ProShip ParcelCast Unwined

Amazon, the e-commerce behemoth, delivered more than 5 billion packages in the United States last year and is beefing up its infrastructure to be able to tackle whatever they determine will be their next step. Let’s crunch some numbers – as of January of this year, Amazon now operates 305 large fulfillment centers around the U.S., which average 800,000 square feet of storage space. They also opera...

Supply chain technology advancements continue to be a strategic focus for many brands looking to thrive in an uncertain post-pandemic ecosystem. In a recent Gartner survey, over 60% of respondents say technology is a source of competitive advantage for them. So what kind of IT trends and topics should shippers pay attention to for the upcoming peak season? This month’s ParcelCast episode brings to...

With a growing number of annual rate increases and surcharges, 2022 could be an even more expensive year for shippers who haven’t taken a proactive approach to their supply chain. That proactive supply chain should include an in-depth review of your supply chain performance, highlighting key data and analytics that can provide insight into any errors or unnecessary risks. This audit should demonst...

With explosive e-commerce acceleration over the past 2 years, traditional shipping strategies just don’t cut it anymore. Brands have experienced growing customer expectations and some have realized that major shippers and other logistics companies can’t offer the innovative functionalities, like advanced tracking, automated responses, and photos of packages on doorsteps, that they demand at this t...

In-person trade shows are back, and we are so excited for one of the biggest in the country, the National Retail Federation (NRF) Retail’s Big Show 2022 . With an expected attendance of nearly 30,000 retailers, vendors, and industry experts, NRF 2022 is one of the largest can’t miss events in 2022. With the sheer size of this trade show alone, it’s easy to get lost and feel overwhelmed by the acti...

Did you know that over 4 billion pieces of mail are thrown away by the postal service every year due to bad address quality? In this month's episode of ProShip ParcelCast, host, John Wells, ProShip Head of Strategic Partnerships, is joined by Chris Lien, Executive Vice President of Postal Affairs at BCC Software, where they discuss the topic of address quality and validation.  In an impressiv...

In this month's episode of ProShip ParcelCast, host John Wells, ProShip Head of Strategic Partnerships, is joined by Bill Schroeder, President of ProShip, and Amy Tennent, Senior Director of Product Management at Manhattan Associates to discuss fulfillment optimization and honoring customer delivery promises.   Amy, John and Bill begin the conversation by touching on the new realities for omn...

In this month’s episode of ProShip ParcelCast, host John Wells , ProShip Head of Strategic Partnerships, is joined by Clint Boaz , ProShip Senior Sales Engineer, and Michael Falls , the Director of Global Strategic Solutions at enVista to breakdown dynamic BI solutions. Clint and Michael start the conversation by giving listeners are detailed breakdown of the difference between business informatio...

Any shipper that has been through a hectic peak season knows that the key to any good strategy is flexibility. The current shipping landscape requires shippers to have options so that they can pivot and adapt depending on capacity and carrier coverage considerations. But how can having more options enable elasticity in your shipping approach? With top multi-carrier shipping software customers tout...

Anyone who has been following the final-mile delivery space can recognize the volatility and unpredictability of this part of the supply chain industry. With new start-ups and national-alternative carriers coming and going relatively quickly, shippers have had to have flexibility in their supply chain and the ability to adapt and shift carriers easily and quickly. So how can shippers build a flexi...

It’s been long proven that forming strong vendor partnerships makes smart financial sense. 50% of companies in a recent global research study reported that they consistently get the best people, best pricing, and best ideas from their key suppliers, gaining a competitive advantage to their competitors. Afterall, in an increasingly competitive global ecosystem, collaboration is how top businesses w...

With experts saying the shopping preference for online over brick-and-mortar will continue, businesses should facilitate access to all channels of their supply chain and take advantage of growing markets. One such channel to consider is Canada, the tenth-largest economy in the world. Since the consumer audience is (in many ways) similar to the United States, Canada is an attractive market for US-...

As the trend continues towards consumers going online to shop, shippers need to be aware of the ramifications for any dangerous goods shipments they may now be processing or are processing unsafely or incorrectly. The foundation for understanding the implications that DG shipping may bring starts with understanding dangerous goods themselves, and what regulatory requirements may apply. In this Pro...

Many retailers and consumer goods companies struggle to implement new operational capabilities and associated technologies, most often by underestimating the enterprise impact. A program manager, whether internal or external, is the key to completely understanding how monumental this change is – companies are likely adjusting how every package is shipped. In this ProShip ParcelCast episode, Justin...

The global pandemic has shaken supply chain industries to their core and pushed ahead the rise of unified commerce. For most businesses, this past year has highlighted parcel shipping challenges or lapses in the retail supply chain, setting a foundation for the importance of agility and visibility by using omnichannel fulfillment strategies. In this episode of ProShip ParcelCast, ProShip’s Co-Foun...

The 2020 peak season presented shippers with a unique set of challenges. From already booming e-commerce business to an unprecedented disruption in supply chains due to the global pandemic, businesses of all types had to adapt to a quickly evolving shipping landscape.  In this episode of ProShip ParcelCast, experts from ProShip along with Mark Taylor from enVista perform a postmortem on 2020...

Automation plays a huge role in the world of supply chain distribution. In a traditional sense, you may be thinking of automatic equipment like conveyors or autonomous vehicles. However, Accelogix looks at software-driven automation and poses the question, "Yes the different software solutions within your technology stack work, but do they work together?"   Join us for a special New Year's Ev...

If you started 2020 with a shipping plan, that plan likely got thrown out the window. As the peak season comes to a close, shippers are scrambling to build new strategies in terms of managing high parcel volume and find new ways to deliver e-commerce orders to customers should trends continue into 2021.   Join parcel shipping experts Bill Schroeder from ProShip and Rick Hernandez from Pitney...

For years companies have regularly negotiated exclusive shipping contracts with major carriers who handle all their parcel shipping needs. Shippers benefited from predictable costs and delivery guarantees, and carriers could more easily forecast volume and revenue. But times have changed. There's been a steep rise in parcel shipping volume due to online shopping surges from the pandemic, along wit...

This year we have all grasped for the elusive crystal ball that will give us 20/20 vision for what lies ahead. 2020 has already presented e-tailers with unusual challenges and opportunities, with uncertainty being one of the few certain aspects of the business environment. As this unprecedented year has progressed, the peak holiday shipping season has loomed on the horizon. Peak 2020 will be upon...