A Quick Start Guide to Mailing and Shipping with the USPS
Congratulations, you have recently been tasked with mailing operations, now what? Relax, take a deep breath, you got this! Let’s start by focusing on ways to drive savings and in...
Should You Pursue Operational or Rate Improvements? Do Both
It’s common for shippers to employ one or maybe two cost-reduction strategies and call it a day. They assume that such initiatives will remove all excess costs from their...
2016 Parcel Pricing & Benchmarking Survey – Live PARCEL Forum Results Unveiled
For the fourth consecutive year at the PARCEL Forum, Shipware, LLC conducted a live parcel pricing and benchmarking survey in which 56 shippers responded to survey questions about their...
Ideamensch Interview with Trevor Outman
Passion, perseverance, and determination will always produce results, and they are contagious. Trevor Outman, MBA, is co-founder and principal partner of Shipware, a San Diego-based shipping consulting and technology...
Attention FedEx & UPS Shippers: Important Changes For 2017 Holidays
It’s that time of year again! Seasonal retailers are in full-court press to prepare for the fast-approaching busy holiday season. But those of us that rely on FedEx and...
Competing in the Online Retail World Then and Now (Part 2)
There’s a unique consumer profile for every organization competing in the online retail world. We can broadly identify unique trends that differ from one industry to the next. There...
Where Do We Fit? How Regional Carriers Fit Into the Supply Chain Along With the Big Two
An Interview with CLDA Keynote Speaker Rob Martinez, President and CEO Shipware, LLC In a world dominated by two big delivery players, how can regional and specialized carriers find...
Shipware’s Analysis of the FedEx General Rate Increases for 2017
With each year’s General Rate Increase announcement, shippers inevitably ask, “How much is this really going to cost me?” This year, it got quite a bit harder to answer...
USPS Price Increase & Impact on Shippers
Rather than an across the board increase, the USPS has carefully selected areas where there is room to raise pricing while still maintaining its competitive edge (ie; residential delivery)....
Parcel Shippers: New USPS Priority Mail Undercuts UPS & FedEx Pricing!
Package growth is the Postal Service’s greatest hope to maintain solvency. Apart from direct mail, the only shining star within all the USPS business segments is Shipping and Package....