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Argos Software

Shipping integration

Small parcel shipping integration with ProShip

Ship parcels without keying orders twice. Argos sends each shipment to ProShip, and the label and tracking come back to the shipment in Argos.

A semi-truck pulling out of a distribution center

How a parcel shipment flows

Four steps, start to finish.

  1. Build the shipment

    Enter and stage the shipment in Argos on the same screen your team uses for every receipt and shipment.

  2. Send it to ProShip

    Open the staged or completed shipment in ProShip with the ProShip parameters set up in Argos.

  3. ProShip rates and labels it

    ProShip handles rate shopping, carrier compliance and manifests for the carriers you ship with.

  4. Label and tracking come back

    The label prints and the tracking returns to the shipment in Argos.

What Argos and ProShip each do

  • Argos: holds the order and shipment, sends it to ProShip, and keeps the label and tracking that come back.
  • Argos: prints bills of lading, consolidated picking slips, SSCC barcode labels and UCC shipping labels from the shipment.
  • ProShip: rate shopping across parcel carriers, carrier compliance and carrier manifests.
  • Argos: sends shipping notices and carrier advice to the trading partners who need them, by EDI.
Warehouse workers scanning parcels at a packing station

WMS shipping integration capabilities in Argos

Argos holds the shipments, prints the documents and sends the partner messages behind the ProShip integration.

Shipping Documents and Labels

Print bills of lading, picking slips and shipping labels

Print the paperwork each receipt and shipment needs, from bills of lading and put-away sheets to consolidated picking slips, SSCC barcode labels and UCC shipping labels.

  • Print up to four documents set on the transaction profile straight from the entry screen
  • Simple bill of lading and receipt put-away documents
  • Consolidated picking slip with locations

Load Tender, Shipment Status and Rail EDI

Exchange load tender, status and rail EDI

Inbound 204 load tenders become dispatch orders with their pickup and delivery stops, and dispatch answers with 990 responses, 214 status and 322 terminal event messages.

Shipping integration questions

Straight answers, drawn from what the software does today.

Which shipping solutions software does Argos work with?

Argos sends small parcel shipments to ProShip. ProShip rates, labels and manifests them, and the label and tracking come back to the shipment in Argos.

Does Argos print shipping labels?

Yes. Argos prints SSCC barcode labels, UCC shipping labels, bills of lading and picking slips from the shipment, and parcel carrier labels come from ProShip.

Can Argos tell my customers and carriers what shipped?

Yes, by EDI. Argos sends shipping notices, shipping advice and carrier advice to each trading partner, and can re-send an earlier document when a partner asks.

See parcel shipping in Argos

Walk through a shipment from pick to ProShip label with the Argos team.