Lowering Shipping Costs Is More Than Just About Better Freight Rates

The common perception is that optimizing logistics costs comes down to two primary factors – a company’s shipping volume, and its ability to negotiate. Of course both are true, but there is a lot more to it than that.

A company’s logistics costs are made up of more than just freight rates and are impacted by a lot of other things that get overlooked. Most of these are considered a “cost of doing business” and that’s a mistake. It should be every company’s priority – whether as a shipper or service provider – to look at their logistics operation closely for these savings opportunities.