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WMS and TMS: Helping or Holding Back Your Business?
Both warehouse management systems (WMS) and transportation management systems (TMS) are critical to a growing an e-commerce business, but connecting separate technologies and maintaining that connection can be difficult. Enter ShipCaddie.
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Shipping Autonomy and Stability: The Key to Healthy Logistics
On a fundamental level, humans have tiered needs that have to be met before they can pursue creative or self-actualizing tasks. This basic framework is outlined in the ever-popular Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
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Diving Into General Rate Increases (GRI): What They Are and What They Really Mean
It’s that time of year when shippers are beginning to see the effects of General Rate Increases (GRI). This year, both FedEx and UPS are raising their rates by 5.9%, both of which increases are now in force.
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Shop Early, Ship Early: Encouraging Early Holiday Shopping
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—nothing, because it wasn’t delivered on time.
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Understanding Fuel Surcharges in the Small Parcel Market: A Strategic Perspective
Fuel surcharges have become an integral part of the small parcel logistics landscape, a cost factor that's both ubiquitous and often misunderstood.
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Holiday Shipping Deadlines: When is it Too Late to Ship for the Holidays?
We are heading into the busiest time of the quarter with the holidays quickly approaching. To help you prepare for 2020's wave (more like tsunami) of holiday shipments, and to ensure that your shipments arrive on time.
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Navigating the Future: What Postal Aggregator Changes Mean for Shippers and Consumers
As Pitney Bowes exits the market and USPS makes strategic shifts, what lies ahead for the small parcel shipping industry?
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Peak Season Logistics Preparation Checklist
With peak season and Q4 consumer spend hurtling towards us, it’s important to get your logistics in a good place well in advance of when crunch time hits. Learn about demand surcharges, key shipping dates, and more.
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