SPL Group is a New York shipping company whose ShipHub platform offers pre-negotiated parcel rates. AIMS360 connects to the SPL Group API, so SPL rates appear wherever AIMS360 shows shipping rates, next to your own UPS and FedEx accounts.
SPL Group sells parcel shipping at rates it negotiates with the carriers. AIMS360 connects to the SPL Group API, so once you contract with SPL, its rates show up wherever AIMS360 shows shipping rates, on the same list as your own UPS and FedEx accounts. You see both prices for the same parcel and take the one that wins.
Yes. AIMS360 connects to the SPL Group API. After you contract with SPL Group, you switch the SPL option on under System Settings, Shipping Integrations, enter the SPL login and settings, and SPL's rates appear in every AIMS360 screen that shows shipping rates, based on your SPL account.
The useful part is the comparison. Set up a second ShipVia code for a service, one pointing at your direct carrier account and one pointing at SPL, and both lines appear in the rate list for the same parcel. Which one is cheaper changes with zone, weight and box size, so you decide parcel by parcel instead of once a year in a spreadsheet.
Described from SPL Group's own site. Confirm current services and carriers with SPL.
SPL Group runs ShipHub, which it describes as API-first, multi-carrier shipping software for B2B shippers, with an office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
ShipHub applies SPL's pre-negotiated discounted rates automatically. Its site shows carriers including UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL and OnTrac.
ShipHub compares prices across carriers, and SPL also audits carrier invoices for errors. Its parcel audit business works on a performance basis.
The order, the cartons and the customer are already in AIMS360, so SPL's rate sits on the same list as your own contracts, against the same packed parcel.
SPL sets up your account and gives you the login the AIMS360 connection uses.
Through the SPL Group API, whenever rates are requested for a parcel, using your SPL account and settings.
Your own carrier rate on its ShipVia code, the SPL rate on its own code, with price and arrival side by side.
Choosing a line sets the freight on the shipment and the account it bills to, as with any carrier in AIMS360.
The freight is written to the shipment and carries through to the invoice, so margin after shipping is readable.
A ShipVia code binds a service to a rate source. Setting the same service up twice is what puts your contract and SPL's in the same list. The full mechanics are on the shipping labels and rate comparison page.
| ShipVia code | Service | Rate source |
|---|---|---|
| AA (example) | UPS Ground | Your UPS account, over the direct UPS API |
| SA (example) | UPS Ground | SPL Group, over the SPL Group API |
| Any other code | Any service you set up twice | One code per rate source, so both can appear in the same list |
Anywhere AIMS360 shows shipping rates, SPL rates show too.
| Rate here | What it is based on | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Customer order | Estimated weight from your style weights and standard pack | Quoting freight to a customer, or a card pre-authorization that includes freight |
| Pick ticket | The cartons the warehouse packed | The normal case, because the rate matches the real parcel |
| Invoice | The finished shipment | Freight settled at billing |
The integration uses your SPL account, so the agreement and rates come first.
Under Setup, System Settings, Shipping Integrations, enable SPL Group, enter the SPL login, and confirm the additional settings.
For each service you want to compare, add a second ShipVia code bound to SPL. Keep the default code on your direct account.
Rate one packed shipment and check that both lines appear with the prices you expect from each contract.
Decide who picks the line and when, at order entry for quotes or at the pick ticket for real cartons.
| Point | Detail |
|---|---|
| Your contract first | SPL rates appear only after you contract with SPL Group and enter its login. AIMS360 does not sell SPL rates. |
| Savings are SPL's figures | SPL publishes its own savings claims. The only number that matters is the one on your rate list for your parcels, so compare real shipments. |
| Collect freight is not rate shopping | When a retailer pays and its routing guide names the carrier, the cheaper SPL line is not yours to pick. That is a compliance question, not a price one. |
| Default codes stay | The default ShipVia codes that ship with AIMS360 cannot be deleted. Add SPL codes beside them. |
| Customs paperwork | The AIMS360 shipping integration does not produce commercial invoices or customs forms for international parcels. |
Yes. AIMS360 connects to the SPL Group API. Once you contract with SPL and enter its login under Shipping Integrations, SPL rates appear wherever AIMS360 shows shipping rates.
A New York shipping company. Its ShipHub platform is multi-carrier shipping software with pre-negotiated discounted parcel rates, rate shopping and carrier invoice auditing.
Yes. Set up a second ShipVia code for the service bound to SPL. Your direct rate and the SPL rate then appear side by side for the same parcel.
In every module that shows shipping rates: on the customer order for quotes, at the pick ticket against packed cartons, and on the invoice.
Yes. The integration uses your SPL login and settings, so you contract with SPL Group first. AIMS360 does not resell shipping.
SPL's ShipHub site shows UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL and OnTrac among others. What is in your rates depends on your SPL contract.
That depends on your parcels and your existing contracts. SPL publishes its own figures. Rate real shipments both ways in AIMS360 and compare the numbers you get.
Not on collect or third party freight, where the retailer's routing guide names the carrier and account. Use the comparison on shipments you pay for.
Yes. SPL Group is listed among AIMS360's shipping partners, and the rate connection is built into AIMS360. See all shipping integrations.
We will rate it on your own carrier account and on SPL Group in the same list, so you see the difference on a real box.
