Shipping Know-How: Costs, Packing, Damage
Practical shipping know-how without the theory. Every article solves one concrete problem and comes with a template you can use straight away.
Shipping Costs
This is not about price tables. It is about the mechanics behind them. Why centimeters cost money, what actually triggers surcharges, and how to make cost per shipment measurable. Practical checks, decision rules and standards for daily operations.
Five metrics are enough to steer packaging in a structured way. Which ones they are, how to collect them, and which threshold forces action when. With one owner per metric.
Most shippers overpay in at least two areas without realising it. This quick scan reveals the 7 most common cost traps in 10 minutes, from dimensional weight to oversize surcharges to rate mismatches, and includes a ready-to-use template.