Shipping Software Glossary: Key Terms & Concepts
List of Shipping Software features
Billing and Invoicing
An invoice and a bill are documents that convey the same information about the amount owing for the sale of goods or services. Still, a company uses an invoice to collect money from its cu...read more
Contact Management
Contact management refers to keeping, organizing, and managing information about your customers, prospects, and sales leads. In its most basic form, an address book or an Excel or Google s...read more
Inventory Management
The process of procuring, maintaining, utilizing, and distributing a company's inventory is referred to as inventory management. This comprises the storage and processing of raw materials,...read more
Purchase Order Management
Purchase order management is an internal procurement procedure used by businesses to ensure that every purchase is justified, essential, and cost-effective. Many companies have well-define...read more
Shipping Management
The transporting of people or products from one location to another by ship or other methods is known as shipping. Shipping Management is when the entire shipping process is managed from s...read more
Supplier Management
Supplier Management covers the process of sourcing, selecting, and managing suppliers to keep the supply chain running efficiently. It helps organizations manage vendor relationships and c...read more
Order Management
The process of keeping track of clients' orders and managing the actions required in completing them is known as order management. Accepting the order, picking, packing, and shipping the t...read more
Document Management
A system or process for capturing, tracking and storing electronic documents such as PDFs, word processing files, and digital photographs of paper-based content is known as document manage...read more
Alerts
An app or software sends out alerts, which are actionable and content-rich push notifications. These alerts can be for various reasons, including messages from teammates, reporting manager...read more
Multi-Channel Communication
Multi-Channel Customer Service encompasses a variety of platforms such as phone, email, live chat, social media, and self-service channels such as FAQs, knowledge bases, forums, online com...read more
Alert Notifications
Alert Notifications are an essential feature of software that provide users with real-time updates and important information. These notifications serve as a way to keep users informed and ...read more
Onboarding
The process of welcoming new clients, confirming that their inquiries and concerns are addressed, and delivering new products and services as needed is called onboarding. Depending on the ...read more
Real-time Order Tracking
Real-time order tracking is a software feature that allows users to track the status and movement of their orders in real-time. This feature provides users with up-to-date and accurate inf...read more
Mobile App
A marketing automation app for mobile devices is a software application that allows marketers to automate and manage marketing activities. These processes can range from sending out a seri...read more
Brand Tracking
The marketing efforts used to quantify the benefits of brand-building activities on sales and conversions are referred to as brand tracking. Marketing teams are increasingly focusing their...read more
About the reviewer
Rajat Gupta is the founder of Spotsaas. Over the past two years, he has reviewed 2,000+ tools across CRM, HR, AI, and finance — applying hands-on product research and a background in commerce and the CFA program to evaluate software through a business and ROI lens. His goal: help teams make software decisions they won't regret.
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