Avoid The Fast-Growing Threat of Parcel Shipping Fraud to Maintain an Efficient Supply Chain Your company’s supply chain is hard enough to manage on a good day. When you add in the influence of bad actors and other disruptors, things…
For all the complaints about UPS and FedEx rate increases and the constant drip of new fees and surcharges, some companies are as much (or more) to blame themselves for their high parcel shipping costs. How? They’re missing the clear…
Parcel shipping fraud will result in your company paying more for shipping than it should. Worse yet, you may not even realize it’s happening. Some forms of fraud are easy to spot, but others can go unnoticed for a long…
What is the one personal milestone that most of us resolve to reach every new year? Getting in shape! Despite all that has been said and done for such a widespread concern, only a handful make the mark. Grappling with…
A recent report found cases of fraudulent shipping had increased nearly 800% globally year over year — almost 7 times more than any other common type of business fraud. The volume companies are shipping and the “bad guys’” sophistication at…
This week in parcel, ocean freight rates climb amid troubles in the Red Sea, FedEx announces plans for a new ecommerce platform, and demand surcharges are still in effect. Ocean freight rates climb due to Red Sea crisis Ocean freight…
The following are key notes related to this analysis and the 2024 UPS SurePost GRI.This analysis is intended to highlight and compare notable points from the GRI announcement of UPS SurePost, a domestic-residential USPS-partner service that is among the slowest…
The small package experts at TransImpact are proud to publish our annual analysis comparing the GRI announcements from FedEx and UPS. The main goal of the report is to identify where key areas of costs differ by carrier, so that savvy shippers…
As we predicted in our FedEx 2024 GRI report, FedEx has announced a demand surcharge effective January 15, 2024 “until further notice.” This effectively extends fees already in place, which are applied in addition to the standard Additional Handling and…
“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” This quote from Jonathan Lockwood Huie beautifully summarizes why it is essential for businesses to gear up for the awaiting opportunities and challenges. As the year draws to a close and ecommerce continues…
