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Shipping and Fulfillment Spend Optimization Made Easy.

Be the one out of 10 businesses that doesn’t overspend on shipping.

About 90% of companies spend more than they should on shipping because carrier rate negotiations are typically one-sided. With fuel costs rising and freight contracts becoming more and more complex, we flip the script and empower your business to strategically, confidently, and successfully get the shipping rates and freight cost terms you deserve. Through data, expert analytics, and proprietary modeling and auditing technology, we help you unlock and capitalize on all opportunities to control your inventory, freight spend, and logistics costs with your existing carriers and fulfillment partners. We may also find new opportunities to diversify carriers and provide alternative modes of transportation.

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Shipping & Fulfillment Spend Optimization

Put your business in the driver’s seat to reduce freight shipping costs and optimize contracts.

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Strategic support and cost optimization with 18% average savings on small parcel and 3PL spending.

Reduce shipping costs

Better rates, fewer missed refunds, and optimized carrier mix saves you an average of 18% on annual shipping costs

Reduce transit times

Choose the right service types as well as the best parcel and freight carriers to lower transit times and keep your costs down

Improve customer experience

Identify service level improvement opportunities to meet your standards and exceed customer expectations

Gain peace of mind

Rightsize costs, optimize value, and protect margins with the data, technology, and logistics expertise to make your best shipping and fulfillment choices

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Spend Smarter on Shipping and Fulfillment

Never miss another refund. Freight charges for service failures and billing errors can account for up to 1-9% of your weekly carrier invoices. Hold your carriers accountable and get full credit for every eligible UPS, FedEx, and LTL shipment refund with the help of a freight management system. Our proprietary shipping audit software utilizes a multi-point check to automatically detect errors in freight accounting and credit refunds directly back to your account.

With accurate freight cost calculation, you get the leverage you need to negotiate best-in-class UPS, FedEx, and LTL rates and save as much as 30% of your annual shipping spend. Tap into our data points, carrier pricing analysts, and advanced data modeling technologies to bolster your negotiating power and secure the rates you deserve. Proper freight cost management leads to significant freight cost reduction.

Cut costs and get maximum value from your current third-party logistics (3PL) or fulfillment (3PF) partnership. Or find a new provider to optimize logistic efficiency and elevate your business. Take advantage of dedicated, hands-on support to analyze all the options and ensure the right partners, contract formats, and services for your standards and budget.

Customize a strategy to optimize transit times and costs that tactically moves selected freight between carriers and service types. Shift volume between carriers to take advantage of savings opportunities or leverage our plug-and-play special rate programs when and where they make sense.

Save time, labor costs, and late fees by automating carrier payments. We take the burden off your AP team, consolidating and reconciling payments across multiple accounts and carriers to ensure accurate, on-time parcel and freight invoice payments every time.

Ensure advanced visibility into your shipping spend and make critical cost-saving decisions faster. Access on-demand, real-time shipping and logistics analytics. Dig into your shipping data using our dynamic, interactive charts to quickly shift from high-level insights to a granular understanding of your shipping cost variables.

Meet Our Shipping and Fulfillment Experts

Let our team empower your team to combat rising shipping and fulfillment costs and protect your profit margin with a smarter shipping spend.

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Josh Taylor

Senior Director of Professional Services
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Steve Givens

Managing Director, Fulfillment Optimization
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Gordon Glazer

Senior Consultant, USPS Specialist & Modal Optimization

Spend Areas

Insurance
Payroll Processing
Property Taxes
Technology (SaaS/IT)
Telecom
Treasury Fees + Merchant Services
Utilities
Waste + Recycling
Other Operating Expenses
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Insurance

Reduce insurance costs by an average of 11%

Protect your business and your bottom line with rightsized health insurance and benefits coverage and lower premium costs. We help you understand risk and navigate the complex insurance environment to get high-value services while lowering your overall insurance spend.

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Payroll Processing

Cut payroll processing fees by an average of 24%

Smart businesses invest in people—not in redundant or unnecessary payroll processing services and fees. Optimize your payroll processing solution to simplify, save, and better meet your company’s human capital management needs.

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Property Taxes

Reduce property taxes by an average of 8%

Saving money on property taxes starts with knowing the true market value of your commercial real estate assets. We empower you with the data and expertise to know your portfolio’s real worth and ensure fair and accurate taxes for the long term.

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Technology (SaaS/IT)

Unlock up to 26% savings on IT expenses
SaaS subscriptions, internet services, printing and copying, and other IT services keep your business operational. But usage needs change over time, and complex rate structures, contracts, and costs don’t always keep pace. An IT expense audit typically turns up major cost reduction opportunities with companies standing to save an average of 8% on SaaS subscriptions and 26% on printer and copier services through rightsizing, billing error reduction, and price optimization.

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Telecom

Secure 28% average savings on telecom solutions

Saving money on telecom goes beyond removing costly billing errors to ensure rightsized networks and efficient network design. A comprehensive approach to optimization and modernization helps you save today while preparing for the technology and security demands of tomorrow.

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Treasury Fees + Merchant Services

Reduce treasury service fees by 25-35%

A bank fee review can turn up unnecessary services, volumes, and costs that are deflating your bottom line. With the potential of over 3,100 fees that a bank can charge you for your business account, we help secure best-in-class pricing while preserving existing banking relationships and introducing opportunities for a more secure financial future by reviewing all bank fee line items including account maintenance, depository services, information reporting, lockbox services, ACH, wire transfers and more.

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Utilities

Save an average of 11% on energy and utilities

Get the power to optimize your energy spend with better rates, more reliable service, and reduced billing errors. Beyond procurement, audits, and bill pay, we introduce new efficiencies and support sustainability to create best-in-class energy programs.

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Waste + Recycling

Capture 30% average savings on waste and recycling

Take control of your waste and recycling programs from end to end with better program design, pricing, management, and reporting. By optimizing services, rates, and contract terms, you can take the waste out of waste management.

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Other Operating Expenses

Spend smarter on everyday spend areas

From linen and laundry, to uniforms, document storage, food costs, maintenance, medical supplies, and more, we can help you tackle all your spend areas to reduce costs and ensure the greatest value for your business.

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See How We Can Help You Spend Smarter

Get started easily and quickly with a no-risk, comprehensive evaluation of your vendor transaction history and put our market intelligence and industry expertise to work.

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