On-Time Delivery Performance: Fact or Spin?
By Karl Wheeler This article first appeared in PARCEL, January – February ’23, p. 22 UPS claims better on-time performance than FedEx. But is that the case? Here’s how...
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3 Reasons Why Shipping Spend Poses Special Challenges for CFOs
By Nathan Hughes Rising interest rates and concerns about a possible recession are putting new pressures on CFOs to reduce fixed costs and better manage spend with their operating...
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Four Ways to Diversify Your Shipping Carrier Mix
Article Written by Easypost One-size-fits-all doesn’t work well when it comes to shipping; the same goes for your business’s carrier mix. The best way to determine which carriers are...
USPS 2023 Price Increase & Impact on Shippers
USPS announced a general rate increase (GRI) for shipping services to go into effect on January 22, 2023. This year’s changes come on the heels of last year’s massive...
What is Inbound Logistics?
If your company produces products, you know you need to procure the raw materials to make the goods. Or maybe you acquire the finished goods wholesale and repackage or...
What is Outbound Logistics and Why is it Important?
Logistics is a huge industry with many moving parts. Inbound logistics. Outbound logistics. It can be confusing to determine the difference and understand how each impacts your company. But...
UPS 2023 General Rate Increase: What You Need to Know
Click here to download this 2023 UPS GRI Analysis as a PDF Matching rival FedEx’s September announcement, UPS has revealed its 2023 General Rate Increase (GRI) will also set...
What Is an Inventory Management System?
In today’s mercurial business environment, demand, consumer behavior, and market forces can shift with the wind. In response to these dynamic markets, eCommerce businesses require control, visibility, and flexibility...
What Is BOPIS?
In a day and age when customers expect fast and free shipping, an omni channel fulfillment strategy is essential. Instead of leveraging a single fulfillment channel like a centralized...
3 Different Types of 3PL Services
The enlistment of third-party logistics (3PL) providers is on the rise. Today, more than 90% of Fortune 500s and countless small-to-mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the U.S. regularly leverage the...
Multimodal Shipping: What is it?
Those in the shipping industry already know that successfully transporting goods from point A to point B is laborious, complicated, and involves the coordination of dozens of companies, individuals,...
How to Optimize and Improve Shipping Processes
According to estimates, the global shipping industry transports more than 11 billion tons of goods all over the world each year. And that number is only expected to grow...