Wrong color, wrong size, a duplicate item whether it be shoes, clothing, jewelry or books, there are many reasons a customer may need to return an item shipped to them. Returns are an important part of... View More
If saving money is one of your top priorities, there is a way in one swift move to stem a tide of wasted dollars. Simply extend your shipping system to every corner of your company. By applying sophisticated... View More
The world of non-production shipping and receiving undergoes a major transition every decade or so. The widespread adoption of outsourcing was the last large-scale transition that happened more than 10... View More
Replenishment logistics promotes inventory reduction through more frequent and lower quantity orders. Combining this strategy with attractive pricing by parcel carriers for the low end LTL shipments has... View More
William J. Augello was one of the country’s foremost transportation lawyers and a champion of shippers’ rights. In this column we attempt to answer readers’ questions as we... View More
The logistics world is abuzz with chatter about the latest trends in automated warehouse management. The current craze seems to be wireless technology. But unlike many technological flashes in the pan,... View More
Messenger services and regionalized carriers have been around for quite some time. In fact, they probably date back to before the medieval ages when some entrepreneurial lad conceived the idea of making... View More
Green Mountain Consulting, LLC is a Memphis-based company established in 1998 by former FedEx developers in the area of carrier EDI automation and billing operations. The GMC partners and employees... View More
Are you ready for transportation's seismic shift? Carriers traditionally pegged "parcel" are emerging as global full-service parcel and freight providers. If you think reviewing their contracts, data... View More
I hear it all the time: I have great rates from my parcel carrier. But what I find when I probe a little deeper is that most shippers have focused on only half of the equation. Getting great rates from... View More
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced a change in postal prices, which took effect on May 12. With every change, there is opportunity. This is an opportunity for parcel shippers. For the... View More
Lately Ive been spending a significant amount of time with larger shippers (>1K/packages per day) helping to define business rules, routing guides and taking as much of the guess work out of shipping as... View More
Everyone knows theres an East-West trade imbalance, and if you dont, well, you probably havent been paying attention. But the more pressing question is: how long is it going to last? Well, that depends... View More
Certainly one of the most welcome challenges that could be faced in business is strong growth. We all want it but must adapt to its opportunities and challenges appropriately. In a manual fulfillment environment,... View More
How do you define success? This is a question often asked of executives at Fortune 500 companies, but rarely do you get the same answer as the one given by Lisa Tegtmeyer, senior director of Distribution... View More
Its no secret that businesses are hurting. Sales have slowed and costs are up. If you manufacture a petroleum-based product and/or ship via anything that uses fuel (and that pretty much includes us all)... View More
WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. Postal Service said today that the international delivery company DHL will leverage an existing agreement to give the Postal Service exclusive delivery services to the last-mile... View More
Bonn, May 28 2008: Deutsche Post World Net, the worlds leading transport and logistics company, today announced a plan to restructure its DHL U.S. Express business by working with UPS for airlift capacity... View More
ATLANTA, May 13, 2008 UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has ordered 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) the largest commercial order of such trucks by any company in addition to another 300 Compressed... View More
In good times, running a company is exhilarating. Money is flowing, customers are happy, employees have a spring in their step. In not-so-good timeslike nowthe very same job can feel like scaling Mt. Everest... View More
