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49 posts tagged with “parcel”
ShipStation Adds LTL to Parcel Shipping: The Data Model Behind a Unified Freight Desk
ShipStation's LTL launch shows what shippers need to unify parcel and freight rating, tendering, tracking, accessorials, and claims without losing mode-specific control.
CXTMS InsightsSeptember 2, 2026 · 6 min read
UPS's $2 Billion Network Investment: What Healthcare and International Shippers Should Watch
UPS is investing more than $2 billion in international, healthcare, and supply chain operations. Here is how shippers should measure whether the network expansion improves service.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 27, 2026 · 6 min read
USPS’s 6% Peak Increase: Building a Parcel Surcharge Calendar Before October 4
The USPS 2026 peak increase begins October 4. Build a parcel surcharge calendar that models shipment-level exposure and carrier-switch thresholds.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 26, 2026 · 6 min read
USPS–UPS Volume Is Raising Postal Transport Costs: Build a Tender-Level Cost Ledger
USPS and UPS network changes show why parcel shippers need a tender-level cost ledger to connect transportation expense, service, and profitability.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 17, 2026 · 6 min read
The UPS–Teamsters 2028 Contract Is Already a Parcel Network Planning Risk
Parcel shippers should prepare now for the 2028 UPS–Teamsters negotiation with carrier qualification, volume caps, scenario data, and clear reallocation triggers.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 16, 2026 · 6 min read
USPS Posts a $2.5B Quarterly Loss: What Parcel Shippers Should Stress-Test Next
USPS reported a $2.5 billion fiscal third-quarter loss. Here is how parcel shippers can test cost, service, and carrier exposure before making network changes.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 12, 2026 · 5 min read
UPS Small-Business Shipping Tools Need a Parcel Data Readiness Checklist
UPS is simplifying shipping for small businesses, but clean address, package, service, and promise data must come before faster label creation.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Parcel Carrier Diversification Needs a Fuel-Surcharge Normalizer, Not More Rate Cards
Parcel carrier diversification can reduce cost and risk—but only when shippers normalize fuel surcharges, accessorials, service, and performance.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Delivery Reliability Needs Its Own Promise Metric—Not a Faster Average
A promise-variance scorecard reveals the late-tail failures that average transit time hides and helps shippers match each parcel to the right carrier.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 29, 2026 · 6 min read
DHL Express Cut Its Fuel-Surcharge Table by Two Points—Now Audit the Net Invoice
DHL Express is lowering its U.S. import and export fuel-surcharge calculations by two percentage points. Here is how international parcel shippers can test the real invoice impact.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 28, 2026 · 6 min read