KPMG Consultant – “It really is a no-brainer, no-risk value proposition”
In business school we learned to focus on the core competency and outsource the rest. Or, at the very least, outsource that which you’d prefer someone else do.
In the overall scheme of ‘core competencies’, freight auditing ranks dead last for most companies.
On the scale of necessary but painful experiences, parcel auditing ranks in the top 5. So… why not outsource it? Continue reading
The theme for this tradeshow season is – “Shippers, are you leaving money on the table?”
To drive the point home, we heap world banknotes on a table until they’re strewn over the floor. The attraction is simple – money. Continue reading
There’s a hidden profit source in many companies. Hidden, perhaps, perhaps because the source is rather unlikely – freight bills. Tariffs of major ltl and parcel carriers such as UPS, FedEx, DHL and TNT, promise on time delivery and accurate billing. When carriers fall short of their service commitment, it’s left to the customer to discover the failure and claim a refund for the overcharge. The overcharge may range from a few pennies to the full value of the shipment, but it’s hard to detect and harder to claim. Sound like a hassle? It is. That’s why most companies ‘choose’ to overpay their FedEx and UPS bills. Continue reading
In business school we learn to focus on the core competency and outsource the rest. Or, at the very least, outsource the painful or mundane, which you’d prefer someone else do. In the overall scheme of things, a parcel audit ranks dead last on all accounts, yet it is as essential to shippers as a good manifest system. Surprisingly, for many companies that ship with FedEx, UPS, or DHL, the parcel audit isn’t even on the radar screen. That’s a problem. Continue reading
True confession: There’s an intriguing, speculative side to the world of freight auditing, because we never know what we’ll find. Though admittedly somewhere short of ‘Casino Royale’, it can be intriguing to dig into a client’s history to find they’ve spent too much for too little, and the net result surprises us all. Continue reading
There’s a unique business model changing the world of business intelligence. You’ve heard of the ‘freemium’ model – give away the basic service, charge for the premium? The new model is to offer the premium service, and pay the user. Confused? Read on. Continue reading
Managing decentralized shipping operations in a global company can be challenging. Converting those operations into an efficient profit center may sound impossible, but a Bay Area company aims to do just that. Continue reading
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