ShipCompliant's Free Temperature Forecasting Tool Enables Wine Shippers to Comply...

ShipCompliant's Free Temperature Forecasting Tool Enables Wine Shippers to Comply with Mother Nature's Rules

BOULDER, Colo.--(Business Wire)--
ShipCompliant announced today that it has launched a custom
temperature forecasting tool for protecting wine shipments. The latest
addition to an innovative free tool suite from ShipCompliant is now
available for any winery or wine retailer to use on the ShipCompliant
website at http://www.shipcompliant.com/free-tools/.

Temperature forecasting has long been a problem for wineries and
wine shippers. Hot temperatures during the delivery process can
negatively impact the quality of the wine upon delivery and, more
importantly, for cellaring. Visibly damaged bottles cost wineries in
returned shipments and replacement shipment, and customer
satisfaction. However, a greater threat comes from the reputation hit
that occurs when wine that is not initially recognized as damaged by
the recipient, is cellared, and when finally consumed, is below
customer expectations.

ShipCompliant's temperature tool allows a winery to set thresholds
on temperatures at which they want their shipments out for delivery,
to see resulting destinations to which they should and shouldn't ship,
and ultimately to filter shipment files for zip codes with forecasted
temperatures within the thresholds, prior to sending to fulfillment.
This process that has previously been completely manual and extremely
time consuming can now be completed in a few easy steps.

"We gave a sneak-preview to about 350 people, including over 150
ShipCompliant customers at our third annual direct shipping seminar
and users conference on Friday," said ShipCompliant CEO Jason
Eckenroth. "The reception of the temperature forecasting tool was
remarkable. Our fulfillment partners and winery and wine retailer
partners can't wait to get their hands on this technology. The free
tool is a great proof of concept and will be extremely valuable to all
wine shippers, but we'll really be able to leverage this technology
within the ShipCompliant application, where our 1,800 users can take
advantage of automated weather holds and releases and exercise
unprecedented control over their shipping."

About ShipCompliant:

ShipCompliant is the leading compliance and fulfillment management
software solution for wineries and wine retailers, providing 100%
accurate compliance checks on orders, auto-populated state direct
shipping and tax reports, and many other efficiencies associated with
address validation, carrier integration, and accurate tax collection.
ShipCompliant's technological infrastructure allows it to easily
integrate with other software systems across all steps of the chain
between winery and end consumer resulting in easy workflows and time
savings for winery staff. To view a demo of the system and see how
wineries and retailers are saving time and money, please go to
http://www.shipcompliant.com/demo or call toll free at 888-449-5285.

ShipCompliant
Media Contact:
Elizabeth Hause, 303-996-2344

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