Supply Chain Market Update for September 2021
Here is a market update with TransImpact’s Veronica Gulliksen – September 2021
Let’s Talk Ship Episode 13: What To Expect In Supply Chain 2021 and Beyond
Host Jey Yokeley and expert guests Cathy Morrow Roberson and Al Webb discuss what’s coming down the supply chain pike: everything from logistics capacity, pricing, and regulation to the unpredictable behavior (read: leaving some shippers in the lurch) of FedEx…
Getting the Best Rates: Operating Ratios Explained
Information, not a heavy hand, is the key to successful rate negotiations Carriers are in business to make money, just like every other company. As counterintuitive as it sounds, understanding this and letting them is the key to your company…
Why the Latest FedEx Announcement Is More Than Just a Rebrand
Change Signals Further Divergence of Its Operating Model from UPS’, and New Positioning Against Amazon FedEx’s announcement that it has rebranded its mail-integration service SmartPost to FedEx Ground Economy is more than just a name change. It represents an important…
Small Parcel Update – Mar 12, 2021
With the peak shipping and holiday season behind us, and the GRI’s (hopefully) digested by the marketplace, we’re hoping the relative stability and calmness in the small parcel world will remain for a while. That said, there are still some…
UPS Sells UPS Freight Division: Signals Opportunity for Small Parcel Shippers
Why Did Ups Sell UPS Freight? It’s understandable when some things that companies announce are not taken at face value. We’ve all learned, for example, to ignore the large parcel carriers’ claims that their annual GRIs equates to an average…
6 Expert Tips for Parcel Contract Negotiations
Every year, when FedEx and UPS release their GRIs (general rate increase) announcing contractual shipping rate increases, it’s not always clear what numbers are changing. Rather than simply accepting the increases, no matter how big or small, it’s important to…
UPS Extends Its 2020 Peak Surcharges, Just Like FedEx (sort of)
To the surprise of no one, UPS® has announced the continuation of its 2020 Peak Surcharges. This follows the recent, similar extension by FedEx®. Below are the details of the UPS announcement, with some important contrasts noted: FedEx’s extension of…
Breaking Down the 2021 FedEx and UPS GRIs: The Straight Ship
In a year that saw a lot of disruption and pricing volatility in the small parcel marketplace, no one wanted two more confusing and vague carrier General Rate Increase announcements to top it off. But here we are. The good…
UPS Announces SurePost Rate Increase (Again!)
UPS has announced their 2021 GRI on SurePost, the second rate increase for SurePost packages since October of this year which saw a $.24 rate hike. You can read the full announcement on the carrier’s website here: UPS SurePost Rate…