Both modules support XML and electronic data interchange connectivity. Under a new rapid-deployment model, customers can get any of UPS's hosted applications integrated with their enterprise resource planning software in eight weeks if those systems are ready to link to the Internet. UPS is hoping that the sour economy may give a boost to its offerings. In rough economic times, companies may not be willing to invest the time, capital, or resources required to integrate an order-management system with a call center or to develop their own transportation network. Today, if you don't know where a package is, you have done nothing to improve the situation.
Fees vary according to the services and modules required.