Develop Better Shipping Plans

Know your business model’s shipping characteristics. Develop a profile of your outbound shipping. Include in it the following:
- marketing orders;
- shipped orders;
- packages shipped;
- back-order rates;
- ship alones;
- historical orders;
- package-shipped volumes by month with seasonal data;
- level of service used (e.g., next-day, two-day, ground) and why;
- zone distribution;
- weight distribution; and
- number of business, residential, rural and urban deliveries.