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How to Lower Your Ecommerce Shipping Costs

Ship Monk

There are so many layers to the shipping aspect of the ecommerce industry that it can be a bit overwhelming. Even once you’ve decided on a shipping carrier and shipping service, the cost to send packages can vary greatly as a result of many factors.

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LTL DIM Pricing: Why LTL Is Moving to Dimensional Based Pricing

GlobalTranz

The use of dimensional (DIM) pricing has an extensive history by the Big Three carriers. FedEx, UPS, and DHL all claim to have been the first to switch to DIM pricing in 2013, but all packages were swapped over into the DIM pricing model in 2015. Handling characteristics. Think about it.

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5 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2015…So Far

GlobalTranz

We are coming down the homestretch with our "Most Popular Blog Posts of 2015.So We've already hit 3 of our 5 main categories by featuring the most popular blogs for the logistics blog posts, manufacturing blog posts, and supply chain blog posts. 5 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2015.So

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Parcel TMS Analytics: There’s Gold in the Data

GlobalTranz

E-commerce is driving the demand for last-mile delivery, causing parcel shipping costs to increase at twice the rate of inflation. This effect is magnified as the expectation for low or free shipping and expanded delivery services is further established by Amazon. DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER. NEW WHITEPAPER.

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Top Freight Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

Today we finalize our most viewed articles from the Cerasis blog by featuring the most read freight articles published in 2015. We encourage you to use the search function at the right of the blog or the category picker to find any content you'd like to read. Freight is something that you ship.

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