Welcome to the Agile Network UPS Solutions page. This page is for UPS customers and representatives who are interested in learning more about how Agile Network solutions integrate with internal business processes and systems, as well as automates the entire breadth of UPS service offerings as well as, export compliance, tracking and carrier invoice reconciliation.

Who is Agile?

Agile Network is an organization of transportation and logistics experts who focus on integrating automated shipping solutions with ERP systems. We develop enterprise shipping software and support over 1,000 UPS customers throughout North America and Europe. We have experience in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, industrial, retail, distribution, financial services, and healthcare.

What is our value proposition?

We help UPS and UPS shippers:

• Reduce transportation costs by optimizing UPS service selections; take full advantage of
  - UPS Mail Innovations for packages less than 3 pounds
  - UPS Basic for packages up to 10 pounds
  - UPS Ground for next day delivery areas from your shipping points
  - UPS International Trade Direct for countries that you ship multiple orders to
  - UPS WorldEase for paperless international shipments
  - UPS Freight for your LTL shipments
  - UPS Sonic air for your same day shipments

• Reduce regulatory compliance risks by controlling classification, labeling, documentation, audit trails, and reporting processes for export and hazardous material shipments.

• Reduce labor by automating routing, packing, weighing, rating, labeling, documentation, tendering, tracking, carrier invoice auditing and payment for parcel and freight carriers.
• We are the only major Shipping Management Software company that utilizes the UPS Connectship engine for carrier compliance, we have more certified Connectship technicians than any company other than UPS itself http://www.connectship.com/Partners/.

What solutions can we offer UPS customers?

Agile’s enterprise shipping platform, AgileElite, will provide the following solutions and benefits:

AgileRoute: automate rate management, route optimization and planning. Benefits: reduce transportation costs and labor by providing decision support in purchasing, order entry, and shipping.

AgileShip: automate parcel and freight rating and shipping execution. Benefits: reduce transportation cost and labor by automating routing, validations, and shipping executions.

AgilePack: capture what your packers are putting in each carton, and pack and ship in one operation too.

AgileOffice: incorporate UPS and USPS shipping from your desktop.

AgileExport: automate export document processing. Benefits: reduce regulatory compliance risk and labor with more accurate and simplified export documentation.

AgileHazmat: automate export document processing. Benefits: reduce regulatory compliance risk and labor with more accurate and simplified export documentation.

AgileView: automate inbound and outbound freight and parcel tracking, proactive exception alerts. Benefits: reduce safety stock for inbound shipments (estimate 1% of inventory) and reduce customer service issues.

AgileManage: the agility to have one source of information to measure transportation performance companies may  miss minor trends or not spot key changes in carrier performance when analyzing their shipping operation. Agile Manage collects all performance information in one place and will allow the manager to make incremental improvements.
 

Would I benefit from an AgileElite solution?

Our transportation and logistics systems experts have worked hard with UPS to prove how we can uncover potential savings opportunities and improvements with our free “Agile All Star Assessment”. The purpose of this assessment is to look at 5 areas of your operation that frequently contain “low hanging fruit” for cost reduction and optimized performance:

Rates: Are you using a USPS remailer other than UPS Mail Innovations? Could you incorporate UPS Freight in with your other UPS contract? How do you LTL rates and transit times compare against UPS Freight?

Spend: Are you selecting the right carrier services for the delivery commitment required? Are you wasting money on surcharges, penalties and accessorials which could be avoided? Could you save money by implementing basic planning and routing controls? Do you recover unexpected costs? Is there one source to analyze all transportation spending (or are costs locked up in silos)?

Process: Have you automated processes that ensure cost-effective transportation spending? Are you wasting time with export and hazmat processing, carrier invoice reconciliations, and generating PODs in A/R? How do you verify addresses, residential status and denied party screening?

Performance: How do the carriers compare in terms of on-time delivery performance, claims settlement, fuel surcharges and invoice accuracy? Do you have the tools to generate carrier report cards during rate negotiations?

Compliance: Have you implemented policies and procedures to ensure you are meeting regulatory requirements for exercising “reasonable care”? Do you perform restricted party screenings for international shipments? Do you regularly classify tariffs and perform license validations? Are you complying with Hazmat regulations?

Let us help! You cannot manage what you do not measure and we have to tools to identify savings opportunities. Agile has assigned a dedicated sales support resource who has many years of transportation and logistics experience.

Contact:
Steve Cooper
steve.cooper@agile-network.com
Office: 610-994-9777 ext 101

Call now or request a free Agile 5 Point Assessment today!