Shipping & Fulfillment Spend Optimization
Put your business in the driver’s seat to reduce freight shipping costs and optimize contracts.
Download Info SheetStrategic support and cost optimization with 18% average savings on small parcel and 3PL spending.
Reduce shipping costs
Better rates, fewer missed refunds, and optimized carrier mix saves you an average of 18% on annual shipping costs
Reduce transit times
Choose the right service types as well as the best parcel and freight carriers to lower transit times and keep your costs down
Improve customer experience
Identify service level improvement opportunities to meet your standards and exceed customer expectations
Gain peace of mind
Rightsize costs, optimize value, and protect margins with the data, technology, and logistics expertise to make your best shipping and fulfillment choices
Never miss another refund. Freight charges for service failures and billing errors can account for up to 1-9% of your weekly carrier invoices. Hold your carriers accountable and get full credit for every eligible UPS, FedEx, and LTL shipment refund with the help of a freight management system. Our proprietary shipping audit software utilizes a multi-point check to automatically detect errors in freight accounting and credit refunds directly back to your account.
With accurate freight cost calculation, you get the leverage you need to negotiate best-in-class UPS, FedEx, and LTL rates and save as much as 30% of your annual shipping spend. Tap into our data points, carrier pricing analysts, and advanced data modeling technologies to bolster your negotiating power and secure the rates you deserve. Proper freight cost management leads to significant freight cost reduction.
Cut costs and get maximum value from your current third-party logistics (3PL) or fulfillment (3PF) partnership. Or find a new provider to optimize logistic efficiency and elevate your business. Take advantage of dedicated, hands-on support to analyze all the options and ensure the right partners, contract formats, and services for your standards and budget.
Customize a strategy to optimize transit times and costs that tactically moves selected freight between carriers and service types. Shift volume between carriers to take advantage of savings opportunities or leverage our plug-and-play special rate programs when and where they make sense.
Save time, labor costs, and late fees by automating carrier payments. We take the burden off your AP team, consolidating and reconciling payments across multiple accounts and carriers to ensure accurate, on-time parcel and freight invoice payments every time.
Ensure advanced visibility into your shipping spend and make critical cost-saving decisions faster. Access on-demand, real-time shipping and logistics analytics. Dig into your shipping data using our dynamic, interactive charts to quickly shift from high-level insights to a granular understanding of your shipping cost variables.
Meet Our Shipping and Fulfillment Experts
Let our team empower your team to combat rising shipping and fulfillment costs and protect your profit margin with a smarter shipping spend.
Josh Taylor
Senior Director of Professional Services
Steve Givens
Managing Director, Fulfillment Optimization
Gordon Glazer
Senior Consultant, USPS Specialist & Modal Optimization
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