From a client perspective, the retail shopping and purchasing experience has changed dramatically over the last 10 to 15 years. For instance, today’s digital economy supports the distribution and... View More
I recently attended the Operations Summit Conference which was held in Indianapolis. This conference is dedicated to the Omni Channel, E-Commerce, E-Tailers or whatever you want to call the industry. The... View More
I can't tell you how many times I have walked into a warehouse and heard the magic words, "I'm out of space." However, what they are really saying is "I'm out of locations" — they just don't see... View More
The Amazon genie is out of the bottle, and it’s not going back in. The introduction of Amazon Prime in 2005 was a highly disruptive force in retail, and, until recently, it was hard to know how successful... View More
There’s a metropolitan business that handles 200,000 deliveries and 400,000 transactions per day with an error rate of 1 in 16 million and a 98% on-time rate, despite dealing with severe congestion... View More
When meeting with Shippers, we are often asked why Carriers offer such a vast variance in pricing options... typical response - “because they can”. As we explore this question further, there... View More
One of the largest rate increases in the history of the parcel industry was just announced. Effective January 1, 2015, FedEx Ground will apply dimensional weight pricing to all shipments. Currently, FedEx... View More
FedEx made headlines once again Friday, announcing, effective January 1, 2015, that FedEx Ground will apply dimensional weight pricing to all shipments. Currently, FedEx applies dimensional weight pricing... View More
A common challenge in managing parcel operations and spend is retaining and analyzing the detailed parcel data available from FedEx, UPS, the USPS or any of a host of regional carriers. The old management... View More
The days of single carrier shipping strategies are now considered ancient history. If your company isn’t leveraging multi-carrier TMS (Transportation Management Software) to increase profits, it’s... View More
Getting your shipping operations export-ready makes good business sense. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 95% of the world’s consumers live outside the United States. However, if you want... View More
The Opportunity A multi-billion dollar private equity firm has a diverse portfolio of companies that ships almost $600 million through parcel, truckload and intermodal services. The firm was interested... View More
Engineering Innovation, Inc. (Eii) is a market leader in the development of workflow automation equipment and solutions for rapid package processing. Eii’s hardware and software systems enable clients... View More
You may have implemented a good strategy to control your shipping costs for the products and services you supply to your customers. However, there is likely more on the table that you may have overlooked.... View More
The evolution of shipping methods has helped spur competition and operational efficiencies for shippers and carriers. FedEx and UPS have more trucks in more locations than LTL carriers, giving them the... View More
Good Supply Chain Governance ensures that all necessary resources are in place and that individuals or teams are working on agreed priorities, progressing to agreed time scales, and delivering the required... View More
Are companies ready to take advantage of a potential growth opportunity in order to meet customer demand? Coupled with this question is the concern that without added operational efficiencies, will our... View More
The US is the largest market in the world for e-commerce and is growing at 10-15% per year. Not surprisingly, companies large and small are rushing to serve this opportunity. As companies build success,... View More
The perception among most shippers is that the reliability of UPS and FedEx is superior to that of the regional carriers. The reality, however, is that the more sophisticated regional services are as efficient... View More
