Take a look at the relationship you have with your consolidator. If you havent recently done so, you may be in for a big surprise. And if you dont currently use a consolidator, you may want to start. Why?... View More
In the 1990s, clients were sold on the business concept of return on investment (ROI). Unfortunately, this left clients feeling they had to pay a significant up-front investment and then wait for a potential... View More
A topic I am routinely asked to address by transportation executives during my travel around the country is carrier rate benchmarking. Many professionals cannot resist the notion that, If my discount is... View More
Editors Note: This is the second installment of a two-part series on packaging supplies. The first article (May/June) addressed the process of selecting appropriate exterior packaging forms (boxes, mailers,... View More
How does your shipping solution provider plan to support you and your investment in multi-carrier functionality after the system is up and running? Does your solution provider offer a software maintenance... View More
Chargebacks. Returns. Wrong carriers. Paying more in postage than you should and having less time than youd like to get the job right. These are just some of the headaches faced by shipping pro-fessionals... View More
Small package carriers want to be your partner in business at all times, except during annual rate increase and rate negotiation times. During those times, their objective is not to enhance the customer... View More
By using a third-party provider, your company will experience immediate cost reductions within a month of starting. For many companies, parcel insurance is not an area often discussed during contract... View More
Parcel Shipping & Distribution has been conducting the Annual Best Practice Survey for the past six years. This year, we are pleased that Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm and a market leader... View More
If your shipping/distribution center occupies the same location that it did 10 or 15 years ago, theres a good chance that your lighting resources are inadequate, unnecessarily expensive or perhaps both.... View More
Desktop shipping systems that combine Stealth Indicia with U.S. Postal Service shipping tools (such as electronic Delivery Confirmation) have proven to be a popular and cost-effective means to take advantage... View More
Question: Is there anything that parcel shippers and receivers can do to improve their recovery of claims for damage that occurs while in the possession of parcel express carriers? Answer: Yes.... View More
Canada Post is a leading provider of delivery solutions in the Canadian marketplace. Consisting of a vast network of people, processes, systems, infrastructures and partnerships, Canada Post brings together... View More
After a decade or so of the term supply chain management being used, we seem to understand what it is, or at least what it can do for us. We do many things differently now. Some areas, like materials management,... View More
Contrary to popular belief, management's role isn't to get the most productivity out of employees. It is to get the most value out of current assets. Sure employees are a big part of the equation, but... View More
The hype surrounding radio frequency identification (RFID) has been going on for years, but it�s been mostly confined to industry forums and largely about the market potential. Now we�re seeing articles... View More
In today�s economy, businesses have dramatically scaled back expenditures. Successful projects will not only automate processes, they will also deliver a quick return on investment. That being the case,... View More
The introduction of guaranteed ground service by UPS and RPS has caused many shippers to take a closer look at parcel carrier transit times. The growing emphasis on inventory reduction, along with more... View More
This is the mission of the Department of Defense�s (DoD) Automatic Identification Technologies (AIT) program. Even for the inventor of electronic data interchange (EDI), the DoD found that electronic... View More
Having worked with packaging and material handling equipment manufacturers for a number of years, I have been fortunate to be exposed to the logistic needs of a wide range of industries. They ran the gamut... View More
