Overview: Shipping from RMS

Microsoft RMS (aka Retail Management System) is a POS Point of Sale application, typically used in retail stores to run cash registers. application.  ShipRush integrates with RMS in a few areas:

• RMS POS Screen Operation: This puts a ShipRush button right into the POS screen of RMS.

• Shipping Queue Operation:  RMS allows sales to be processed, and put into a 'shipping queue' for later shipping.  ShipRush integrates with this shipping queue, and stores tracking numbers, charges, etc. in RMS automatically.

• Point of Sale Operation:  The RMS transaction screen has a shipping information window (Shift-F1).  ShipRush integrates directly with this screen.

• The Inventory Transfer screen of the Store Manager

ShipRush can work in all the above modes without reconfiguration.

ShipRush can be installed on all POS stations, or select stations, as needed (and in accordance with your ShipRush license).  While multiple retail lanes may be used to enter sales, typically only one or two will have scales and printers to handle the shipments themselves (the 'shipping stations').  In this scenario, ShipRush would be installed only on the stations with the scales and printers.

Point of Sale Button Operation

1. Enter the transaction in the POS application

2. Press the ShipRush button, ShipRush pops up

3. Process the shipment

4. The tracking # and optionally the shipping charges are automatically posted to the POS screen

5. Tender the sale

Point of Sale Operation Shift-F1 screen

1. Enter the transaction in the POS application

2. Press Shift-F1 to go to the Shipping Information screen

3. Select ShipRush from the System Tray (by double clicking on it, for example)

4. Select the Customer in the ShipRush Customer Navigator

5. Ship!  The Tracking # and optionally the shipping charges are automatically posted to the Shipping screen

6. Close the shipping screen

7. Tender the sale

Shipping Queue Operation

At any or all registers:

1. Enter customer and items

2. Set shipping options via the Shipping screen (Shift-F1 in the RMS POS application)

3. Tender the sale

The sale is now in the shipping queue.  At the stations where shipments are processed (the 'shipping stations'), the following steps are used:

1. View pending shipments (Ctrl-Shift-F8 in the RMS POS application)

2. Select a shipment

3. Press Ship

4. ShipRush pops up

5. Process shipment in ShipRush

1. The tracking # is automatically posted to the Shipment screen, and saved with the sale in RMS

6. Close shipment

 Note that some setup is needed in the RMS Store Operations Manager application before using ShipRush in this way.