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…
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…
Although it’s been on parcel shippers’ minds for almost a year, there is still frustratingly little public discussion or sign of progress from UPS and Teamsters about their labor contract that expires on July 31. A strike at the carrier…
Demand Forecasting is a technique for estimating future product demand. But the reliability of the forecasting is heavily reliant on the Demand Forecasting Software you are employing. Multiple sales forecasts, derived from a variety of demand forecasting techniques, are often used…
For ecommerce retailers, margin matters. But while margins on some operating expenses, like the cost of goods sold and warehousing, can be cut and dried, others, like parcel shipping costs, can be hard to monitor and manage. Doing so becomes…
Ground is the most important service level for many shippers. The amount of increase companies will face from the FedEx and UPS 2023 GRIs will vary greatly depending on weights and zones, despite the headline average GRI increase of 6.9%.…
It’s getting close to crunch time for small parcel shippers. With the holidays coming, we’re nearing the point where your customers will continue to want faster and faster shipping options until there’s no time left. Your goal, of course, is…
Understandably, logistics managers stop thinking about shipping rates once their negotiations are over. This holds especially true with small parcel contracts, since there are so few carrier options. Yet while your rates may be “what they are” when you are…
Accurate inventory forecasting and planning requires using different methods for different scenarios and sets of conditions. One method that’s useful during periods of change is the moving average. What is a moving average? In the simplest terms, a moving average…
