Parcel Network Optimization is not a one-time event for mega-volume parcel shippers (hereafter referred to as "Shipper(s)"). Green Mountain Consulting defines a mega-volume shipper as one with over 4 million... View More
Both FedEx and UPS have announced major pricing changes for Ground products in 2015. Each will apply dimensional weight pricing to all Ground shipments with no dimensional exception. Currently, dimensional... View More
Every retailer and distributor who ships goods in any quantity is faced with a 'million dollar' question. The question is about carrier selection. When reviewing their transportation strategy and calculating... View More
The majority of focus in retail today is all omni-channel this and omni-channel that. I believe now it is not about how I do omni-channel, it is how I do retail. Transacting business this way is the way... View More
Diversifying parcel carriers is a great way to protect against holiday season shipment delays. While the two national carriers, FedEx and UPS, dominate parcel shipping today, regional carriers are gaining... View More
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
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
Members of the general public give little, if any, thought as to how it is that a parcel arrives on their doorstep or how they can go to a nearby store and purchase a product manufactured in a distant
For years, parcel auditing carried an implicit prerequisite: you had to be big enough to justify it. The conventional wisdom among smaller shippers went something like this �
