Transportation Spend Management Blog
Practical insights for finance and supply‑chain leaders on parcel & freight audits, carrier contracts, and analytics..
How Freight Analytics Helps Make Data-Driven Decisions
Freight analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing shipment data to improve logistical efficiency and make data-driven decisions. It can help to reduce costs, optimize transportation routes,...
A Guide to Understanding Freight Payments
Freight payments are payments made to carriers for the transportation of your packages to customers or other recipients. The amount you’ll pay varies based on shipping rates, package sizing, the spe...
What Is Packaging Optimization? A Guide to Better Shipping
Packaging optimization is the process of improving your packaging efficiency, effectiveness, and reliability to reduce damage and shipping costs. It optimizes the materials, designs, sizing, and man...
2025 General Rate Increase: A Guide to UPS and FedEx Changes
With the FedEx 2025 general rate increase now in full effect, shipping costs are getting higher – again.
Both UPS and FedEx have announced their General Rate Increase (GRI) changes for 2025 to ke...
What is LTL Freight? The Ultimate Guide
LTL freight, short for ‘Less Than Truckload’ freight, refers to a shipping method where shipments from multiple businesses share space on the same truck. This method is ideal for bus...
Simplifying the Freight Audit Process: Auditing & Payment Guide
Freight audit and payment is the critical process of reviewing, verifying, and paying freight invoices to manage and control transportation costs. In 2025, as volatile rates and technological shifts i...
3 Parcel Spend Strategies to Reduce Shipping Costs
What Is Parcel Spend Management?
Parcel spend management involves analyzing and optimizing your shipping costs to reduce parcel delivery expenses. It’s a logistics-wide effort that looks at...