When Metafour was established way back on the 17th of November 1980, nobody could have guessed that we would celebrate such a momentous milestone in the middle of a global pandemic 40 years later. Whilst our physical celebrations have been put on hold, we would still like to take the time to say thank you…
With more than a third of consumers already shopping online every week since the coronavirus hit, Black Friday and Christmas look set to be 50% busier than they were last year according to ParcelHero. Efficiency will be key to businesses who wish to maintain their customer service when stretched to capacity. NetCourier v8.18 has been…
Here at Metafour, our team is our biggest asset. Between us we have 170 years of industry experience, and our people are definitely the magic that makes the company what it is. So we thought it was about time to introduce them! First off is our Director of Customer Experience, Richard Ive. Hi Richard! Thanks…
As the Metafour team has been getting used to the new ‘normal’ over the past few months, we have been hard at work to make our software offer all of the features and functionality needed to ensure our customers remain ahead of their competitors. But it’s not just software updates they have been working on.…
Stating the obvious, the effects of Covid-19 continue to be felt around the world. Although some countries are starting to ease restrictions, the pandemic is having a huge impact globally on all business sectors. The virus has also seen a massive increase in remote working, and a rapid focus on evaluating and streamlining the end-to-end…
Metafour are proud label printing partners of Menzies Distribution who are supporting emergency deliveries of essential goods and PPE for the NHS in Scotland. Menzies wanted to implement its new care homes delivery operation in a short timescale. This required a reactive pick and pack operation at local unit level to get the right kit to the right…
As ever, Metafour’s development team in the UK and Bangladesh have been working hard behind the scenes to ensure that we carry out regular upgrades to introduce the functionality you need to grow your business. Every six weeks we release a new update to the system that helps guarantee that your system remains at the…
Here at Metafour we are fortunate that we have the tools and technologies available to allow us to work from home. This means that it has been business as usual over the past 6 weeks, and our development team have worked hard to ensure that our latest update is ready to roll out on schedule…
Here at Metafour we have been closely monitoring the effect of Coronavirus across the globe over the past few weeks. We would like to reassure you that we are following all recommended precautions in order to mitigate the impact of the disease on our staff and to minimise any effect on the service which we…
Our product development team has been working up a storm over the past six weeks to create, test, and get v8.12 ready to roll out to customers. This latest release includes features that help you open up Eurasian markets, booking dimension improvements, and enhanced system to system bookings. As always, if there is anything in…