Manufacturers, distributors, and other freight shippers are all concerned about the rising cost of shipping. Matching invoices to the original quoted price has become an important step in keeping shipping costs in check. Carrier freight invoices are subject to both…
Managing low-cost shipments can be a challenge for online retailers, particularly small ones. Customers are looking for free shipping, while shipping costs for the e-retailer just keep going up. For some businesses, the services offered by a mail integrator work…
UPS and IBT reach agreement: After several months of negotiating, UPS and International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) have reached a new agreement just in time for the July 31 deadline of their current contract. The five-year agreement, which will go into effect…
UPS, the world’s largest parcel delivery provider, raised rates at the end of 2017. Many shippers may have forgotten there is another round of increases approaching this summer, too. At the time, UPS stated that the rate increases were necessary…
Parcel shipping is getting expensive. In reality, it already was costly and now it is even more so. The recent rate increase announcements from UPS and FedEx means that it will cost more money to ship in 2018. Reducing parcel…
If your company has noticed an increase in the dollar amount of your shipping invoices over the last few years, dimensional weight pricing (DIM) might be to blame. In 2014, UPS and FedEx began charging for shipments based on DIM…
Small parcel shipping is getting costlier by the minute. And still with so few viable carrier options, this is not a trend that will be changing anytime soon. According to a survey conducted by Parcel, many small parcel shippers are particularly…
Managing low-cost shipments can be a challenge for online retailers, particularly small ones. Customers are looking for free shipping, while shipping costs for the e-retailer just keep going up. For some businesses, the services offered by a mail integrator work…
