Level the playing field when negotiating parcel shipping contracts

By Mike Erickson

Myriad Options
Catalog shippers have more service choices to achieve their delivery goals through postal consolidators and postal hybrid services provided by the major integrated parcel companies. It’s no longer a simple choice of ground vs. second-day air vs. overnight delivery.

Also, new technologies for shippers to optimize service and costs allow the shipper to approach service selection in a mode-agnostic way. With this in mind, catalogers should avoid selecting the service type. Instead, you should select the lowest-price service that will get the package to customers within the chosen delivery commitment.