With the end of the year just around the corner, FedEx has announced their 2022 General Rate Increases. Retailers and high-volume shippers beware: this year marks the highest GRI average rate increase since 2013 with the average rate increase for FedEx in 2022 sitting at 5.9%. This is a substantial
With quick growth comes quickly growing expenses. The KNIPEX team has partnered with Reveel for several years to maintain a strategic eye on their data and keep their shipping costs low.
Canada Border Services Agency launched their CARM Initiative with Release 1, which highlights their CARM Client Portal (CCP). With CCP, the collection of duties and taxes can now be done online through the portal.
This is the second surcharge increase this month from FedEx. This time the surcharges are on U.S. Express and Ground services and Ground International. Additionally, the peak fuel surcharge tables have been updated to reflect a higher fuel surcharge. If you’re worried about how this might impact you, the Reveel
As COVID-19 was beginning to impact the global supply chain, FedEx responded in April 2020 by implementing a surcharge on all FedEx Express® and TNT international parcel and freight shipments beginning April 6, 2020. This surcharge made logical sense as containment restrictions among the various countries around the world disrupted the global
What was it like working at FedEx? Although he enjoyed the job, our VP of Operations Nick Nowaczyk noticed a few things that didn’t sit well with him. One, FedEx and UPS charged the same amount to ship comparable packages—down to the penny—despite the many different variables in the two
On March 23, 2020 FedEx announced the suspension of the Money-Back Guarantee program for all FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight and FedEx Office services as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic began disrupting the shipping industry. The suspension of their Money Back Guarantee was implemented immediately and until further
Today, April 5, 2021, UPS has officially begun the process of reinstating the Service Guarantee across their organization after over a year of its suspension. Currently, the Service Guarantee applies to all UPS Next Day Air services and UPS Worldwide Express services with the guaranteed delivery time extended to end-of-day for UPS Next Day Air Saver®.
FedEx and UPS invoices are notoriously hard to read. Whether that’s by design or not, it makes it hard to audit your invoices. You may realize your costs are going up, but you don’t know why. That’s what we’re here for. Shipping contract negotiations are a big part of our
How much does culture matter to you? For family-owned apparel company Faherty, it matters a lot. Even when considering a shipping intelligence partner. Michael Chen, the brand’s Director of Supply Chain, has been successfully managing Faherty’s shipping operations and negotiating their shipping contracts internally. However, their growth meant they were
