How a Global Retailer Streamlined Shipping and Cut Costs by 30%
As you can imagine, managing logistics for a high-end fashion retailer with multiple brands, department store concessions, and hundreds of locations presents a unique set of challenges. Before working with Reveel, this fashion retailer struggled with inefficiencies in their shipping processes, lacked visibility into expenses, and simply had difficulty allocating costs accurately.
The Challenge: Ambiguous Data and Outdated Processes
The retailer’s logistics team was operating with outdated processes that made it nearly impossible to properly track expenses. Shipping data was often ambiguous; multiple stores within an outlet mall shared the same destination address, making it difficult to differentiate shipments. Within department stores, concessions and various sub-brands further complicated cost allocation. Additionally, distinguishing between men’s and women’s product lines added another layer of complexity.
The company also relied on inconsistent shipping platforms, with some locations using manual methods like handwritten labels, which led to frequent errors and inefficiencies. This lack of a standardized approach not only created logistical headaches but also resulted in financial misallocations that impacted budgeting and forecasting.
The Solution: Better Data, Better Decision-Making
Reveel worked closely with the retailer to overhaul their logistics strategy, leveraging its Shipping Intelligence Platform to drive meaningful change. By improving location matching, Reveel provided better visibility into shipping data, enabling the retailer to differentiate between stores, sub-brands, and even men’s and women’s product lines.
A key part of this transformation involved migrating all their stores on to a single, unified shipping platform, eliminating discrepancies caused by multiple, disconnected systems. This shift streamlined operations and enabled automatic cost center allocation, removing the manual guesswork from expense tracking. With this newfound level of automation, store employees no longer had to manually assign costs, reducing errors and improving efficiency.
As Reveel dug deeper into the retailer’s processes, additional opportunities for improvement emerged. The retailer not only ended up addressing its shipping inefficiencies, but the more accurate information and visibility that the platform gave them led to internal changes, prompting the company to reevaluate its broader logistics operations and adopt more sophisticated practices across the board.
The Impact: Major Reduction in Shipping Spend
The results have been substantial. Through improved logistics processes and better expense tracking, the high-end fashion retailer is projected to save approximately 30% of their net shipping spend, equating to almost $800,000 annually. Beyond the cost savings, the retailer now operates with a more structured and scalable logistics framework, ensuring accuracy and efficiency across all of their retail locations.
Reveel not only helped to optimize their logistics processes, but also empowered them with the tools they needed for data-driven decision-making capabilities. What began as a project to solve shipping complexities evolved into a full-scale transformation, setting a new standard for how they manage logistics at a global level.
To learn more about how Reveel’s Shipping Intelligence Platform can help your organization modernize its shipping operations, improve visibility, and reduce expenses, click here.
