding it, prints a label and sends back a tracking number.

This new integration significantly cuts your processing time. To really ramp it up, we've added support for USB/Serial scanners; so, if you have scales attached to the shipping workstation and use a barcode scanner, processing packages is as easy as 1-2-3:

Place package on scale.

Scan package barcode.

Scan label (F7) barcode.

Messages from the integration—including when a package cannot be automatically processed—are displayed on the Messages tab in the CMS Shipping Manifest. CMS automatically switches to the Messages tab when new messages come in.

XML Auto Import only processes new shipments. You will still use the UPS Worldship software to void shipments or run End of Day.