UPS launches CampusShip tailored shipping tools

UPS has launched CampusShip, a UPS-hosted, Web-based distributed shipping solution which the company says allows far-flung employees-whether on a large corporate campus, in multiple stores or offices scattered across the country or on the road- to easily process and ship UPS packages from their computer desktops or laptops.

Highly customizable, the system also allows transportation and mailroom decision-makers centralized control over shipping procedures and costs, and helps simplify billing by generating the detailed shipping histories that professional service firms require for client invoicing.

“With UPS CampusShip, we’re bringing the power and efficiency of our Web-based shipping tools to a whole new set of customers,” said Tim Geiken, UPS vice president of e-commerce marketing. “We designed CampusShip specifically for customers with facilities and workers who are widely scattered or located on a corporate campus, in industries like the financial, insurance, real estate, legal, automotive and retail industries as well as higher education and government.”

UPS CampusShip utilizes UPS OnLine Tools, a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow shippers to track packages, print labels, manage an address book and even e-mail shipping notification to recipients.

Web-based and requiring little effort for implementation, UPS CampusShip maintains administrative controls over shipping procedures and users.