A new web technology aims to replace paper routing guides.

Large companies issue routing guides to instruct vendors how shipments are to be handled and which carriers to use. The manuals are often considered a headache by shippers who have to update, print, and distribute them, and by vendors who have to comply with their instructions.
Now RoutingGuides.com, Bohemia, N.Y., has moved the process to the Internet.
Companies can set up routing guides at RoutingGuides.com, where they can be quickly accessed and searched by vendors over the web.
The technology also enables companies to replace slow-moving paper documents with electronic advance shipment notifications, bills of lading, tracing, tracking, and other reports.