Are you using a product like ShipStation but looking to elevate it with an automated packaging solution? While shipping software can efficiently automate your shipping functions, most products stop short of taking your package from the shelves to the loading dock. Imagine an automated packaging solution that determines the best carrier for each package based on weight, size, destination, and your company's negotiated shipping rates. This scenario is not just a future aspiration—connecting your shipping and packaging automation is possible now.
How to Integrate ShipStation with Packaging Automation
Set Your Rules in ShipStation Few companies ship all their packages using the same carrier or product. If your company uses various carriers depending on package size, weight, and delivery timeframe, ShipStation allows you to set parameters or "rules." These rules enable the system to automatically select the carrier and product based on package weight, size, and destination, using "if that, then this" commands.
Select Insurance Options Automate your insurance selections based on package value. For example, USPS Priority Mail includes insurance up to $50. For packages valued above this amount, ShipStation can be set to select additional insurance automatically.
Integrate with Your Shopping Cart Function By integrating ShipStation with platforms like BigCommerce, Shopify, Wix, or Magento, shoppers can instantly view available shipping options based on your parameters. Displaying live shipping information helps convert sales. Additionally, you can pass negotiated shipping rates to customers and/or add a handling charge.
Customizing Your Automation Solution
Not all packaging automation fits neatly into pre-set rules. That's where PrimeTest Automation excels. With over two decades of experience creating customized automation integration solutions, we help your shipping functions run efficiently and seamlessly. We begin by understanding your unique operation and needs before recommending a product or system. Only after thoroughly understanding your expectations and requirements do we proceed with the solution design.
Working with PrimeTest Automation
Consider a real case study: A customer shipping 10 to 15K packages daily with a mostly manual pick, kit, and placement process, alongside a manual ShipStation-based postage application, approached us. Their system had become inefficient as their business grew.
PrimeTest Automation developed a system that received order information from the customer’s MES system, working with ShipStation to automatically kit, package, and apply shipping/postage to the orders. This solution provided full tracking of all applicable products, significant quality improvements, and substantial labor savings, leaving the customer delighted.
Why Choose PrimeTest Automation?
PrimeTest Automation is a leader in manufacturing automation testing platforms and quality industrial control systems. We collaborate with plant managers and engineers to create automated solutions that meet and exceed your company’s requirements and expectations. With years of manufacturing automation experience, we address your manufacturing challenges in today's ever-changing environment.
To learn more about maximizing your automation and industrial quality control systems, including integrating your packaging automation, visit primetest.com or contact us at info@primetest.com. We have been helping companies like yours use automation efficiently since 2011.
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