FedEx API Changes
By Nick - August 15, 2011
In May of 2012 FedEx will retire their FedEx Ship Manager and FedEx Ship Manager Direct APIs (application programming interface), replacing them with their new FedEx Web Services API.
This change impacts all third party shipping solutions, from commercially developed products like our own to shipping tools developed internally by your IT team. And, if you’re not on a fully compliant platform (e.g. if you’re system isn’t on the new Web Services API) you will be completely unable to ship, creating an outage for your employees and a fire drill for your IT and Office Services teams.
At PS|Ship, we’ve been preparing for this change for some time, and we’re fully certified on the new FedEx Web Services API. Our latest release, 5000W, takes full advantage of new Web Services functionality, including time-specific delivery commitments and an expanded offering of Home Delivery services.
In speaking with numerous clients / prospects in the past few months we’ve encountered various levels of awareness to this business critical change. So we ask, are you prepared for the upcoming changes? Does your current shipping system utilize the soon-to-be-retired API? Will your users be able to ship via FedEx?
If you’ve got questions about the upcoming API changes, or are interested in how PS|Ship can help meet your shipping needs, we’d be happy to speak with you, and you can reach us at: info@psship.com.
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