Making the Case for Using a Transportation Management System for Parcel Shipping
We discuss the key pain points that all parcel shippers are dealing with right now and show how a multi-carrier transportation management system can help reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and improve the organizational bottom line.
Today's “WANT IT NOW” expectations are pushing manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and logistics providers to rethink the way they orchestrate their parcel shipping operations.
When a customer orders a single tube of Chapstick online and expects it to arrive on her doorstep within two days (or less), traditional parcel management approaches must give way to new, tech-enabled processes that enable expedited deliveries.
In this Making the Case report, we discuss the key pain points that all parcel shippers are dealing with right now and show how a multi-carrier transportation management system can help reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and improve the organizational bottom line.
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