Extensiv Launches New Platform to Improve Costs and Vendor Choices for Small Parcel Shipping
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - August 9, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
Extensiv - delivering omnichannel software solutions for warehouse, inventory, and order management - today announced the launch of its Parcel API, a new application programming interface (API) for Extensiv 3PL Warehouse Manager customers that allows virtually any small parcel shipping provider to integrate to 3PL Warehouse Manager and make their services available to its 1,100+ 3PLs. Third-party logistics (3PL) providers can now quickly and easily add the most efficient and economical shipping option to support whatever shipping provider their customers demand, enabling 3PLs to win more business and operate more efficiently.
"Small parcel shipping is getting more difficult as major shipping carriers raise rates, increase surcharges, and stop working with smaller volume customers," said Amit Kumar, Vice President of Product at Extensiv. "This volatility has driven innovation across the world of small parcel deliveries, with new providers emerging every day, including next and same day. The Parcel API is all about options and leverage, providing the most connected warehouse management system in the market for small parcel delivery options. The new API structure enhances our capabilities across multiple providers, helping our 3PL customers move beyond a limited number of shipping partners."
Extensiv's Parcel API
Parcel API is an open platform that allows Extensiv 3PL Warehouse Manager customers to select the provider best suited to business needs, providing access to more options for carrier integration and provider services. With the Extensiv Parcel API and a growing list of shipping partners, 3PLs will be able to work with virtually any label provider, ensuring they receive the best shipping price and performance. Rather than relying on a single partner for capabilities, 3PLs can turn to Extensiv's partner Ecosystem for more options, offering flexibility as needs change and supporting the best pricing and performance for shipping needs.
The Parcel API builds on Extensiv 3PL Warehouse Manager's Small Parcel Suite, a SaaS-based paperless warehouse efficiency solution for 3PLs offering ecommerce and omnichannel fulfillment. With the Small Parcel Suite, 3PL warehouses reduce packing time by 50% by offering regular order packing and packing from shelves. The Small Parcel Suite drives accuracy by ensuring that verified orders are correct. In addition, Small Parcel Suite customers can save thousands per month on carrier fees by leveraging rate shopping rules to automatically print the lowest cost label.
Additional benefits of the Extensiv Parcel API:
- Connection to the widest array of shipping partners: 3PL warehouses use a variety of carriers for shipping, but the market includes hundreds of carriers, including small, regional players. Each carrier has a unique offering through API connections, including specialty services.
- Win more business: By having the flexibility to work with any carrier their customer needs and negotiate better shipping rates, 3PLs can differentiate their business and win more clients.
- Reduced complexity of shipping integrations: Extensiv Parcel API helps users keep pace with the dynamic market through access to label providers.
- Access to innovation: As this dynamic and growing sector of the industry evolves, Extensiv Parcel API will help provide access to new capabilities from well-established providers and exciting new entrants.
- Enhanced high volume processing (HVP): By allowing 3PLs to process labels for many orders simultaneously, Extensiv Parcel API helps 3PLs operate warehouses more efficiently.
- Lower shipping and transportation costs: Outside of labor, shipping and transportation are the largest expenses for warehouses. Leveraging pre-negotiated rates through Parcel API label partners, 3PLs can significantly reduce shipping costs.
- Reduced chargeback expenses: Extensiv Parcel API minimizes the chances of incurring the steep chargebacks often billed for mismanaging shipments, such as penalties for printing a label with a non-valid service.
For carriers looking to offer their services to Extensiv 3PL Warehouse Manager customers, this opens a new avenue to integrate with the system. In the coming months, Extensiv will expand carrier programs with early adopter partners, as well as open participation to a broader array of third parties through the Parcel API.
Click here to learn more about Extensiv's small parcel solutions.
About Extensiv
Extensiv, formerly 3PL Central, is a visionary technology leader focused on creating the future of omnichannel fulfillment. We partner with warehouse professionals and entrepreneurial brands to transform their fulfillment operations in the radically changing world of commerce and consumer expectations. Through our unrivaled network of more than 1,500 connected 3PLs and a suite of integrated, cloud-native warehouse management (WMS), order management (OMS), and inventory management (IMS) software, we enable modern merchants and brands to fulfill demand anywhere with superior flexibility and scale without painful platform migrations as they grow. More than 25,000 logistics professionals and thousands of brands trust Extensiv every day to drive commerce at the pace that modern consumers expect.
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Hy-Vee Expands Its Rollout of FutureProof Retail’s Self-Scanning Solution
Hy-Vee, a Midwestern retailer with more than 285 grocery store locations, is expanding its Scan & Go program that runs on FutureProof Retail (FPR)'s Mobile Checkout Platform to even more locations. Hy-Vee's Scan & Go service launched at select Des Moines, Iowa, locations in 2021 and has since been implemented at several dozen Hy-Vee locations, with more on the way.
FPR's solution allows customers to scan items with their phones, pay in the app and leave the store after scanning a QR code on their way out. Customers can also weigh produce themselves and simply scan a barcode on the scale screen. While shopping, customers see their basket total at any time and can bag items immediately. The app also applies all deals, promotions, coupons and perks to the shopping basket.
Hy-Vee states its Scan & Go service provides added convenience to busy customers who are "on the go."
With FPR's support, the retailer was able to set up the platform and integrate it with its existing systems in a matter of months. FPR integrated its scan-and-go solution with Hy-Vee's existing point-of-sale and promotion systems, enabling customers to earn Hy-Vee Fuel Saver Rewards and use digital coupons while shopping with the app.
"Hy-Vee set a new record in driving adoption at launch, especially in its new flagship stores," said Will Hogben, CEO of FutureProof Retail. "Hy-Vee is a leading innovator in retail technology and new store formats, and we are thrilled to be their partner for new checkout technologies."
About FutureProof Retail
Founded by a group of impatient shoppers and award-winning developers in New York, FutureProof Retail (FPR) links online and in-store shopping through its mobile shopping solutions. FPR's mobile platform provides retailers with touch-free scan & go and order-ahead retail solutions. FutureProof Retail offers unique and customizable solutions for retail verticals such as grocery, fashion, big box, convenience, micro-markets, stadiums, and airports. For more information or to schedule a demo, visit futureproofretail.com or contact [email protected].
About Hy-Vee
Hy-Vee, Inc. is an employee-owned corporation operating more than 285 retail stores across eight Midwestern states with sales of more than $12 billion annually. The supermarket chain is synonymous with quality, variety, convenience, healthy lifestyles, culinary expertise and superior customer service. Hy-Vee ranks in the Top 5 Most Trusted Brands and has been named one of America's Top 3 favorite grocery stores. The company's more than 90,000 employees provide "A Helpful Smile in Every Aisle" to customers every day. For additional information, visit www.hy-vee.com.
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