Luke Zaientz

For many catalog and online retailers, parcel shipment cost is the highest single line item in the fulfillment process. Fortunately there are some simple checks available to determine if your company is spending too much. In conjunction with rate negotiations and invoice auditing, look at the following five areas as tools to control unnecessary parcel costs. 1. Zone Skipping: If you have a small number of distribution centers, relative to the geography they serve, and a medium to large volume of daily shipments, look here for savings. Zone skipping is a practice where shippers consolidate pre-labeled parcel orders, ship past several geographies and deconsolidate the