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Outsourcing Fulfillment: Bigger Isn’t Always Better Starting Out

November 18, 2019 by Strategic Choice Partners Leave a Comment

Outsourcing Fulfillment: Bigger Isn’t Always Better Starting Out

Whether you are an entrepreneur, growing business or mature company, the goal in today’s business world is to be bigger and better than our closest competitor. We want to be seen as the ‘leader’ of our industry. One of the primary ways we achieve this goal is through our sales and customer satisfaction … by having top-notch processes. Those ‘processes’ manifest themselves in our ordering, fulfillment and shipping life cycle. Today, you may be fulfilling your orders out of your garage, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Doug Finnie, Shipping Tagged With: data, doug finnie, downside of large fulfillment providers, fulfillment, growing, lost items, outsourcing, productivity, ship, shipping, shipping and handling

Parcel Carrier Negotiated Shipping Rates: How They Work…

February 15, 2018 by Strategic Choice Partners Leave a Comment

Parcel Carrier Negotiated Shipping Rates: How They Work...

It’s 2018 and UPS and FedEx have once again raised their rates. If your business ships with UPS or FedEx, it is essential that you understand as much as possible about your negotiated parcel rates. Companies that have already negotiated with UPS or FedEx could be paying up to 45% too much on their shipping if they don’t completely understand how the negotiated rates and the negotiation process work. And companies that have never negotiated could be paying up to 70% too much.   Who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Financial, Operations Tagged With: cost, direct sales, discount, FedEx, mail, mailing, negotiate, negotiate price, parcel, price, rates, ship, shipping, UPS

6 Best Practices To Prevent Shipping Costs From Eroding Your Margins

March 21, 2017 by Strategic Choice Partners Leave a Comment

Businesses have grown to depend on parcel shipping as a lifeline to consumers and clients. The days of just slapping on a shipping label and sending off a package have given way to a complex maze of service levels, pricing, and intricate fees and surcharges. Over the past decade, UPS & FedEx have increased their ground tariff rates 75% and their air tariffs 81.8%. Those aren’t exactly small numbers. What’s worse, is these figures do not include the infamous Dimensional Weight pricing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Shipping Tagged With: data, direct sales, direct selling, FedEx, learn, logistics, money, negotiate, ship, shipping, UPS

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