What are pickups?

In Carrier Connect all shipping orders to be picked up by the carrier are assigned to a “pickup”. You can automate how pickups are created by selecting a defined strategy (“Strategies for automatically detecting pickups”), or you can create pickups manually (Configuring pickup detection).

Once you have assigned all the shipping orders you want to a pickup, close the pickup (“end-of-day settlement”) – either through your host system or directly in Carrier Connect. This transmits the shipping order data in many cases via EDI to the carrier and generates a PDF loading list. The loading list can be printed and given to the driver for a signature.

Completing the pickup does not automatically notify the carrier to assign a driver to pick up the packages.

You can arrange the pickup of packages individually with your service provider, e.g. a regular daily pickup. If you want to order a pickup through Carrier Connect, select a pickup service such as the “Pickup booking” value-added service from FedEx.