9 Factors That Drive Less Than Truckload Pricing
Get clear answers on less than truckload pricing, key cost factors, and practical tips to help you manage LTL shipping expenses for your business.
How to Optimize Freight Contracts to Save Money
Freight contract negotiation is a prime way to improve operating expenses. Shipping is expensive and a vital function of many companies. Optimizing the transportation contract, whether with a shipowner,...
How to Prepare for Parcel Rate Negotiations (LTL, too!)
Every year, parcel and LTL carriers announce pricing changes that increase your costs. These GRIs (General Rate Increases) are a part of every contract, usually buried deep within the...
5 Steps Shippers Can Use to Monitor UPS® Costs
After months of contract negotiations between UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union’s chief negotiator announced that the union had reached a tentative agreement. The UPS contract...
9 Ways You Can Lower your Shipping Costs
The freight transportation system moves over 17.7 billion tons of goods valued at more than $18.1 trillion, or an average of 54.7 tons of freight annually in the United...
Mastering the Art of Parcel Contract Negotiation
For anyone operating in the rapidly expanding world of e-commerce, shipping and transportation play a vital role in the overall scheme of your business and can, to a large...
DHL Contract Negotiations: Tips & Tricks
Are you a shipper with a large volume of imports or exports? Or do you have frequent lightweight domestic shipments to residences? If so, then you should consider DHL...
What is Contract Carrier Management & Negotiation?
If you own a business, whether it’s online or brick and mortar, you likely are all too aware of how expensive shipping and transportation can be. Oftentimes, it accounts...
How to Save Money Through FedEx Contract Negotiation
Whether you are in the early phases of discussions with FedEx, or you already have a working relationship with the shipping carrier, it is essential for you to take...
UPS Freight Contract Negotiation: What You Need to Know
For anyone looking to negotiate a freight contract with UPS for the first time or any who desire to re-negotiate their current UPS freight contract, it is wise to...