Shipping Feature: Delivering a Profit
In addition, both FedEx and UPS changed the tables used to calculate fuel surcharges, increasing the costs by 4 percent. The compound effect of all of these increases is staggering, making 2015 the most significant rate increase in history. Good for FedEx and UPS shareholders, but very challenging for shippers!
Rob Martinez is the CEO of Shipware LLC, a professional services firm that transforms businesses through intelligent distribution solutions and strategies. Rob has helped some of the world’s most recognizable brands reduce parcel shipping costs an average of 25 percent through contract negotiations, rate benchmarking, modal optimization, invoice audit and other savings vehicles. A cum laude graduate of UCLA, Rob has 20 years of transportation industry experience, including executive positions at DHL and Stamps.com, in addition to his work as an outside consultant since 2001.
