“Hope is not a strategy” The speaker was Ivan Hofmann, a 35-year veteran of the transportation industry. This former Executive Vice President & CEO of FedEx Ground offered his perspec... View More
You might say that the ground parcel industry has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last century. In 1914, in one of the earliest and most unusual ground deliveries, the parents of May Peirstorff... View More
Earlier this decade, word went out that last-mile delivery was a tough genre to master. Karl Meyer apparently didn’t get the memo. In 2001 — at a time when “e-tail” enthusiasm was... View More
As we go to press, the newly renamed Postal Regulatory Commission has made its final recommendations for the 2007 rates, which are expected to go into effect in early May. In December, the sweeping Postal... View More
At the Parcel Shipping & Distribution Forum in Chicago this past fall, we were privileged to be introduced to several new U.S. Postal Service products developed expressly to assist parcel shippers. For... View More
At the Parcel Shipping & Distribution Forum in Chicago this past fall, we were privileged to be introduced to several new U.S. Postal Service products developed expressly to assist parcel shippers. For... View More
Were just doing what we can to bring a little red, white and blue into a Big Brown world. So says Parcel Connections President Stephen Donovan about his companys successful partnership with the United... View More
DDU delivery. You�ve heard about it. It has been advertised as both a strategic advantage and a means to cost savings. You probably have more questions than answers: What is it? Who benefits from DDU delivery?... View More
I am in a unique position of meeting thousands of shippers. And here�s what I like best about my job: I get to visit companies, big and small, and see how they use package management technology to improve... View More
When a company is built on relationships with small, individually owned companies, those relationships are not to be forgotten, even in an age of massive everything. And Jim VanderMeer and his colleagues... View More
The days of interoffice mail envelopes and mail carts as the chief means of moving documents and parcels within a company are long gone. Todays corporate mail centers must not only manage deliveries down... View More
As consultants, we�re often asked where we think certain logistics trends are headed. We have the advantage of viewing the supply chain from multi-dimensional perspectives, so we keep a watchful eye out... View More
You face it every day: The ever-increasing pressure to move parcels faster, more cost effectively and with greater control. The delivery service provider you choose plays a key role in achieving these... View More
After an unprecedented level of growth during the late 1990s, retailers have struggled during the past few years to overcome uncertainty in the economy and maintain sales growth trends. Proactive... View More
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
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
Many e-commerce brands face rising levels of dead stock — the merchandise deemed unsellable or unlikely to sell soon. As executives evaluate e-commerce dead stock reduction options, some initially a
The world’s largest parcel carriers are shrinking physical footprints while expanding algorithmic control. UPS now processes the majority of its volume through automated facilities, and maj
What does an optimal e-commerce network look like? Is it the network with the fewest facilities, the fastest delivery promise, or the lowest transportation cost? In practice, the answe
A freight damage claim often points attention toward the carrier, but the root cause can start much earlier. If pallet loads leave a facility with inconsistent containment, shifting and instab
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – ProShip, a leading and award-winning provider of multi-carrier shipping software, has announced the return of ProS Who Know, an annual virtual event focused on the trends
Facilities handling high-volume parcel sorting and cross-docking operations face unprecedented challenges as cargo theft networks grow more sophisticated and insider threats multiply. Identifying th
