Improving Fulfillment Times and Overcoming Obstacles:

A Guide to Shipping With an ERP

Presented by:

1. ShipStation1.1. ShipStation Introduction1.2. Order Fulfillment Aches & Pains1.3. Best Practices For Quick Fulfillment1.4. Consolidating With ShipStation

2. APPSeCONNECT2.1. Benefits of having an ERP and how ERP Integration with Shipping Solution

can bring efficiency2.2. How Shipstation and ERP data exchange can help in Quick Order Fulfillment2.3. Live Demo of Integration between Shipstation and ERP

Today’s Agenda

Speaker Intro

What is Shipstation?

ShipStation is a web-based shipping solution that streamlines the order fulfillment process for your online business.

● Internal Processes ○ Organization

○ Planning accordingly

○ Making the right decisions

○ Tracking and managing costs

○ Transparency and communicating

○ Managing and meeting expectations

Order Fulfillment Challenges

● Easy Solutions○ Dedicated work space and consolidation ○ Staffing and Inventory○ Automate when possible ○ Review carrier/service/package○ Update buyer during order lifecycle and be proactive○ Ensure you can meet all expectations

Best Practices For Quick Fulfillment

Consolidating With ShipStation

● ShipStation can: ○ Import all orders from marketplaces

○ All carrier accounts and rates together

○ Manage all shipments/returns in same place

○ Update orders and shipments

At the most basic level: An organization has several Business Processes to continue its operation, such as:

● Finance & Accounts

● Items & Inventory Management

● Manufacturing/Production

● Purchase & Sales

● Supply Chain Management

● Customer Relationship Management

● Employee & Payroll

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

● Each process needs automated business systems/software to function.

● ERP ensures single software with interconnected modular approach to meet needs of all these business processes.

● Inter- Department Communication becomes automated through ERP system.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

● Integrated business processes

● Central database - no data duplication

● A single ‘view of the truth’

● Easy-to-use, powerful reporting across the whole suite (and therefore the whole organization)

● The same look-and-feel across the whole system, making training and using the ERP very straightforward.

Benefits of having an ERP

ERP Classification & Example

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On Premise/SaaS (SAP B1, MS Dynamics GP)

ERP

ERP Systems for SMEs

ERP Systems for Large Enterprise

On Premise (Sage, Microsoft Dynamics NAV)

Cloud SaaS (SAP ByD, Netsuite, MS Dynamics 365)

On Premise (SAP ECC, Oracle EBS, SAP S/4 HANA)

Cloud SaaS (SAP S/4 HANA Cloud)

ERP + Shipping Solution = Efficiency

Benefits of Shipping Solution

● Shipping Solution brings Customers and Order Details across multiple channels, eCommerce, marketplaces

● Properly Manage your Sales Order and fulfillment plans

● Automate Shipping Process through automation rules, Ship faster, easier and cost effective way

Process to fulfill through ERP

● Customer Information coming from multiple Sales Channels to Shipping Solution need to be entered within ERP for Sales force Automation (CRM)

● New Products/Product Updates in ERP/Shipping Solution need be entered into the other platform for proper Item Master Data Management

● Orders/Order Edits/Order Cancellation within Shipping Solution need entry in ERP for planning of Fulfillment through Production/Purchase

ERP + Shipping - Quick Order Fulfillment

● APPSeCONNECT Integration Solution seamlessly connects Shipstation Platform with a wide variety of ERP Solutions

● Shipstation Orders get synced to ERP as Sales Orders and Shipping Labels as Delivery/Shipment

● New Sales Orders and Delivery/Shipments helps to plan proper Inventory Management and Purchase/Production Cycle; reducing operational costs

● Order Edits/Order Cancellations get synced into ERP in real time, helps to update Planning process accordingly

Demo : Shipstation + ERP

● Customer SyncCustomer Sync from Shipstation to ERP (Add/Update)

● Product SyncItem Sync from Shipstation to ERP & Vice Versa (Add/Update)

● Order SyncOrder Sync from Shipstation to ERP (Add/Update), Order Cancellation Sync

● Shipment SyncShipping Labels sync from Shipstation to ERP

Thanks!

shipstation.com

appseconnect.com