Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding
FedEx Ship Manager
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Pre-Ship Validation can be accomplished with a single ship transaction or in an Open Ship
transaction. For more information regarding Open Shipping functionality, see “Open Shipping”
later in this chapter.
Multiple-Piece Shipment Transaction (020)
A multiple-piece shipment (MPS) consists of two or more pieces (packages) going to the same
recipient/consignee. An MPS shipment uses a single transaction (with multiple occurrence fields) or a
single Open Ship transaction. There are three types of MPS shipments:
• Domestic FedEx Express
• International FedEx Express
• FedEx Ground/Home Delivery
Following is a description of each of these MPS shipping types.
Domestic FedEx Express (U.S./CA)
A Domestic FedEx Express MPS is not considered a true multiple-piece shipment because there is no
Master tracking number to link the packages together. In addition, Domestic FedEx Express packages do
not have an MPS piece count printed on the label (for example: Package 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3). You
can prepare U.S. and CA Domestic MPS shipments via Open Shipping or through the use of multiple
occurrence fields.
FedEx International Express (including U.S. export)
FedEx International Express shipments are considered “true” MPS shipments because they are linked by
a Master tracking number, and the shipping labels for each piece of an MPS shipment have a piece count
(for example: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3). FedEx International Express shipments are created by using a
single 020 transaction with multiple occurrence fields or can be created using the Open Ship option. You
may ship a single shipment with up to 9,998 packages as an MPS shipment.
FedEx Ground/Home Delivery
Like FedEx Express Domestic shipments, FedEx Ground/Home Delivery shipments (including
International FedEx Ground) are not considered true MPS shipments because there is no Master tracking
number used to link the packages together. You can label the packages with the piece count (1 of 3, etc.).
The appearance of the MPS piece count is optional for FedEx Ground and may be disabled by
unchecking the Multi-Pack Piece Count checkbox in the Meter Settings tab of the FSMS Configuration
Utility. If checked, the piece count will always appear on a FedEx Ground/Home Delivery MPS label if the
shipment was either created using a single transaction with multiple occurrence fields or in an Open Ship
transaction if no labels were printed prior to the Confirm Shipment transaction. If any label of an Open
Ship transaction is printed prior to Shipment Confirm, piece counts are removed because the final
package total is unknown.
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