Order fulfillment turns shopper dreams into reality. This article presents strategies to optimize parcel order fulfillment and help shippers stay competitive in today’s fast-paced market. T... View More
Packaging plays a pivotal role in safeguarding products, promoting sustainability, minimizing shipping expenses, and maximizing customer satisfaction. And now, a powerful new tool called packa... View More
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It’s a rough time to be a shipper. Costs are mounting thanks to lower free freight minimums, higher package volumes, rising accessorials, shrinking dimensional factors, and increasing tariffs... View More
Many supply chains have been struggling to control costs and maintain budgets under the new dimensional (DIM) calculations put in place by FedEx and UPS. Those changes, introduced as part of the... View More
"We're doing everything we can to control cost" is repeated monthly, ad nauseam, at many distribution companies. While not always correct, it reflects some basic sentiments: "We can't influence our costs... View More
Peak season exposes last-mile issues when consumer expectations are high and their tolerance for delivery delays is low. The smaller delivery mistakes and inconsistencies, like&n
Parcel auditing has always been a discipline built on precision. Define the rules, run them against the data, and recover what's owed. For years, that model worked well, and in many respects
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
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 �
Peak season exposes last-mile issues when consumer expectations are high and their tolerance for delivery delays is low. The smaller delivery mistakes and inconsistencies, like&n
Parcel auditing has always been a discipline built on precision. Define the rules, run them against the data, and recover what's owed. For years, that model worked well, and in many respects
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
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 �
