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<blockquote data-quote="dogpilot" data-source="post: 2258859" data-attributes="member: 63465"><p>No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I understand that if it's within an hour of the pickup time that an OCP must be requested. I'm talking about shipments made throughout the day, none of which trigger the Smart Pickup (nor should they), <em>and</em> there's no way to use the Pickup API to trigger it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, sir, I don't believe I'm confused at all. I <em>am</em> a Smart Pickup customer, and have been using it for years - pretty much since it became available - using the online shipping interface. The biggest advantage Smart Pickup provides is a savings of time and fuel realized by the drivers. However, this alone was not enough incentive to get eligible companies to change their business processes, so UPS offers a discount for participating. Of course, not all customers would be suited to this. Among those would be the occasional shipper (once or twice a month?), and those that ship something everyday.</p><p></p><p>Clearly the API exists to do this, after all, UPS's own web site allows one to select a Smart Pickup, <em>and </em>WorldShip can do it - a testimony that it exists and is accessible from outside UPS's internal network. There's a way to do this - it's just kept close to their chest.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ah, HA! I'll do exactly that tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. I've worked on enterprise class systems in previous lives, Lowes, Cingular, First Data, a little bit for Home Depot, and a few others. I understand how systems of this magnitude can get really complicated. There's a huge momentum for large systems to grow incrementally. I found it difficult at best to convince the "business" that what they wanted could not be done within the existing structure. There were several occasions where we had to go back and re-architect certain subsystems. One was a result of a big-xxx merger. The back-end billing systems between the two companies were totally incongruent as were the front-end POS systems. Nothing common between them. A nightmare, but a fun one.</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for your kind advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dogpilot, post: 2258859, member: 63465"] No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I understand that if it's within an hour of the pickup time that an OCP must be requested. I'm talking about shipments made throughout the day, none of which trigger the Smart Pickup (nor should they), [I]and[/I] there's no way to use the Pickup API to trigger it. No, sir, I don't believe I'm confused at all. I [I]am[/I] a Smart Pickup customer, and have been using it for years - pretty much since it became available - using the online shipping interface. The biggest advantage Smart Pickup provides is a savings of time and fuel realized by the drivers. However, this alone was not enough incentive to get eligible companies to change their business processes, so UPS offers a discount for participating. Of course, not all customers would be suited to this. Among those would be the occasional shipper (once or twice a month?), and those that ship something everyday. Clearly the API exists to do this, after all, UPS's own web site allows one to select a Smart Pickup, [I]and [/I]WorldShip can do it - a testimony that it exists and is accessible from outside UPS's internal network. There's a way to do this - it's just kept close to their chest. Ah, HA! I'll do exactly that tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. I've worked on enterprise class systems in previous lives, Lowes, Cingular, First Data, a little bit for Home Depot, and a few others. I understand how systems of this magnitude can get really complicated. There's a huge momentum for large systems to grow incrementally. I found it difficult at best to convince the "business" that what they wanted could not be done within the existing structure. There were several occasions where we had to go back and re-architect certain subsystems. One was a result of a big-xxx merger. The back-end billing systems between the two companies were totally incongruent as were the front-end POS systems. Nothing common between them. A nightmare, but a fun one. Thank you all for your kind advice. [/QUOTE]
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