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Transportation efficiency is critical for both customer satisfaction and the bottom line. For high-volume mailers and shippers, Pitney Bowes Ascent™ software system reduces transportation and logistics costs and streamlines mail, parcel, air express, and LTL carrier shipment processing. It helps shippers and mailers compare service options and saves money without compromising delivery requirements.

Ascent™ is a powerful multi-carrier shipping solution, supporting on-line carrier automation including UPS, CPC, FedEx, Purolator, Canpar and DHL. Ascent™ links you to carriers and, with its Smart Shopping function, selects only carrier services that meet your delivery and cost of delivery requirements for the package.

The address verification feature, that uses the StreetSweeper™ Addressing Software, improves delivery performance and eliminates carrier address correction services costs. e-Track retrieves delivery status of individual packages or groups of packages from carrier websites and downloads the information to Ascent™ history file. Real-time decision-making and analysis tools reduce costly errors, enhance productivity, and control shipping costs mail and fax shipment notifications significantly reduce customer phone calls and improve customer service.


  • Provides electronic connectivity to multiple carriers, including UPS, CPC, FedEX, Purolator, Canpar, and DHL.
  • Enables you to rate shipments online during order-taking, confirm shipments immediately, and update inventory online.
  • Definable system parameters include forms, labels, reports, prompt names, screen design, keyboard mapping, and data views.
  •  Analyzes carrier usage across multiple modes.
  • Multi-line and LAN installations.
  • Supported with professional system integrators, training, and support.
  • Selects carrier service based on the delivery requirements for the package or customer's preference.
  • Allows you to compare shipment's expected and actual weight, then alert shipper of potential under, over, or incorrectly-packed cartons.
  • Produces required barcode.
  • E-track feature downloads delivery status of packages or groups of packages from carriers websites.
  • Provides real-time updates of shipping changes, tracking numbers, actual weight, and other shipping data to host application, facilitating invoicing.
  • Email and fax shipment notifications allow you to provide shipment information to customers.
  • Powerful conditional logic capability ensures internal business rule automation and compliance.


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