XSI (Express Shipping Interface)

I've heard and read many different things about XSI - the express shipping interface - and I have some questions.
1. Do we need a carrier manifesting system to use XSI with SAP? (For example, if we use carrier UPS, do we need a Worldship system? If we use carrier Fedex, do we need a Fedex server? )
2. XSI is an Interface, it's in the name - what does XSI interface with?
3. Is Fedex really available through XSI? Fedex doesn't promote XSI like UPS does. Is other middleware required to ship Fedex parcels through XSI? (I've read several different answers on this, on these forums.)
4. How big a role do IDOCs play in XSI ? (Can a tracking number be assigned real-time, or is IDOC-time as fast as it gets? Does any printing happen through IDOCs? Does all printing happen through SAP handling-unit outputs?)
5. What is SAP's future direction on express shipping? (Will XSI be continued or expanded? Will express shipping be handled through xCarrier in the future?)
6. Could someone walk me through the process? 1. create a HU, 2. pack the HU, then what? How does the XSI interface assign the tracking number? How does the label print? When/how is the tracking number updated in the SAP delivery/parcel tracking? When/how are electronic/end-of-day transactions sent to the carrier?
7. Is there any way when using XSI to enable an interface to a scale, to automatically receive the package weight from the device?
8. Printing and barcodes - what are XSI restrictions? Are SSCC-18 barcodes supported? What about RFID ?
Thanks much for your help,
Maureen Farrell (I do have XSI technical documentation.zip)

Visited another pharma company and heard these answers -
XSI has no functionality without a parcel application to interface with . XSI doesn't assign tracking numbers or service levels.
Through use of the XSI interface, tracking numbers and package status can be made visible in the SAP delivery.
If you use only one carrier, or an XSI-enabled multi-carrier system, you'll need one XSI interface. More than one carrier, more than one interface.
Next year SAP may possibly introduce xCarrier, but schedule/features/relationship to XSI) are not clear to me.
If anyone has heard differently, I would appreciate hearing about it.

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