So much attention is paid to understanding the complexities of carrier agreements that companies, especially resource-constrained small and midsized businesses, often overlook simple best prac... View More

A light snow is falling in Memphis on what is one of the coldest New Year’s Days on record. Earth has just completed another extraordinary trip around the Sun. Ed Sheeran has the most popula... View More

When you’re a small business in a big business world, the challenge of competing with the seemingly infinite resources of larger competitors can seem insurmountable. Companies like Amazon... View More

In literature, a cautionary tale is folklore embedded with a moral message. Obvious danger is ignored, and the main character meets its demise as a result of certain misgivings. The lesson to be... View More

Much has been written about how the small package world would change if Amazon were to enter the market. Though mostly speculative, just about any information you can find on the topic establishes Ama

Much has been written about the adjustments small package carriers have made to service and accessorial charges in recent years. Most of these seemingly minor changes are helping carriers achieve sign

Efficiency was the underlying theme in UPS’s July 28 shareholder announcement, during which the world’s largest shipping company said that second quarter 2015 diluted earnings per share were... View More

Barely a week in, 2015 may well have proven itself as the most interesting year in the history of parcel shipping (What a triumph!). During the home stretch of 2014, tryptophan wasn't the only source of... View More

Remember college? Specifically, do you remember getting those assignments that you just looked at and thought, “Huh?” We’ve all been there. And after reminding you that Happy Hour was... View More

It is early July, and the future is unclear. The opposition is firmly entrenched on either side and possesses resources so far outnumbering their own that winning is improbable and even survival is uncertain.... 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

It’s a question that has plagued humanity for generations: What would Santa Claus want for Christmas? And after a landmark surge in online commerce resulted in one of the most significant and widespread... View More

As shippers shake off the snow, and settle in for a new year with new parcel rates, it can be reasonably derived from the surge in online demand during the holiday season that 2014 has a lot of promise... View More

FedEx announced on September 18 that its shipping rates will increase, effective January 6, 2014. FedEx Express package and freight rates will go up an average of 3.9 percent for U.S., U.S. export and... View More

If you've ever seen the 1992 comedy My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci, then you know that bringing in a third party to negotiate anything remotely involving your personal well-being can be a questionable... View More

There is a resource readily available to FedEx and UPS customers that, based on my experience, is underutilized and which has the potential to save businesses, companies and/or corporations money at a... View More

A common problem faced by shippers in today’s market is the failure to consider just how much minimums can influence the net impact on the incentive discounts of certain service levels. For some... View More

Benjamin Franklin once said: “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.” It’s safe to say that Ben didn’t ship small parcels. If he did, surely he would have added FedEx... View More

From an economic perspective, what you are shipping tends to matter less than the language of the agreement you have in place with the carriers that govern it. So never mind how you’re going to fit... View More