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
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
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
Advancements in mobile technology are helping close the competitive gap between regional and national players. While staples such as FedEx and UPS are still powerful entities in the express and overnight... View More
Spending packages with Click-N-Ship online at usps.com is not only Quick, Easy, Convenient its accepted. With the launch of Shipment Confirmation Acceptance Notice (SCAN), the USPS has added a new... View More
With supply chains becoming tighter and order sizes becoming smaller, more companies are turning to parcel shipping in an effort to meet their customers expectations at a price point they can afford. As... View More
1. Green shipping is already hereYou dont need to wait for this mega-trend its already happening. By 2010, there will be three main components to shipping decisions: cost (obviously), service (its got... View More
Working to save the planet and the children, American Childrens Safety Network felt like a little fish in a big pond. Thats the same problem many expanding companies face when they begin to look at shipping... View More
The Postal Act of 2006 was the biggest change to postal operations in three decades. And the Postal Service is about to leverage its new flexibility under the law to aggressively go after a bigger share... View More
The Postal Service is leveraging the flexibility afforded by the new pricing regulations under the Postal Act of 2006 by going after a bigger share of the highly-profitable and highly competitive package... View More
Rate Changes Effective May 12On May 12, prices will be adjusted for Express Mail, Priority Mail, Parcel Select, Parcel Return Service and International Mail. For the first time, the pricing includes commercial... View More
Revolutionary changes are taking place in the preparation, rate calculation and mailing and shipping processes of todays mail and parcels, much of it being driven by the USPS in an effort to identify ways... View More
Most shippers are aware that the United States government has recently passed a law, The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which allows the United States Postal Service (USPS) the flexibility... View More
The rules for Move Update are changing effective November 23, 2008, and the USPS is re-engaging its efforts to enforce Move Update Compliance. In the past, the USPSs efforts to evaluate a mailers compliance... View More
Recycling has become an increasingly important issue in todays environmentally conscious society. Environmental risks from outdated and improperly discarded electronics, fluorescent light bulbs and... View More
The U.S. Postal Service continues to provide reliable universal services at affordable prices. For many companies, the Postal Service is often the least costly method of shipping, both domestically and... 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
