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The Parcel Packing Intelligence Platform: Paccurate API & PacSimulate

February 15th, 2024

Paccurate has built a powerful 3D cartonization engine which leverages complex business rules, item and carton limits and dimensions, and incorporates a patented cost-awareness layer which drives carton choice decisions. This engine can be accessed by end-users in two different (but related!) products: the Paccurate API and PacSimulate.

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Simulating Sustainable Mailers Just Got Easier with Paccurate

February 7th, 2024

Paccurate has released a new simulation model for PacSimulate, that allows shippers to quickly evaluate the transportation cost and environmental impacts of adopting paper mailers. In collaboration with Georgia Pacific (GP), PacSimulate users can now quickly analyze the impact of adding GP’s popular EarthKraft mailer to their packaging lineup. This is in addition to the dozens of available simulation models already available, which were used to analyze 14.5 million shipments last year.

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How Packing and Packaging Combined Impact Parcel Spend

January 18th, 2024

Paccurate and Reveel recently formed a partnership to help shippers gain an edge in managing parcel spending to help improve shipping efficiency. 

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Why Volume Utilization Isn't Always King

November 15th, 2023

When it comes to parcel shipping, businesses are perpetually searching for ways to reduce costs even as UPS and FedEx increase their general rates on a yearly basis. This has companies evaluating all aspects of the process, from packaging and packout optimization to reducing materials waste and carrier diversification.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Optimizing Parcel Fulfillment

October 13th, 2023

We compiled some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) from prospects and ultimately customers. When faced with sustainability initiatives or budget cuts, optimizing packing and packaging often gets overlooked. Take a look at these FAQs to understand how easy it is to implement Paccurate’s cartonization engine for ~16% less transportation spend, ~13% less corrugate usage, and ~22% less air shipped.Question: What happens if I don’t have stock keeping unit (SKU) dimensions?

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Paccurate Announces a New Seed Round

August 10th, 2023

The Paccurate Team is excited to announce a $3.5MM Seed round, led by Tech Square Ventures. This new funding will allow us to further build out our packing intelligence platform, and advance the mission of reducing waste in the Supply Chain.

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Building a Pack Legend with the Paccurate API

December 28th, 2022

Making a pack request to Paccurate is straightforward: give us some items and some cartons to put them into, and we will cartonize those items. How customers consume the pack response is up to them: save the box assignment back to their ERP system, capture the estimated cost and use it to make a shipping decision, or even render an image of the items in their assigned boxes.

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65 million shoe boxes worth of cardboard could be saved in one day

How to Save the Planet: Think Inside the Box Report

August 18th, 2022

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Extreme Makeover: Paccurate Edition

July 20th, 2022

The Paccurate Product Team is excited to announce the release of our new and improved Paccurate Management Portal. We’ve taken the time to not only give a facelift to the existing manager but also to add a few exciting new features.

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ShipStream CEO Colin Mollenhour Discusses Cartonization for 3PLs

May 26th, 2022

Editor's note: ShipStream is a Paccurate Partner. We sat down with ecommerce veteran and logistics and WMS expert Colin Mollenhour. He explains how ShipStream started and discusses trends and operational issues impacting 3PLs doing business within complex supply chains.Please tell us how you got into shipping and co-founding the ShipStream start-up.

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