7 tips for shopping for a shipping consolidator
Direct marketers have long relied on shipping consolidators to help them get their packages farther down in the U.S. Postal Service mail stream so that
Shipping/Delivery
2006 Benchmark Report INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Here’s an encouraging statistic from Multichannel Merchant’s 2006 Information Technology Systems Benchmark Report: More than 70% of respondents said that
Eleventh-Hour Debate Over Parcel Rates Could Kill Postal Reform
As the House and the Senate mull the merits of enacting postal reform, it appears that 11th-hour lobbying efforts brought by private-sector package delivery firms over parcel rates could threaten postal reform,
The case for third-party manifesting software
Manifesting software is becoming more sophisticated with each passing year. The software pinpoints the most cost-effective carrier for each package, based
Freight Consolidation and Zone Skipping – Putting Control In The Right Hands
With fuel prices and interest rates on the rise, multichannel merchants are taking a closer look at how to cut total costs of goods by driving down per unit transportation costs.
E-commerce systems update
When it comes to managing e-commerce, multichannel merchants have a wide variety of solutions to choose from. Options range from stand-alone e-commerce
Standard Mailers Could See 9% Postal Rate Hike
Better prepare to pay more in postage: The U.S. Postal Service on May 3 filed a proposal with the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) seeking an average overall rate hike of about 8.5%, with a 9% increase for standard mail. Priority Mail is proposed to increase by 13.8%; Express Mail by 12.5%; package services by 13.4%; and periodicals by 11.7%. The proposed price increases would take affect in mid-2007.
On the Road Again
In a bid to keep distribution costs down, companies are considering alternatives that they might have overlooked in the past. We’re seeing more postal
Lesson learned from APX bankruptcy
Chuck Frenette, the chief financial officer of Chippewa Falls, WI-based B.A. Mason Shoe, spent most of March 15 scrambling to reroute some 7,000 packages
Little Improvements Mean a Lot
The order management system (OMS) handles such functions as order entry, sales analysis, inventory planning, and accounting, among others. Many of the