Stop Holding Your Logistics Manager Accountable

By Brandon Staton

As an executive or decision-maker, you should know there’s a good chance that your company is spending too much on small package shipping. And whoever oversees that portion of the business probably isn’t to blame.

Whether it’s the logistics manager, director, vice president or even you (gasp!), knowing where the bottom line is relative to the obtainable discounts within your carrier pricing agreement is akin to rocket science.

Even if your analytic research team rivals a squadron of NASA engineers, the formulas any carrier applies to determine how low they are willing to go on service-level discounts are as mysterious as antimatter.