Reduce Shipping Costs. Improve Shipping Performance.
Shipping costs continue to rise as tariffs, carrier rate increases, accessorial charges, and operational inefficiencies put pressure on margins.
Organizations with significant parcel or freight shipping volume often have opportunities to reduce shipping costs, improve carrier performance, and strengthen operational efficiency without disrupting day-to-day operations.
MarginFirst Advisors partners with ShipSigma and ShipStore to help organizations optimize carrier contracts, automate shipping operations, improve shipping visibility, and reduce total shipping costs through performance-based, results-driven solutions.
Why Shipping Has Become More Complex
Shipping costs continue to increase as annual carrier rate increases, tariffs, accessorial charges, labor shortages, and growing delivery expectations place additional pressure on organizations. Many businesses focus on negotiating rates while overlooking the operational processes that determine the true cost of every shipment.
Most organizations don't have a shipping problem.
They have a shipping visibility problem.
Reducing shipping costs starts with understanding where carrier contracts, shipping execution, and freight operations create unnecessary expense.
How MarginFirst Helps
Three Ways We Reduce Shipping Costs
Optimize Carrier Contracts
Reduce parcel shipping costs without changing carriers.
- AI-driven carrier contract analysis
- Benchmark against billions in market pricing
- Average client savings: 25.2%
- No upfront fees. Paid from realized savings.
Automate Shipping Operations
Improve shipping speed, visibility, and execution.
- Automatically select the best carrier and service level
- One platform for multi-carrier shipping
- ERP and WMS integration
- Reduce manual effort while improving shipping accuracy.
Improve Freight Performance
Optimize every shipment beyond parcel delivery.
- LTL and truckload transportation
- Carrier selection and routing
- Freight brokerage expertise
- Improve service while reducing transportation costs
Expected Business Outcomes
Organizations that optimize carrier contracts, automate shipping operations, and improve freight performance typically realize measurable reductions in shipping costs while improving operational efficiency, visibility, and long-term financial performance.
Lower Shipping Costs
Reduce parcel and freight expenses through carrier optimization, improved routing, and automated shipping decisions.
Increased Operational Efficiency
Automate manual shipping processes, reduce administrative effort, and improve productivity across warehouse and shipping operations.
Scalable Shipping Operations
Support business growth, new distribution centers, additional carriers, and changing customer requirements without adding unnecessary complexity.
Better Carrier Performance
Improve on-time delivery, carrier selection, and service consistency while reducing costly shipping exceptions.
Real-Time Visibility
Gain real-time visibility into shipping activity, carrier performance, transportation costs, and operational trends through centralized reporting and analytics.
Stronger Financial Performance
Reduce total shipping costs, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen long-term profitability through continuous shipping optimization and data-driven decision making.
How We Work
1. Discovery & Shipping Assessment
We begin by understanding your shipping profile, carrier relationships, transportation spend, and operational objectives.
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2. Opportunity Analysis
MarginFirst works with shipping partners to identify opportunities for carrier contract optimization, shipping automation, freight improvements, and operational efficiencies.
3. Solution Design
Based on your shipping environment, we recommend the combination of services that delivers the greatest operational and financial impact.
4. Implementation
Our partners manage implementation, integration, carrier optimization, and operational transition while minimizing disruption to your business.
5. Continuous Optimization
Shipping environments change over time. Ongoing optimization helps ensure carrier contracts, shipping operations, and freight performance continue to support your business objectives.
Shipping Results
Real organizations. Measurable shipping savings.
MarginFirst connects organizations with specialized shipping experts who have helped companies reduce carrier costs, streamline shipping operations, and improve financial performance without disrupting day-to-day operations.
Consumer Brand | Multi-Carrier Shipping
14% Lower Parcel Costs in 9 Months
A mid-market apparel company replaced three disconnected shipping tools with a single multi-carrier platform, improving cartonization, automating invoice reconciliation, and optimizing service selection.
Results
- 14% parcel cost reduction
- $500K annualized savings
- 24 hours of operations time reclaimed per week
- No carrier changes required
Industrial Distribution
11% Lower Parcel Spend
A $92M industrial distributor replaced manual rate shopping with an integrated multi-carrier platform across three distribution centers.
Results
- 11% parcel cost reduction
- $310K annualized savings
- 5 minutes saved per shipment
- Unified parcel and LTL workflows
Parcel Contract Optimization
25.2% Average Cost Savings
Existing UPS and FedEx agreements are benchmarked against extensive market data to identify savings opportunities and support carrier negotiations while maintaining existing carrier relationships.
Results
- 25.2% average cost savings
- 350+ companies served
- $150M+ customer savings
- No carrier change required
- No upfront cost
Shipping FAQs
Get answers to common questions about shipping performance and costs