QAD Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping
The Parcel Execution Layer Between Planning and Delivery
Transportation costs are often determined at the dock. A carrier chosen by habit, a needless upgrade, or a label that takes five seconds to print instead of one may seem insignificant, but repeated thousands of times, these decisions erode freight budgets. QAD Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping (MCPS) automates carrier selection, rate shopping, label generation, tracking, and freight audit across every shipment to reduce costs, increase throughput, and meet delivery promises, with more than 1B+ transactions, with 5,500+ carriers in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Control freight costs and scale shipping operations—without adding headcount
Cut freight cost leakage where it actually happens.
For companies shipping 10,000+ parcels annually, 3–5% of freight spend is typically driven by execution behavior, not carrier rates. MCPS applies real-time rate shopping and rules-based carrier selection at the moment of shipment, driving 10–15% freight cost reduction and recovering overcharges through automated freight audit.
Grow volume without growing cost or headcount.
MCPS is a growth enabler, not just a cost tool. Sub-second label generation removes bottlenecks at the packing station, so existing teams process millions of shipments per year. One QAD customer reduced transaction processing time from 5 seconds to 1 second and gained enough throughput to avoid a planned $10M distribution facility.
Deliver on time, everywhere, with full visibility and control.
A single interface manages carrier selection, tracking and exceptions across 5,500+ carriers, with address verification across 249 countries and territories and compliance built into execution. Teams gain consistent, standardized shipping across every site, warehouse and packing station.
One execution layer for the entire parcel shipping workflow
Multinational parts specialist TVH Parts reduces the time needed to produce carrier compliant labels with QAD Global Trade and Transportation Execution (GTTE) solutions.
Global electronic components distributor Future Electronics achieves simplified cross-border shipping and global trade compliance with QAD Global Trade & Transportation Execution solutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Multi-carrier parcel shipping software provides a single solution to manage all parcel shipments, regardless of volume. It eliminates manual rate comparison and tracking across multiple carrier websites, automates carrier and service-level selection, generates carrier-compliant labels and documentation, and provides unified tracking and analytics. QAD MCPS delivers this at enterprise scale, having processed over 1 billion transactions across a network of 5,500+ carriers.
Because most avoidable cost is created during execution, not in the contract. For companies shipping 10,000+ parcels annually, 3–5% of freight spend is typically driven by execution behavior—premium service upgrades, carrier choices made by habit and shipments processed across disconnected systems. MCPS brings rate shopping, consistent carrier rules and freight audit into the moment of shipment, delivering 10–15% freight cost reduction on top of negotiated rates.
No. MCPS complements your TMS. QAD does not compete in Transportation Management Systems; MCPS is purpose-built for the parcel execution layer. While a TMS handles network optimization, load planning and freight mode selection, MCPS takes over at the point of parcel execution—rating across 5,500+ carriers in real time, generating compliant labels in under a second and transmitting shipment data electronically. For organizations running Oracle OTM, MCPS integrates directly to extend it without replacing it: the TMS drives the strategy, MCPS executes at the dock.
Beyond carrier selection, rate shopping and label generation, MCPS includes Desktop Shipping for self-service parcel shipping with consistent corporate rules, Delivery Exception Management for real-time tracking, proof of delivery and proactive exception handling, Freight Bill Audit and Pay to validate carrier invoices and recover overcharges, and Transportation Analytics for real-time visibility across shipping operations. MCPS also integrates with QAD Global Trade Compliance (GTC)—including Restricted Party Screening and Export Management—so screening, execution and audit happen on one platform.
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