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Using CPS and SDE...

AGCO^® Corporation, headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, USA, is a global manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and related replacement parts. AGCO offers a full product line including tractors, combines, hay and forage equipment, planters and other implements through more than 7,000 independent dealers and a combination of wholly-owned distribution companies, associates and licensees around the world. With over $2.3 billion in annual sales, AGCO's products are widely recognized and marketed under the following brand names: Massey Ferguson^®, Fendt™, AGCO^® Allis, White, Gleaner^®, Hesston^®, White New Idea^®, Landini, Agcostar^®, Black Machine, Glencoe^®, Farmhand^® and Tye^®. To support its product line, AGCO distributes parts from distribution centers located in Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Texas, Colorado, California, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

Their Batavia, Illinois distribution center stocks over 150,000 parts and processes thousands of orders every day. Twelve docks are used for shipping. An automated conveyer system keeps the parts flowing from all over the warehouse into the five shipping stations running CPS for Windows.

To maintain efficiency at their distribution centers and provide full package level detail on each box it ships with UPS^®, AGCO uses CPS Shipping Data Exchange (SDE) technology to connect their shipping PC's to their IBM mainframe R9672-RB5 computer system. The shipping personnel type or scan an order number, and CPS looks up the shipment information on the mainframe and injects it directly into CPS. The package is weighed and CPS then prints shipping labels with complete address, tracking number, bar code and Maxicode information, meeting all UPS requirements. Data for the parcel’s weight, tracking number and shipping charges are then written back to the mainframe. The entire process takes only a few seconds per package. In addition to its fast shipment processing, this system also relieves the accounting department from making multiple data entries and AGCO dealers can look up their orders on the mainframe to easily verify that a product had been shipped, saving all involved many phone call inquiries about shipment status.

Learn more about AGCO and all their products at their web site, click here...

Contact the Harvey Software Sales department if you need a solution to help you with your shipping, 800-231-0296 or send an e-mail today.  We can have even automate the more difficult systems with CPS for much less than you might think!

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