If you run a business that ships in significant volumes, chances are that you are worried about shipping budgets. Your worry is well founded because shipping takes a major chunk of the operations expense of a small...
Tag - Cost Optimization
Deepa Shankar
10 Shipping Surcharges That Are Eating Into Your Ecommerce Profit
If I were to ask any fledgling retailer or small business owner what are his/ her foremost challenge was, it would mostly be coming up with a shipping strategy that brings customers in and simultaneously cuts into...
Ian
Green Logistics: DHL Treks Toward Zero Emissions 2050
The green fever is catching. Slowly but surely, Green technology has infiltrated almost every field there is. Including logistics. A notable example would be DHL’s attempts to stem the production of greenhouse gases in...
Joelah James
Best 3 Ways to Offer Free 2 Day Shipping Without Going Broke
With retailers of all calibres entering the ring with free shipping options, it is near impossible to remain isolated from the melee and continue charging flat shipping rates. Free shipping, especially free 2 day...
10 Important Shipping Carrier Errors That Could Cost Your Ecommerce Business
Have you looked at your FedEx or UPS invoice lately? Shocked to find your shipping costs at an all-time high? The reality is that FedEx and UPS have slapped a 4.9% shipping rate hike (read more about 2018 shipping...
Revathi Karthik
How is AI set to transform logistics?
Plaguing issues that worry logistics companies are diminishing margins, fuel wastage, idle time, turnaround time and speed of deliveries in the supply chain. And Artificial Intelligence can help with these problems. And...
Bianca Barath
5 factors to consider when choosing a reliable shipping partner
If you are an ecommerce organization looking to zero in on a freight partner, you should look at the various factors they offer and choose one based on what you need. Here is a list of parameters that matter the most...
Warehouse Management – The Dos and Don’ts
Running a retail business is not a piece of cake. There are assets to manage, deadlines to meet, and customer expectations to exceed. To be on top of all this, your warehouse management needs to be a...