Today’s sluggish economy and challenging business environment is putting more pressure than ever on organizations to review and justify all aspects of shipping operations and spending. At... View More

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

In the last three years, transportation costs have gone up 23% and order-to-delivery cycle times have decreased by 31%, according to a GMA 2005 Logistics Survey. These trends and higher expectations from... View More

A companys need for a shipping solution might span from the mail center, to employees shipping at their desktops, to production shipping in a warehouse, or all of the above. Regardless of the specific... View More

Managing the supply chain for high-value, time-critical packages Companies often worry if they are shipping items that far exceed the carriers $100 standard value, and rightly so. For example,... View More

Technology is supposed to make our jobs easier, and there is perhaps nowhere that this is more true than in the shipping arena. In our industry, there is a multitude of tedious tasks that need to be performed:... View More

There are many industry trends that have a direct impact on your cost and on your ability to conduct business. On the shipping cost front, we face fuel surcharges from every mode of transportation that... View More

No, its neither a hamburger nor a desktop computer, but the Postal Services own MAC may prove just as popular with mailers as these two cultural icons. The MAC (short for Manifest Analysis and Certification)... View More

The package shipping market boasts annual revenues in excess of $31 billion and attractive growth rates. Within this market, high-volume U.S. Postal Service shippers have traditionally relied on manifesting... View More

Mannatech, Inc. is an international manufacturer of nutritional supplements. Headquartered in Coppell, Texas where its US distribution center is located, the company has expanded into Canada, Australia,... View More

While computers and the Internet have revolutionized the way and the speed at which we conduct business and access information, there is little that technology has done in the last 30 years to speed the... View More

More than 700,000 Kia automobiles travel US roads. Since Kia prides itself on customer satisfaction, getting replacement parts to the dealer as quickly as possible becomes Kia Motors Americas most important... View More

Meeting customer expectations is not good enough. It is the goal of every Rice Lake Weighing Systems employee to exceed customer expectations with outstanding service, offering a selection of over 35,000... View More

Bear Creek is the parent company of retail catalogers Harry and David, Jackson & Perkins and Northwest Express. Through these companies, Bear Creek distributes a wide variety of catalog items including... View More

Some companies have 20/20 vision when it comes to anticipating customer needs. CooperVision, Inc. is one such company. A global leader in contact lens design, materials and manufacturing, the company was... View More

There is not only tremendous pressure from the Web and e-commerce for companies to deliver traditional truckload and LTL deliveries, but also a dramatic increase in the requirement for direct shipments... View More

It�s a beautiful autumn morning on campus. Academics are in full swing, and the supporting business of the university is open as well. Truck after truck rolls into the docks: UPS, FedEx, DHL, local couriers,... View More

Implementation of a Tray Management System (TMS) at the United States Postal Service Seattle Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC) has eliminated most of the physical labor in handling the mail and offers... View More

With the dawn of a century comes new innovations in manifest mailing capable of lowering stress levels, increasing shipping productivity and improving efficiency � all with an economical click of the keyboard.... View More

Tracking, one of man�s oldest and most valued skills, has long been essential to survival. While most of us no longer track game for our next meal, tracking in business is essential � and not just of products.... View More