Recent changes in the fee structure of LTL freight shipping, such as cubic minimum capacity (or CMC), has many wondering whether they should be shipping parcel or LTL. In...
The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and busy customers expect to know when their parcel shipments will arrive, where they are throughout the process, and who to...
One of the most common questions we get is seemingly simple: Can a 3PL handle parcel services? In terms of logistics, the answer is “no.” But with the team...
While it may not seem like it, parcel shipping can be an incredibly expensive way to distribute your products and parcel carrier contract can be confusing. But the cost...
Fuel surcharges are just one of the many ways that business owners lose money each year on parcel shipments. Expensive, inflexible, and constantly changing, it’s hard to determine how...
One of the biggest challenges facing retail business owners is navigating parcel carrier agreements. In other business situations, you and the other party are on the same page, speaking...
Inadequate preparation is of one the biggest mistakes shippers make before parcel agreement negotiations. One of the best things that you can do to prepare as a shipper is...
While it may not seem so, parcel shipping can be a complicated, time consuming, and often costly operation for many businesses. Substandard planning can result in over payment and...
While the basics of parcel shipping remain the same for both residential and commercial parcel shipments, there are a couple significant differences. Cost – whether it’s a business...
Determining your annual eCommerce shipping and handling fees can be tricky business, with pitfalls on both ends of the spectrum from setting them either too high, or too low....
When it’s time to sit down and take a good, hard look at the overcharges your company is sustaining, it would be wise to take even the smallest, seemingly...
In the familiar story those in the shipping industry know all too well, FedEx and UPS have announced their upcoming annual rate increases, although this year, some parts of...
As we enter the peak of the 2016 year-end shipping season, businesses making parcel shipments would be wise to take stock, literally, and figuratively, to prepare to adeptly handle...
If you’ve ever looked closely at your phone or cable bill, it wouldn’t take long to see the hidden costs. Tariffs, surcharges, USF fund charges, and hidden usage charges...
If yours is a business that has a parcel carrier agreement it typically means all of your parcel packages are shipped daily and billed monthly to the single corporate...
In early September, UPS announced rate increases for 2017. Beginning December 26th, Ground service in the U.S. will increase an average of 4.9%. UPS Air Freight rates within and between...
Your company’s officers arrived at the quarterly shareholder meeting and voiced a concern regarding shipping costs. They’ve recently been made aware of a line item cost called, manifested but...
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all U.S. employers. Small business means small freight. Specifically, it means parcel freight. Parcel shipping is...
At first glance, public warehousing might seem pretty straightforward. Manufacturers, distributors, or end user customers deliver pallets of inventory...
