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Holiday Shipping: Will Your Parcels be Picked Up and Delivered on Time?
We were expecting this.
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parcel
Why Audit Parcel Service Now? Here’s 4 Reasons
With more than half of customers going elsewhere after a poor experience, now is not the time to let your guard down on service audits.
e-commerce
Q4 Forecast: Parcel Rates and Cost Impact
The COVID-19 outbreak created an entirely new world for the small package industry, especially when it comes to the hidden costs that come with annual increases in parcel rates.
business intelligence
Don’t Let Peak Surcharges Kill Your E-Commerce Profit
Most shippers expect an annual general rate increase from the major parcel carriers. Monitoring these pricing fluctuations can mean the difference between operating profitably and losing money on every e-commerce order.
parcel
Shipping Surcharges: 3 Ways to Manage During Peak
You may not be able to keep parcel carriers from imposing unexpected peak season cost changes, but you can prepare to manage surcharges. The key is to understand your shipping data, work with trusted partners, and protect profitability by responding quickly.
business intelligence
Carrier Surcharges: What’s the Real Impact?
Introduced throughout the year — often with little or no advance warning — carrier surcharges can have a major impact on a shipper’s profit margins. Pandemic spurred peak surcharges at an unprecedented time in 2020.
cost
Manage Surcharges: 4 Things to Know for Holiday Season
Most shippers expect an annual general rate increase from the major parcel carriers. Monitoring these pricing fluctuations can mean the difference between operating profitably and losing money on every order.
coronavirus
Mitigating Parcel Delivery Challenges in a Post-Coronavirus World
After months of staying at home to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the nation is starting to re-open once more. While we’re all excited to gather once again at our favorite restaurants and houses of worship, the demand for delivery of goods and services via parcel delivery remains at an all-time high.
coronavirus
Parcel Volume Growth Spurs Retail Caps
While a historic drop in April’s sales numbers revealed pain experienced across the retail sector, record parcel volumes indicate that “essential” businesses are still sending an overwhelming volume of shipments through the parcel networks. So much that FedEx implemented limitations on the number of items that dozens of U.S. retailers can ship.
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Parcel Audit Services Power Network Optimization
Large volume parcel shippers have a huge transportation budget laden with line items. Often, this spend goes unmonitored due simply to the sheer amount of work required to track significant quantity of invoices, payments and claims.