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...
How Section 321 Can Reduce Your Fulfillment Costs
By Steve Givens Companies, especially eCommerce retailers, are under a lot of financial pressure. Not only are they competing against other brands in getting eyes on their products, but...
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...
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...
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...