Companies across North America are seeing transportation costs rise as a percentage of their total costs. That’s driving a need for many business leaders to closely oversee their transportation spending.
We were expecting this.
Changes to the National Motor Freight Classifications issued Nov. 19, 2020 took effect Dec. 19, 2020. These changes may change some of your transportation costs.
If your business relies on flexible poly-packaging or Maintenance, Repair and Operational (MRO) supplies, increased material expenses are driving price hikes.
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.
Feeling the pinch of carrier surcharges and other rising transportation costs?
Consumers have steadily been shifting to a more customized shopping experience in recent years. This shift went into overdrive as effects of the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the globe, and traditional shopping methods were cut off.
In today’s marketplace, more of your customers are purchasing products online. Through the trust built by e-commerce giants, consumers are happy to purchase their products “sight unseen” with the assurance the right product will be delivered quickly and without issue.
Shipping cost management challenges are second nature for many businesses. Optimizing vendor management, carrier relationships and total resource use for shipping is an incredibly complex process. Raw data and input from diverse stakeholders complicate efforts to make sense of shipping costs and obscure opportunities to reduce expenses.
