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GLS

ConFlowIO books through your own GLS account; labels come as PDF or for label printers (ZPL). Outside the EU, shipments are booked with the matching terms of delivery.

You enter the customs data itself in the GLS customs portal. The end-of-day closing has a building block of its own.

Demo on your own data

Prerequisite: a business customer contract with GLS and their approval for API access.

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  5. Shopware 6
  • 5ready-made building blocks
  • 7data models in the Shipping Bundle

Building blocks

Five building blocks for GLS

  • Create shipmentsWrite

    Books shipments through your own GLS account, several packages with one parcel and label each, outside the EU with the matching terms of delivery. Labels as PDF or for label printers (ZPL).

  • TrackingRead

    Reads the state of a shipment at GLS, with the delivery forecast and the time of delivery where GLS provides them, and, where available, who accepted the parcel.

  • CancelWrite

    Cancels a booked shipment.

  • End-of-day closingWrite

    Runs the end-of-day closing at GLS.

  • Free request

    For anything without a ready-made building block: a request to the API, using the stored credentials.

In practice

One workflow with GLS

  1. Shipping label for an order

    One mapping for every carrier, instead of one per carrier.

    1. Readorders from shop, marketplace or ERP
    2. Maporder onto a shipment with its packages in the Shipping Bundle
    3. Createone parcel with label per package at GLS
    4. Storethe labels as files

    One mapping for every carrier; changing carrier leaves it untouched.

Good to know

What to know about GLS

  • PrerequisiteA contract on your side.
    • A business customer contract with GLS
    • GLS's approval for API access
  • Not coveredWhat you do outside ConFlowIO.
    • You enter the customs data in the GLS customs portal
  • Shipping BundleA Shipping Bundle of its own describes shipments, packages, parcels, service points, shipping rates and pickups uniformly, the same for every carrier.
    • One mapping turns an order into a shipment
    • Which carrier creates the label is decided by the last building block
    • Several packages are created with one parcel and label per package
    • Changing carrier leaves the mapping untouched

Works well with

What works with GLS

Where the orders come from

One mapping for the shipment, whichever carrier.

Contact

See GLS on your own data

We are glad to show ConFlowIO on your own data. Bring a real slice of your orders.

The difference shows at real volumes — not at five sample records.

Would you like to read our whitepaper? Just say so in your enquiry and we will send it to you.

Rather write directly?info@conflowio.com