In today’s shipping environment, many shippers struggle with controlling and allocating their shipping costs. In an effort to identify an industry standard, PARCEL and Navigo Consulting Group recently conducted a survey asking shippers how they calculated their shipping costs and developed policies for charging customers for shipping.

What we found was that there was no clear industry standard or methodology. However, we found a cross section of approaches to these issues. The one thing that did stand out was that overwhelmingly, respondents saw shipping as a cost center for their organizations. Download the PDF to see the full results!