# Shipium named in 2026 Gartner® MCPMS Market Guide

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## PLATFORM

### Universal Rules Engine

#### Implement and scale flexible business rules across your network

Scale your shipping operations by centralizing and automating key processes using configurable criteria for everything from packaging optimization to order routing to carrier selection.

## TOUR

### Powered by Flexibility: The only rules engine focused on end-to-end shipping operations

The platform’s universal rules engine provides new super powers you never thought were possible—until now.

#### Centralized Control

The web console gives you a single pane of glass to see and configure all rules across your entire network, from all carriers to fulfillment origins to partners and more.

#### No External IT Support Required

Eliminate the historical headaches of scripting and IT configurations for every little change, and instead turn IT into a strategic ally.

#### As Granular As You Want It

The expansiveness of options gives you extreme granular control of operations, which is particularly powerful in a multi-tenant environment like a 3PL.

#### Configurable via Console or APIs

Managing rules couldn’t be easier with a set-it-and-forget-it web console, but they can also be configured per API call for moments with a rule needs to be overridden.

## Customer Success Story

Carriers, partners, and analysts agree — Shipium is setting a new standard for fulfillment technology.

We now have the premium shipping experience to complement our incredible shopping experience that sets Saks OFF 5TH up to be an ecommerce leader.

— Shivi Shankaran,

Chief Operating Officer

## Use Cases

### The way business rules were meant to be

#### Streamline key processes

Automate your most critical workflows using deeply configurable criteria.

**Carrier selection**

Set volume thresholds, define carriers and service methods by zone, and automate the use of economy methods whenever possible.

**Seasonality and promotions**

Schedule, apply, and centrally manage business rules for peak season, promotions, and other events.

**Automated shipment properties**

Automate setup of essential business rules, like package level details.

### Manage rules throughout your network

Flexibly implement and manage unique business rules for different contexts, and scale logic network-wide.

**Fulfillment contexts**

Apply unique business rule configurations to be considered during rate selection and label generation for locations in your network.

**Comprehensive properties**

Manage carriers, service methods, specific accounts, rates, injection, and labeling for each unique configuration.

**Global and local configurations**

Easily implement shipping configurations globally, per-location, by brand or tenant, and more.

## Total Control

### Centralize all shipping operations into a single web console for easy management

#### Website EDDs

Create a more competitive online shopping experience through ironclad delivery promise dates that are backed by ML-powered time-in-transit predictions.

[Learn more about Delivery Promise](/content/solutions/delivery-promise/index.html)

#### Order Routing

Optimize when and where to ship from. Shipium is the perfect partner to your OMS as our shipping speed and cost models paired with a universal rules engine makes sure customer experience is maximized and costs are minimized when routing an order.

[Learn more about Route Optimization](/content/solutions/route-optimization/index.html)

#### Order Fulfillment

Rate shop across carriers and select the cheapest carrier and method to fulfill every shipment without missing delivery dates.

[Learn more about our Rating Engine](/content/solutions/rating-engine/index.html)

#### Simulation

Simulate executed shipments with new parameters to understand the performance and cost implications of process changes before making them.

[Learn more about Simulation](/content/solutions/simulation/index.html)

## Enterprise Ready

### Control and manage access

Enable admins to ensure enterprise-grade security and compliance.

#### Granular permissions

Assign each user a role (viewer, editor, administrator etc.) based on operating needs.

#### Access control policies

Provision, modify, restrict, and remove user access to prevent unauthorized changes.

#### SSO support

Leverage SSO through SAML 2.0 for a simplified and secure login process.

#### Audit trail

View the date and time of changes as well as which users made them.

## Want to see how Shipium works?

[Contact Sales](https://info.shipium.com/demo)