Integrate with shipping providers for label creation and status updates

Purpose

1.1. Automate integration between forklift dealer inventory/order system and multiple shipping providers for rapid label creation and real-time status updates.
1.2. Ensure all orders are shipped with traceable, printed shipping labels without manual entry.
1.3. Synchronize shipment status automatically to inventory, order, and customer-facing systems.
1.4. Reduce time spent manually booking shipping, updating tracking information, or printing labels.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New order with shipping requirement in the inventory/order management system.
2.2. Status update from a shipping provider API or webhook.
2.3. Inventory item marked as "Ready to Ship" or "Picked."
2.4. Scheduled batch processing at set intervals for bulk shipments.

Platform Variants

3.1. UPS
• API: Shipping API - Automate label creation and retrieve tracking numbers; configure REST endpoint with authentication.
3.2. FedEx
• API: Ship Manager API - Automates shipment transaction, gets status updates via webhook.
3.3. DHL Express
• API: MyDHL API - Automation for multi-country label generation and real-time status fetch.
3.4. USPS
• API: Web Tools API - Automate label printing and get delivery status via Tracking API.
3.5. ShipStation
• API: Orders API - Automates order sync, shipment creation, and label printing.
3.6. EasyPost
• API: Create Shipment/Buy Label endpoints - Automate label generation, retrieve tracking.
3.7. Shippo
• API: /shipments and /tracks - Automate label purchase and automate tracking update pulls.
3.8. Sendle
• API: Shipments endpoint - Automatedly book shipment, retrieve printable label.
3.9. Canada Post
• API: Ship and Track API - Automate label creation and status collection.
3.10. Royal Mail
• API: Shipping API - Enable automation for label generation and automated delivery progress check.
3.11. Australia Post
• API: Parcel Send API - Automate label printing and track event collection.
3.12. GLS
• API: GLS ShipIT API - Automate label order and receive status callbacks.
3.13. Hermes
• API: Shipping Solution API - Automate shipment entry and automate status queries.
3.14. Purolator
• API: Shipping Service - Automate order input and automatedly retrieve printable labels.
3.15. FreightPOP
• API: Orders & Shipments endpoints - Automate multi-carrier label and status automation.
3.16. SendCloud
• API: Shipping Labels and Tracking endpoints - Automate label generation and status updates.
3.17. Metapack
• API: Delivery Management API - Automation for label issuance and automated status polling.
3.18. Stamps.com
• API: SOAP Web Services - Automate shipping label requests and update status automatedly.
3.19. Pitney Bowes
• API: Shipping API - Automate order-to-label and automate status update pulls.
3.20. Amazon Shipping
• API: Amazon Shipping API - Automates label issuance and automates tracking status sync.

Benefits

4.1. Automates manual tasks, increasing warehouse and order processing productivity.
4.2. Reduces errors by automated reading/writing of tracking information.
4.3. Enhances customer experience by automating real-time shipment notifications.
4.4. Improves inventory accuracy with automated shipped/order status links.
4.5. Enables batch and on-demand shipment processing automation, scalable for growing orders.
4.6. Simplifies compliance and document storage through automated record-keeping of all shipping events.