Welcome to Parcelconsulting
Welcome to Parcelconsulting
It’s an understatement to say life has changed dramatically this year, but the shipping and logistics industry is being stressed more than ever before. The nature of spending more time at home during the pandemic in the ecommerce age has pushed nearly every shipping and logistics network to capacity.
The major carriers have raised rates and announced more shipping surcharges are coming. They are limiting daily volume for some shippers, and even stopped accepting new customers for the rest of the year in some cases.
It’s understandable to think there isn’t much your ecommerce store or small business can do about shipping rates going up and delays right now.
The good news for shippers is there are more options than ever before and that’s why it’s vital to work with shipping and logistics partners that can deliver creative tailored solutions.
One of the central issues that the major carriers are dealing with right now is the increase in residential deliveries, which take more time and cost more to complete.
According to a recent article in Supply Chain Drive on shipping surcharges increases and delays, “Volumes common in peak season are occurring at this time of year, resulting in carrier surcharges. Delivery guarantees are also suspended as carriers face increased demand with customers ordering more online during the pandemic. Now 70% of UPS’ deliveries are residential – up from 50% – and these are less profitable than commercial deliveries.”
All businesses, large and small, are dealing with the challenges of delays and rising costs. That makes it tempting to believe there isn’t anything your business can do about it. Just eat the cost, accept the delays, and apologize to your customers daily going forward, right?
Fortunately, that’s not the case at all. There are a multitude of options for better shipping software, carrier rate programs, authorized resellers, group buying programs, carrier contract negotiation strategies and tricks, small parcel audit companies, carrier contract management specialists, flexible fulfillment warehouses, and many more ways to reduce shipping costs.
Shipping delays are being solved with better multi-carrier strategies that leverage historical performance and real time data. One of the best ways to improve average delivery times is to use the best carrier for each shipment and use technology to automate that process.
The obvious problem is that your company is operating near capacity too and you’re not sure where to start the search, much less how to find the perfect solutions for your company. We’ve worked with many companies and executives lately that said they’ve known all year that they needed to find better options for their shipping and fulfillment, but just couldn’t find the time.
Parcel Consulting was specifically started to help parcel shippers find solutions. Our team has worked with SaaS software and carrier rates programs for more than a decade since the conception of multi-carrier shipping software. Throughout our experience working with shippers, we frequently found ourselves in situations where our products and services were not the best fit and knew there were better options for their company specifically.
Oftentimes, we simply were not working directly with the carrier or software provider that was the best fit, even if there was opportunity to find savings, reduce transit time, or otherwise assist with a logistics need, and we want to help connect shippers of all types with the best solutions for them.
This is true throughout the supply chain industry, where many companies are led into a bad agreement, because that is the only solution the sales representative can offer, or the best option found in limited time. It’s not always due to ill-intent, salespeople for any company have a job to do, but why should this always impact the end-shipper?
Therefore, we have created an ecosystem that puts our client’s needs first. We don’t offer exclusivity to any carrier or technology, and work with all major carriers to ensure any client of ours has multiple options available. In most cases, we can provide additional savings over-time, by aligning our team with your organization to assist in meeting your current objectives.
The simple answer is our unique access to all the best solutions available with the ability to work with any software or carrier or 3PL partner that will lower costs, improve delivery times, automate common processes, and give your shipping department a competitive edge. Our team has worked directly with tens of thousands of shippers on all types of challenges and solutions.
Instead of working with a variety of sales people for all the possible options, you can simply detail your current process, biggest issues or challenges, and lay out your goals for your business and we go to work on all the best options for your business. Whether you just want a clean process for a request for rate quotes or you want a holistic solution and fully-managed implementation with on-going support, we’ve been through the process many times with many types of business and will make shipping stress-free for your company.
Parcel Consulting has aggregated and partnered with the best options for same-day, next-day local delivery in the United States and Canada. We work with businesses of all types and sizes to provide the best tailored local delivery options and technology for their needs.
We’ve been preparing for this for more than a decade and we’re here to help! Give us a ring to discuss your options at: 833-PARCEL-1 (833-727-2351).
