WISL Webpickup
Overview
Waterloo Information Systems Limited
33 Dupont Street East
Waterloo, Ontario
N2J 2G8
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I. Introduction
The goal of WISL Webpickup is to provide a web based facility for the collection of customer pickup records that may then be transferred to WISL Dispatch to be utilized for dispatch processing. It is anticipated that the facility could be used by shippers or for staff for whom web access is more convenient than utilizing the Call Acceptance feature of WISL Dispatch.
II. WISL Webpickup Data Collection Routine
1. Access to the routine is controlled by the licensee on a website provided by the licensee. Certain data required for the transactions to be generated for the WISL Dispatch system will be retrieved automatically from a parameter file as part of the authorization process.
2. Customer/consignee, city points and province/state files may be used to facilitate effective and accurate collection of probill data. These files would be downloaded periodically from the licensee's server that runs the WISL Dispatch system.
3. Upon completion of data entry for each pickup a transaction is generated to be stored and sent in batch(via FTP) to the target WISL system on the licensee's server.
4. Upon completion of data entry for each pickup, a transaction may be optionally generated to be stored and sent in batch(via e-mail) to the source shipper's e-mail address.
5. Upon completion of data entry for each pickup, a document(bill of lading/packing slip) may be optionally generated to be printed on a specified local printer and sent with the shipment.
III. Batch Maintenance
The transaction batches generated by the web based interactive routine are input to the WISL Dispatch system using a mechanism that may be invoked via menu action, with the "\ WTR" command or automatically at a timed interval.