Costs continue to rise for parcel shippers, especially those most reliant on UPS and FedEx. Despite market competition being greater than ever, and the carriers fighting for market share, both keep finding ways to drive new revenue by adding fees…
After months of speculation, a large new piece of the tariff picture came into focus, and it’s already impacting companies (and their supply chains) in major ways. Here, we’ll look at how these new tariffs may affect sourcing decisions, transportation…
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…
The game of golf, its equipment, and players’ skills have changed a lot in the 25+ years since Tiger’s pro career began. It begs the question, would a younger Tiger still dominate today? And what does that have to do…
The days of a company giving all its parcel volume to just one carrier are gone. There are too many carrier choices and cost advantages of using a multi-carrier shipping strategy for most shippers to lock themselves into only one…
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…
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…
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…
If you’re a FedEx customer, you may have heard about the changes coming to FedEx Reporting Online. With so much talk about the importance of data for parcel shippers, it’s understandable that expectations are high from parcel shippers on what…
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…
