Friday, January 16, 2015

Are you prepared to manage your shipping costs in 2015?

As free – and fast - shipping becomes the standard, retailers are struggling to manage the additional
costs.  And as of 5 January 2015, both UPS and FedEx will be imposing dimensional weight pricing on all ground shipments. Dimensional weight pricing (aka DIM pricing) bases rates on a package’s external dimensions rather than its weight.  This is expected to increase costs on about 30% of ground based shipments.  That doesn't include the other rate annual rate hikes and surcharges and combined, this is expected to have a dramatic impact on lightweight shippers since approximately 75% to 90% of online retail orders ship via ground services.  Do you have a plan in place to manage your shipping costs in 2015 and maintain your profit margin?
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The right fulfillment partner can help you manage those costs and provide detailed knowledge of the factors driving those shipping costs along with many other strategic and operational recommendations.Whether that’s ideas on how to package your product, access to alternative modes of shipment focusing on small parcel shipping, or providing the key metrics to enable you to identify and maintain optimal inventory levels to manage resources, Vision can help you understand the playing field, and how to best navigate it.  Call us to help build and execute your plan to manage your shipping costs in 2015.

Vision Consumer Products Fulfillment has decades of experience and industry expertise in consumer products fulfillment services.  No matter who your customer is, we treat your customer as our own.  We know what makes a raving fan out of an individual customer, as well as what makes a business partner trust you with their business.  Call or email us to learn how.  We’re certain we’ll be the best fulfillment warehouse partner you have ever had!

http://visioncpf.com 
CPFSales@VisionMediamgmt.com

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