5 Supply Chain Tactics to Strengthen Your Shipping Business
Running a shipping business can be as great as it seems, but comes with its own set of hurdles. As a business grows, the challenge is knowing how to improve and optimize all facets of the company. One way of doing that is getting accustomed to strategies that help to strengthen your supply chain. Strengthening […]
How Does Brexit Impact on US Export Shipments?
When you’re striving to make a success of a business, you need all the help you can get, and that’s where data and analytics comes in handy. Shipping analytics provide useful information on business performance, and business intelligence which combines data tools, data mining, and data visualisation to help you to make factual decisions. Businesses […]
Can Freight Analytics Help You to Optimize the Busy Holiday Season?
The holiday season traditionally brings with it a surge in demand, and this year is predicted to be even busier. COVID-19 has resulted in less foot-fall on the high street, with consumers turning to online shopping to satisfy their shopping lists. This has led to the shipment of more parcels, and carriers are in high […]
Will the freight industry shake off Covid-19 in 2021?
Coronavirus has hit the world like a leaden sledgehammer and the reverberations are being felt the length and breadth of the economy and global supply chain. The volatile situation has resulted in ambiguity in terms of capacity, demand, and pricing. The World Trade Organization appraises a 9.2% decrease of global merchandise trade this year, but […]
UPS Adds Peak Surcharge and Increases Shipping Costs
The recent pandemic has played havoc with the economy, as small and large businesses struggle to survive. Many have turned to providing an online service, with customers happy to stay at home and order goods from the comfort of their own home. Companies are making money from online sales, but also face a hike in […]
Track Parcel Shipping Spend
Why You Should Track Parcel Shipping Spend With e-commerce currently booming more parcels are being shipped than ever before, and delivery costs can very quickly add up. Remain competitive and keep an eye on your expenditure by auditing your parcel invoices and tracking your parcel shipping spend. The Cost of Meeting Customer Expectations Successful businesses […]
A NY court found UPS guilty of illegally shipping cigarettes
Thousands of cigarettes seized as they were smuggled into NYC. Credit: New York Department of Taxation and Finance. UPS found itself on the wrong end of an illegal shipping lawsuit in the state of New York earlier this week. When we think about transportation and the companies that carry our products from one place to […]
New UPS Labeling improves transit time for international shipments
Have you ever had to endure the long days, maybe even weeks, of delay whenever using an international shipping service? Have you dreaded waiting for customs clearance and the added delay for products when they reach the distribution centers? Well, UPS recently announced a service that will significantly diminish those long and painful waits. Now […]
Fuel Prices and Fuel Surcharges – What’s the deal?
While ongoing oil glut has been increasingly painful to both US truckers and traditional petroleum exporters worldwide, it’s also been a welcome relief to the average driver. As the fuel for our cars comes from the same oil as the airplanes and trucks that move our freight, common sense would dictate that the same lower […]
6 Tips for Shipping Smarter this Holiday Season
The holiday shipping season is officially upon us. The turkeys have all been carved and consumed, the cranberry sauce has been discarded and now the countdown to Christmas is on. For businesses, big and small, that means scrambling around and making sure that all products, ordered online and off, are packed properly and set to […]
