How to Optimize Your Ecommerce Order Fulfillment Process
If you run an ecommerce store, you know that the order fulfillment process is the heart of your business. Without customer satisfaction, you have no customers. But without an...
How to Minimize Carrier Shipping Delays
While business is booming for carriers and many shippers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the carriers are not able to fully provide the capacity needed to deliver packages on time....
What is 3PL & Can Your Business Benefit From It?
An ecommerce company needs a lot of roles to get its products to customers in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Products need to be procured, transported, logged, unpacked, stored...
Does Your Business Need 3PL or 4PL?
Once your company’s shipping gets to a certain level, it makes sense to consider contracting with a logistics service provider. The terms 3PL and 4PL will start popping up...
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,...
8 Ways CPG Companies Can Stay Agile in a Changing Marketplace
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Minimum Charges: What Do They Mean to Shippers?
Hello, I’m Keith Myers and today we’re going to talk about Minimum Charges and what they mean to shippers. I’m a Senior Consultant here at Shipware and looking forward...
How to Reduce Transportation Cost
It’s never been more important, nor more challenging, for less-than-truckload (LTL) and parcel shippers to reduce their transportation costs. Demand for carrier services is high, especially in parcel as...
How to Save on UPS Shipping
UPS is a respected veteran of parcel shipping. Founded in 1907, the brown delivery trucks are well known to anyone shipping or receiving in both the residential and commercial...
Cost Reduction Techniques in Logistics
Whether companies ship items in high volumes or just occasionally, logistics can contribute a large percentage of costs. One consideration when looking at the annual budget is ensuring the...