Shipping Feature: Delivering a Profit
Go Postal!
The U.S. Postal Service offers a competitive pricing edge with new, lower pricing for Priority Mail and ounce-based rates for packages that weigh less than a pound. A pricing analysis reveals that the USPS is very competitive for lightweight residential packages, especially to close-in zones.
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.
