Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding
122 FedEx Ship Manager
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Server User Guide, Version 7.6
NOTE:
• Alcohol shipments always require an Adult Signature and a surcharge is applied. No other
signature option is available for alcohol shipments.
• No signature option is available for Hold at Location shipments.
• COD, Dangerous Goods, Ground HazMat, FedEx Home Delivery with Appointment Delivery and
shipments with an insurance value greater than $499 USD require a Direct Signature, and a
surcharge is not applied. Adult Signature is available as an upgrade for U.S. Domestic FedEx
Ground and FedEx Express shipments, and a surcharge is applied if Adult Signature is selected.
Indirect Signature and Deliver without Signature are not available for these types of shipments.
• All other non-residential U.S. Domestic FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipments and all
International shipments require an Indirect Signature. Direct Signature and Adult Signature are
available as an upgrade for U.S. Domestic FedEx Express shipments. Direct Signature is available
as an upgrade for U.S. Domestic and International FedEx Ground shipments. A surcharge will be
applied if an upgrade is selected. Deliver without Signature is also available for U.S. Domestic
FedEx Express shipments only.
• All other residential U.S. Domestic FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipments are handled as
Deliver without Signature. Indirect Signature, Direct Signature, and Adult Signature are available
as an upgrade for U.S. Domestic FedEx Express shipments, and a surcharge will be applied if an
upgrade is selected. Indirect Signature and Direct Signature are available as an upgrade for U.S.
Domestic FedEx Ground shipments, and a surcharge will be applied if an upgrade is selected.
• Direct Signature is the only signature option available for FedEx 1Day, 2Day and 3Day Freight
Services (U.S. Domestic FedEx Express Freight services).
See the table below for service combinations allowed with Signature Services.
NOTE:
If multiple Special Services are indicated, Special Services rules listed in the chart first precede
over rules listed later (e.g., HAL rules precede COD rules).
Use these codes for the following Signature Service Choices charts.
Special handling codes (10, 34 & 35) included in the label bar code:
The DEFAULT is the first item indicated.
• Other signature service choices available to the shipper
¾ IF only one choice listed, the customer MUST have that signature service.
Underlined options – no fee or fee is waived
($) Fee is applied
N/S No signature requirement has been selected or signature requirement is not available.
NO label changes (nothing in the bar code, no human readable prompts and no release
number).
* Available only for specific FSMS or WebAPI shippers
^ Declared Value (carriage) defaults for automation only
~ Suppress release number printing on label
No Declared Value PUP prompts
+ = NOT supported in automation for Ground products
% Deliver with signature will not be available for Ground shipments – this option will be
available at a later date.
Italic Not all special services are allowed for TD and IPD/IED
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