ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH FOR PARCEL SHIPPING?
YOUR CARRIER CONTRACT MAY BE WORTH A SECOND LOOK.
Many companies negotiate a carrier agreement, accept the discounts they receive, and then continue operating under that contract for years.
Meanwhile, carrier pricing, market conditions, accessorial charges and shipping patterns change.
Our parcel rate and contract optimization services are designed to determine whether your current carrier agreement is still competitive - and negotiate better economics when it isn't.
FIRST: IS YOUR COMPANY A FIT?
This service is specifically designed for businesses with:
$1 MILLION+ IN ANNUAL PARCEL SPEND
The strongest candidates generally:
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Spend $1M+ annually on parcel shipping
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Use UPS, FedEx, or both
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Have a direct carrier contract
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Control their own carrier agreement
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Have not recently renegotiated their contract
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Have never - or rarely - audited their accessorial charges
The company must own its carrier contract.
Contracts held by a parent company or 3PL are not the intended fit.
WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT SURE?
That's exactly what an initial conversation can determine.
We can help establish whether your shipping volume, carrier relationships and current contract make an optimization review worthwhile.
WHAT WE DO
BENCHMARK YOUR CURRENT CONTRACT
Our parcel contract optimization service uses AI-driven analysis and extensive parcel-market data to evaluate your existing carrier agreement.
The program system is built on 20 billion+ parcel datapoints and benchmarks a shipper's contract against $1 billion+ in live market data.
The objective is simple:
DETERMINE WHAT YOUR SHIPPING CONTRACT SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN TODAY'S MARKET.
THEN NEGOTIATE.
WE DEAL WITH THE CARRIER.
Once the existing agreement has been analyzed, the service manages the negotiation process with your incumbent carrier.
And here's the important part:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE CARRIERS.
The service negotiates with the carrier you're already using.
There is:
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No required carrier change
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No operational disruption
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No shipping-system implementation
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No need to retrain your shipping operation
Your business continues shipping the way it does today while the carrier relationship is renegotiated.
WHAT ABOUT THE RESULTS?
THE POTENTIAL IS SIGNIFICANT.
The program reports:
25.2% AVERAGE COST SAVINGS
across more than 350 companies served, representing more than $150 million in customer savings.
New carrier agreements have reportedly been completed in as little as 33 days.
And ongoing invoice auditing can begin during the first month, helping ensure that the savings negotiated into the agreement actually appear on subsequent invoices.
PERFORMANCE-BASED
THERE'S NO UPFRONT COST.
The service is compensated based on a share of the savings it actually delivers.
IF YOU DON'T SAVE MONEY, IT DOESN'T GET PAID.
That aligns the service with your result rather than simply charging you for an analysis or consulting engagement.
BUT THERE'S AN EVEN BIGGER OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT IF YOU OPTIMIZE BOTH SIDES?
Negotiating a better carrier contract is powerful.
But imagine combining that with a shipping operation that is also selecting carriers intelligently, automatically rate-shopping shipments, applying routing rules, and reducing manual work.
That's where the two services can complement each other.
BETTER RATES + BETTER SHIPPING DECISIONS
Your transportation costs have two very different components:
WHAT YOU PAY
Your carrier contracts, discounts, accessorial charges and negotiated rates.
HOW YOU SHIP
Your carrier selection, routing, service levels, automation and operational processes.
Optimizing only one leaves the other untouched.
Our shipping services can address both.
THE COMPLETE SHIPPING OPTIMIZATION APPROACH
STEP 1
OPTIMIZE THE SHIPPING OPERATION
Use technology and carrier optimization to determine the most appropriate shipping option for each shipment.
STEP 2
OPTIMIZE THE CARRIER CONTRACT
Benchmark the existing agreement and negotiate better rates and terms with the incumbent carrier.
STEP 3
AUDIT THE RESULTS
Continue reviewing invoices to help ensure negotiated savings are actually being realized.
THE OBJECTIVE?
Reduce what you pay AND improve how you ship.
IS YOUR SHIPPING CONTRACT LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE?
If your company spends $1 million or more annually on parcel shipping, it may be worth finding out.
You don't have to change carriers.
You don't have to implement new technology.
You don't have to guess whether your rates are competitive.