15 posts tagged SHIPPING & LOGISTICS
How Packing and Packaging Combined Impact Parcel Spend
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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How to Ship Efficiently with Multi-Carrier Shipping Software
So far, 2022 has proven to be a fantastic time for millions of online shoppers who continue their voracious online shopping. It's a heady time, with solid GDP and jobs growth overlaying two years of ongoing economic disruption.
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Special Announcement
Paccurate is delighted to announce a new partnership with SendFlex Technology! We've been excited about this for some time, and hopefully it will become clear why when you read on.
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How to Manage UPS and FedEx Rate Increases
The pandemic is winding down—at least in the United States—but not parcel carrier shipping rates.
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Even if you've taken steps to bring an algorithmic approach to your packing process (good job!), you need to ensure your cartonization engine is smart enough to consider all cost factors related to shipping. Here's a few key requirements for cartonization that's smart enough for real-world cost-optimization:
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International drop shipping was already going to get hurt
As the economy reels from COVID-19, international drop shipping is particularly vulnerable to the uncertainty in the supply chain and the disruption of production in China. The truth is, even before the pandemic, it was already primed for a major disruption due to some fairly under-reported news: The likely death of ePacket.
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A new delivery-centric economy means an inexperienced workforce
There’s been a lot of speculation about what the consumer economy will look like after it recovers over the coming months and years. While nobody knows exactly what the world will look like by this time next year, consensus gives us a hint: local shopping will take years to recover, if it ever does, and ecommerce delivery will stay hot. It stands to reason that the labor market will reflect this reality. That means more and more new workers in the fulfillment and delivery space, and the challenges that an inexperienced workforce presents.
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Smarter mode planning, Part 1
Most companies have a transportation planning function of some kind, whether it’s a Transportation Management System like Oracle OTM, or a more manual process. A critical choice is made during this planning phase that determines how costly the shipment will be: whether to use a Parcel Carrier or an LTL Carrier. If you’re just getting started with mode planning or think you’ve got it down to a science, smart cartonization might give you an unexpected edge.
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Smarter Mode Planning, Part 2
With the supply chain currently racing to keep up with demand, it’s a great time to inject some advanced math into your process to make sure you select the right mode for every order. In Part 1, we talked through the implications of smarter mode selection. Now, let’s get into some examples of just how complex it can get.
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The Unprecedented New Normal Dynamic Crisis Paradigm of Doom
Recent hot takes on the “new normal” of supply chain have become a subgenre of punditry, and you may be tired of seeing them. Macro trend analysis is all well and good, but the moment we’re in is replete with more pressing practical concerns that need action. Let’s walk through a couple of examples.
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Minimizing the Impact of New Carrier Surcharge Increases
As of January 1, 2024 both FedEx and UPS have implemented an average of a 5.9% increase across a range of their services which is 1% lower than the 6.9% increase we saw in 2023.
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