- Interface to FedEx-hosted functionality Used by developers to integrate FedEx shipping or document printing and finishing functionality into software programs, Web sites or Web Applications
-Interface to customer-hosted functionality
-Server software installed in customer’s data center and integrated into their existing software
Interface to fedex.com functionality at Customer's Web Site
Target Audience
- Customers that want to integrate FedEx shipping functionality directly into their existing order-entry, warehouse management and other business software systems, but don’t want to host their own software
- Customers that want to integrate FedEx Office printing and finishing services into their existing content creation, document management, and procurement processes
- Customers that have IT/developer
resources to create their own GUI
-Customers that have an absolute need for integration, and speed
- Customers that have IT/developer resources to create their own GUI - Hundreds or even thousands of PPD
Customers that need quick Web based solutions with minimal IT/Developer Resources
Integration Capabilities
Required
Required
Provide origin, destination and weight and obtain list of available services rate quotes
Administrative Capabilities
Not provided
- FedEx Ship Manager® Enterprise
- Complete shipping solution for highest-volume environments
- Offers administrative control over multiple users in multiple locations
- Resides on customer environment
- Has a GUI
Integrating with FedEx Web Services
FedEx Web Services is the next generation API for integrating software applications with FedEx Systems. Web services represent the future application integration because they offer the following:
Inter-operability: Any Web service can interact with any other Web service and can be written in any language.
Ubiquity: Web services communicate using HTTP and XML--So any connected device that supports these technologies can both host and access Web Services.
Low Barrier to Entry: The concepts behind Web services are easy to understand, and developers can quickly create and deploy them using many tool-kits available on the web.
Industry Support: Major content providers and vendors are supporting the Web services movement.
FedEx Web Services are designed to achieve the following:
Streamline Operations
Integrate common FedEx functionality into your business workflow, including the ability to locate the best rates, estimate transit times, and track shipments.
Save time by automating common processes like rate and service selection, generating labels, and exchanging data between information sources.
Industry Standard
FedEx Web Services conforms to industry standards and is compatible with a comprehensive array of developer's tools to provide faster time to market and increased flexability to integrate FedEx transactions and information into your applications.
FedEx WSDLs are designed to be fully interoperable with any product or developer's tool that also conforms to the WS-I Basic Profile. For details see: Web Services Interoperability.
A Wealth of Resources
FedEx Web Services Technical Resource offers developers a secure environment to access the resources necessary for integration--from product planning guidance, documentation and sample code all the way to testing and production. Everything a developer needs to complete a FedEx integration project in record time.
Register to access Technical Resources and get started today!
FedEx Web Services Capabilities
FedEx Web Services is organized into Standard and Advanced services. Standard services do not require certification for proprietary developers, while Advanced services do require certification for these users (see the Understanding Requirements for more information on certification requirements and developer types).
The Developer Resource Center offers sample code for several programming languages such as: Java, C#, C++, VB.Net, and PHP.
FedEx Web Services for Shipping
Standard Services
Category
Service
Description
Rating
Rate
Provide origin, destination, weight, and service and obtain rate quote
Rate Available Services
Provide origin, destination and weight and obtain list of available services rate quotes
Service Availability
Provide origin and destination information and obtain list of available FedEx Express services. (Excludes FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery).
Tracking and Visibility
Track
View tracking information for all of your inbound, outbound or third-party shipments.
FedEx Signature Proof of Delivery
Obtain delivery confirmation as well as signature proof of delivery
FedEx Notification
Email notification of package shipment or delivery
General
Drop-Off Locator
Find out closest drop off locations
Advanced Services
Category
Service
Description
Shipping
Ship/Cancel Ship
Obtain a label for your package
Ground Close
Close groups of shipments and generate shipment manifest for package pick up
Email Label/Cancel email label
Send a return shipment label to a recipient email address
Courier Dispatch
Courier Dispatch/Cancel Courier Dispatch
Request Courier pick up
Call Tags
Express Tag/ Cancel Express Tag
Request FedEx Express package pick up without any labels (labels will be provided by FedEx courier)
Express Tag Availability
Check availability of express tag service
Ground Call Tag/Cancel Ground Call Tag
Request FedEx Ground package pick up without any labels (labels will be provided by FedEx courier)
Other
Address Verification
Validate US addresses
Identify US Business and Residential addresses
FedEx Web Services for Office and Print
Advanced Services
Category
Service
Description
Print Services
Print Online
Upload a document to FedEx Kinko's® Print Online
When to Use FedEx Web Services FedEx Web Services are best for:
Online transactions which require immediate response
Situations with low to moderately intensive transaction volume
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Back to Top Integrating with FedEx Ship Manager Server
Get High Speed for Your High Volume
If you're a high-volume shipper, FedEx Ship Manager Server (FSMS) is the hardware and software application that offers a full-service shipping solution and provides a combination of competitively priced services for domestic and international shipments. This solution not only accelerates package shipping, but along with its high speed shipping "engine," FedEx Ship Manager Server is designed to be integrated into your existing systems so you can streamline your supply chain and relevant data. FedEx Ship Manager Server is free to high-volume FedEx customers.
Features and Benefits
Get the speed and flexibility your supply chain and eCommerce systems demand, with these full-strength features and benefits:
Inbound Visibility: In addition to a variety of tracking options, FSMS provides ShipAlert notifications of pickups, deliveries, and exceptions.
Standard Rates: Packages are rated with both discount AND standard rates from a single rate request to help you predict shipping costs.
Self-contained: All shipping functionality is contained within the FSMS application, preventing the need for constant communications with FedEx systems to perform vital shipping functions. This greatly increases the speed of the application and significantly reduces the security risks inherent in point-to-point electronic communications.
Customizable: FSMS is a transaction-based application that does not have a predetermined GUI. This allows a customer to develop an interface to meet specific business needs.
Scalable Technology: Adapts and expands to customers' changing needs, allowing a single installation of FSMS to support a large number of shipping origins, accounts, and meters regardless of location. This allows a customer to dedicate only the required amount of resources (hardware and personnel) as needed to support FSMS. The server application includes function-specific software modules and features that can be activated according to your business and shipping needs.
Global: FSMS ship to and fromm any FedEx served origin and destination.
When to use FSM Server
We recommend that integrations requiring extremely high volume be implemented with FedEx Ship Manager Server.
Situations where network connectivity is in question or undesired.
Enhance the Value of Your Site
Boost your customer satisfaction and internal productivity by offering access on your web site to FedEx applications available on fedex.com. Learn more about how you can use Plug-in to fedex.com to quickly and easily access ship, rate, signature proof of delivery, and other features at fedex.com from your own website.
View the fedex.com home page on your website.
Add shipment tracking capability to your site.
Allow customers to track packages on your site using alternate references.
Display signatures for delivered packages.
Provide access to FedEx Express and Ground list rates to your customers.
Display a color coded map that shows your customers how many days it will take to ship a FedEx Ground package from your Zip/Postal code to any destination inside the United States.
Send preprinted return labels to customers or employees who have return shipments. Customers with a return label can schedule a return pickup for the next business day, or any day up to two weeks in advance.
