Carrier Agreement Management
No surprises, Never lose a discount again
Reveel’s carrier agreement management solution eliminates the big surprise because a discount expired, you dropped a revenue tier, or you underestimated your General Rate Increase impact. Our tech is like 24/7 surveillance to ensure your agreement is as optimized today as the day you signed it.
Agreement Monitoring
Carrier Agreements are mind numbingly complex, with page after page of terms and conditions which make them almost impossible to manage. There are two main areas where you’re losing discounts, and it’s costing your business a lot of money:
- Dropping out of a revenue tier: Agreements have structured tiers so that if you ship between certain dollar ranges you’ll get a different discount. If you ship a little bit more, you might bump up into the next tier and be eligible for a larger discount, but if you ship less and you fall a tier you can lose a significant amount of discounts which means a significant amount of money. The carriers typically don’t warn you that it’s happened, and you find out the next time you get an invoice.
- Discounts that expire: Not all terms in your agreement survive for the length of the term. The carriers typically don’t alert you that it’s happened, and you find out the next time you get an invoice. Not only do you get 180 days advanced warning of expirations, but also details on the dollar impact of not taking action.
Benefits of Carrier Agreement Monitoring
Never Lose a Discount Again
The platform constantly monitors for discount expirations. Reveel shows you the name of the service, your current discounts, and what the impact will be if you let the discount expire. You will also receive a 180-day advance earning of expiration to give you time to contact your carrier rep. With Reveel, you'll never lose another discount again.
Always Know Your Revenue Tier Status
Get alerted when you're approaching the limits of your revenue tier. Know what volume you can shift to other carriers without risking lost discounts and when it's time to renegotiate for agreement to take advantage of increasing volume.
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GRI Impact Analysis
Every year, carriers announce their General Rate Increase which is essentially their price list. This year both UPS and FedEx announced that the increase would be an average of 6.9%. However, that percentage doesn’t consider surcharges, rules, or, more importantly, your specific shipping profile. It makes a big difference what services you use the most. The 2024 macro analysis the Reveel team executed showed the real average was 7.72% for UPS and 8.17% for FedEx.
The GRI Impact analysis takes all the averages away and gives you the actual increase by modeling the GRI Impact using your shipping profile and applying the new rates and rules to every package you shipped over a given date range. This shows you the areas in your agreement that are most impacted by the new rates and rules and points to where you might want to pay attention to or possibly renegotiate with the carrier (follow the money).
Contract Optimization
Get the optimal agreement every time
Reveel empowers you to work more effectively with your carriers to craft the optimal agreement for your unique shipping profile—without the need for expensive consultants. Use PSM 2.0 to bring transparency to where you spend the most so you can focus the conversation on the areas that have the biggest impact on your business.
FAQs About Carrier Agreement Management
What is carrier agreement management?
Carrier agreement management is the process of monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing the terms of a parcel or freight carrier contract. Without active monitoring, shippers routinely lose discounts and often only discover the change when the next invoice arrives.
How does Reveel monitor carrier agreements?
Reveel’s platform uncovers key data points in uploaded carrier contracts and continuously monitors for discount expirations, revenue tier shifts, and GRI impacts. When a change is detected, the platform surfaces the affected service, current discount terms, and the projected dollar impact, giving shippers the information needed to act before the next invoice.
How do most shippers find out their carrier discounts have expired or changed?
Most shippers find out that discounts have expired or changed on their next invoice. Carriers are not obligated to notify shippers when a discount expires or a revenue tier changes. By the time the invoice reflects the update, the savings window has already closed.
What are revenue tiers, and how do they affect shipping costs?
Revenue tiers are spending thresholds in carrier agreements that determine discount levels. Ship above a threshold, and the discount increases; drop below it, and the discount decreases. Reveel monitors tier status continuously and alerts shippers when they’re approaching a boundary, so volume decisions can be made before discounts are lost.
What is a GRI Impact Analysis, and how is it different from the carrier-announced rate increase percentage?
The carrier-announced GRI percentage is an average across all services. It doesn’t reflect a shipper’s actual cost increase based on the services, zones, and surcharges they use most. Reveel’s GRI Impact Analysis applies new carrier rates and rules directly to a shipper’s historical shipping profile, showing the real increase by service type.
How far in advance does Reveel alert shippers to expiring discounts?
Reveel provides 180-day advance notice of discount expirations, along with details on the dollar impact of not taking action. That lead time gives shippers a meaningful window to contact their carrier representative and renegotiate terms before the discount disappears.
Can Reveel help shippers prepare a carrier contract strategy?
Yes. Reveel’s contract optimization tools bring transparency into where a shipper spends the most, making it easier to focus carrier conversations on the terms that have the biggest impact.
