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Dangerous goods refer to certain hazardous goods that the secretary of transportation has recognized as dangerous and are capable of imposing a threat to health, safety, and property while being shipped. Most courier firms ban the shipment of certain items because of the nature of the goods. These items must be carried with extreme caution and must be declared prior to shipment. Some harmful commodities are forbidden from shipping by one or more modes of transportation. Because of their chemical or physical qualities, certain commodities are designated as DG goods. Crackers, gases, flammable liquids, corrosive substances, and so on are examples.

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First mile delivery

First-mile delivery refers to the first leg of the shipping journey. Delivery of first-mile delivery may differ according to industries and business models. For eCommerce shipping, first-mile delivery refers to picking up goods from the seller's warehouse by delivery agents and taking it further to the first holding center. To streamline this process sellers need to provide with pickup details and parcel details to couriers partners like Bluedart, Delhivery, DTDC, Amazon, etc.

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Order Allocation Engine

Order allocation engine refers to assigning of order pickup to relevant warehouse. A business may be operating from multiple warehouses, order is assigned to a particular warehouse based on multiple factors such as type of product, delivery location, etc.

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Dimensional Weight or volumetric weight

Dimensional weight, often known as DIM weight, is the space that a package occupies while being shipped. Consider the amount of room there is in a truck or a plane. If your box occupies a little more room than the weight it is charged for, you will be charged for that extra room. You are charged either the real or dimensional weight whichever is higher. Dimensional weight is calculated by multiplying the length, width and height of the shipment and dividing it by a courier specific volumetric divisor.

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Address Verification

Address Verification is a feature that validates the authenticity and deliverability of an address given by a cutomers. It has been proven an efficient sytem to reduce RTO for online stores.

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