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UPS, FedEx and other parcel carriers spend large sums of money advertising that all of your parcel shipping needs can be satisfied by one provider. In return for your business, the carrier will provide (at a very low price, or even free) the hardware and software your company needs to automatically create shipments, assign tracking numbers, print labels, and produce the required end-of-day reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All that is required by your organization is to pick, pack, wrap, and have it on your dock. And, by placing all of the parcel requests with one carrier, it is reasonable to assume that you will be getting the best rate, given your level of volume. How can things get better than that?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For some companies, this may be the case. Companies with low volumes, and\/or stable shipping patterns, might be best served by opting for such a one-carrier solution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, with the growing demand for more frequent but smaller orders shipped directly to the end user, that scenario is increasingly hard to find. Parcel shipping, by its very nature, is dynamic as to the number of the destinations required.<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s a reason people say \u201cdon\u2019t put all your eggs in one basket.\u201d And that advice never rang more true than when it comes to your shipping operations. Shipping is subject to significant risk: carriers can change their service levels, or eliminate service to some regions altogether. Those are just a couple reasons that companies turn to a multi carrier shipping approach.<\/span><\/p>\n As the name suggests, multi carrier shipping means using more than one carrier to deliver parcels. Multi carrier shipping software allows you to:<\/span><\/p>\nWhat is Multi Carrier Shipping?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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