16 Shipping Metrics to Cut Your Logistics Costs
Get clear on shipping metrics with 16 essential KPIs for logistics. Track costs, improve efficiency, and deliver a better customer experience.
Types of Shipping Surcharges: A 2024 Guide
The cost of shipping continues to rise – making it very challenging for merchants to maintain profit margins in today’s competitive markets. One of the major sources for the...
How to Get Shipping Discounts with UPS
Shipping is a big cost for companies. Many companies turn to United Parcel Service (UPS) for their shipping needs, as a shipping carrier that offers wide coverage and high...
How to Calculate Shipping Costs as a Small Business
Calculating shipping costs is not always as easy as plugging data into a shipping calculator. Yes, that will give a general idea of what one package weight costs to...
How to Attain Discounted FedEx Rates for your Business
If your business is paying the standard list rates for FedEx shipments, you’re paying too much. You’ll find that more than one method of attaining FedEx shipping discounts is...
FedEx Shipping Insurance: A Comprehensive Guide
When serving customers, companies have many considerations, including delivery, shipping service, and its impact on the customer experience. When evaluating shipping options, there are a number of variables, including...
Great Data is Not Enough: Negotiating Carrier Agreements
True parcel experts are relatively rare, and if you don’t have one on your side, your parcel contract analysis and negotiation is not a level playing field with your...
The 4 Types of 3PLs and How to Determine Which is Right For Your Business
A whopping 90% of Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. rely on at least one third-party logistics (3PL) provider to help with their logistics needs. This statistic, from an...
The Key Roles of a Third-Party Logistics Provider (3PL) in Supply Chain Management
Ecommerce and most business-to-business (B2B) companies don’t exist to ship products. That may be an important role in what they do, but it’s not the purpose. They want to...
What Does Dynamic Pricing Mean for FedEx and UPS?
Whether you know it or not, you’re already familiar with the concept of dynamic pricing. If you plan to fly home for Thanksgiving, you can find a reasonably-priced ticket...