Parcel Spend Management Services
Contacts: James B. Yard or Eric M. Wright
Save 10-40% annually off shipping costs.
Let Schneider Downs’ Insight, Innovation, and Experience show you how.
In today’s economic climate saving a dollar means a lot more than it used to. Small parcel services are a huge expense to many organizations especially with ever rising rates, confusing billing practices, and additional fees and surcharges. Most organizations have no way to know if they are paying fair market value for shipping services. Unless your organization has someone with specific and significant experience in the small parcel industry, chances are that your organization is overpaying, it is just a matter of how much.
Schneider Downs has the experience to provide small parcel optimization services due to our extensive and unique knowledge of the small parcel shipping industry. We understand carrier pricing tactics and negotiation processes. This unique knowledge coupled with insight into your business processes will allow us to level the negotiating playing field and provide your organization with cost savings that come with an enhanced small parcel program.
Schneider Downs will accomplish this by performing the following:
- Analysis of your organization’s current shipping characteristics
- Volume, trends, and package characteristics
- Mode analysis and network optimization
- Analysis of your organization’s current pricing with carriers
- Analysis of your organization’s current carrier relationships
- Guidance in carrier rate negotiations
- Guidance and assistance in managing the carrier RFP process (if necessary)
- Guidance and assistance in carrier agreement structuring
- Guidance in carrier proposal implementation
- Guidance and assistance in monitoring and evaluating carrier performance
In addition to optimization of carrier rates Schneider Downs can assist your organization continually through our Invoice Auditing services. We will review your invoices on a set schedule to ensure carriers meet their service level agreements and that your organization is properly compensated or refunded for late deliveries.