On December 3rd FedEx posted a preview of their 2010 Ground rates stating an average increase of 4.9%. As in past years, FedEx Ground rates mirror the UPS Ground rates through 70 lb. and are $0.05 less... View More
FedEx to raise ground rates 4.9% for 2010 - Basically a mirror of UPS 2010 Ground Rates. FedEx Corp. has quietly announced it will raise shipping rates for its Ground and Home Delivery units by an average... View More
Brunswick, Ohio – Tharo Systems’ EASYLABEL 5 Platinum’s new GS1 Barcode Wizard makes creating GS1 Barcodes a simple 4-step process. Newly added to EASYLABEL are two new GS1 wizards: GS1... View More
WASHINGTON — Customers can trust their holiday mail to one of the greenest mailing and shipping companies in America. A proven environmental leader, the U.S. Postal Service is helping green-minded... View More
December 1, 2009 – Phoenix, AZ – OnTrac, the regional leader in regional overnight package delivery, announced today the availability of a certified OnTrac module in Clippership, version 14.4. ... View More
WASHINGTON — Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of night will keep the Postal Service from doing what it does best – pick up and deliver holiday mail and packages. Between now and Christmas,... View More
Washington, DC – November 30, 2009 – The National Gateway, a multi-state public-private partnership seeking to create a state-of-the-art freight rail route between Mid-Atlantic ports and Midwestern... View More
CNN Money has reported that "Stamps.com, the leading provider of USPS postage online and shipping software to approximately 400,000 customers, today announced that it will offer its Professional Shipper... View More
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is once again heralding the holiday season by delivering packages for busy shoppers – as well as non-profit organizations in need of a helping hand. Throughout... View More
My sons recently started talking about being cool, and I recalled my own teenage years and the need to be cool. That driving desire dictated the clothes I wore, the music I listened to, and what subjects... View More
When you shipped or transported packages today you may not have even considered whether the items inside were hazardous materials. What if one of those packages was not identified as a hazardous material... View More
If you’ve kept up with this Carrier Insights column throughout the year, you’ve probably noticed that the majority of what’s featured is targeted at smaller businesses. A primary reason... View More
PARCEL Magazine, Multichannel Merchant, Journal of Commerce and Navigo Consulting Group collaborated to conduct the most extensive national survey to date dedicated to the subject of parcel returns. More... View More
On Friday, November 20th UPS issued its 2010 Rate Change. Highlights of the changes, with an effective date of January 4, 2010, included: • Ground service will increase 4.9% • UPS Air and International... View More
Tompkins’ Supply Chain Consortium Sees Green Packaging Evolution A Tompkins’ Supply Chain Consortium survey of top retail- and manufacturing-related companies reveals that more than... View More
Here, from Doug Kahl, DLP, Vice President Strategic Initiatives at Tranzact, is a quick look at today's 2010 UPS rate increase announcement. PARCEL will have a more in-depth analysis early next week. UPS... View More
A recent Fast Company article written by the chief sustainability officer of Blue Yonder, Saskia van Gendt, caught my attention. Van Gendt wrote that while free returns have become a “powerf
Everyone has heard the pitch: upload your invoices and carrier agreements into AI and let it tell you what you're owed. We wanted to test that claim. So we hired an independent AI engineerin
Many e-commerce brands face rising levels of dead stock — the merchandise deemed unsellable or unlikely to sell soon. As executives evaluate e-commerce dead stock reduction options, some initially a
The world’s largest parcel carriers are shrinking physical footprints while expanding algorithmic control. UPS now processes the majority of its volume through automated facilities, and maj
What does an optimal e-commerce network look like? Is it the network with the fewest facilities, the fastest delivery promise, or the lowest transportation cost? In practice, the answe
A freight damage claim often points attention toward the carrier, but the root cause can start much earlier. If pallet loads leave a facility with inconsistent containment, shifting and instab
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – ProShip, a leading and award-winning provider of multi-carrier shipping software, has announced the return of ProS Who Know, an annual virtual event focused on the trends
Facilities handling high-volume parcel sorting and cross-docking operations face unprecedented challenges as cargo theft networks grow more sophisticated and insider threats multiply. Identifying th
A recent Fast Company article written by the chief sustainability officer of Blue Yonder, Saskia van Gendt, caught my attention. Van Gendt wrote that while free returns have become a “powerf
Everyone has heard the pitch: upload your invoices and carrier agreements into AI and let it tell you what you're owed. We wanted to test that claim. So we hired an independent AI engineerin
Many e-commerce brands face rising levels of dead stock — the merchandise deemed unsellable or unlikely to sell soon. As executives evaluate e-commerce dead stock reduction options, some initially a
The world’s largest parcel carriers are shrinking physical footprints while expanding algorithmic control. UPS now processes the majority of its volume through automated facilities, and maj
What does an optimal e-commerce network look like? Is it the network with the fewest facilities, the fastest delivery promise, or the lowest transportation cost? In practice, the answe
A freight damage claim often points attention toward the carrier, but the root cause can start much earlier. If pallet loads leave a facility with inconsistent containment, shifting and instab
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – ProShip, a leading and award-winning provider of multi-carrier shipping software, has announced the return of ProS Who Know, an annual virtual event focused on the trends
Facilities handling high-volume parcel sorting and cross-docking operations face unprecedented challenges as cargo theft networks grow more sophisticated and insider threats multiply. Identifying th
