Negotiate Better Deals with Parcel Carriers

“Shippers don’t have the advantage now, since carriers are incentivized to sell their services at the highest possible cost,” Sailor said during a session at last week’s National Conference on Operations & Fulfillment in Schaumburg, Ill. Recent rate increases by all the major carriers — UPS, FedEx, DHL and the U.S. Postal Service — are the highest since 1998.