Refund Logistics

Depending on your business, returns may be unavoidable. For retailers especially, the returns process can be overly complicated with multiple choke points throughout the process.

Find out how Refund Logistics can reengineer your Returns Management System for cost savings, increased revenues, service level improvements and in some instances a competitive advantage.

Is Your Returns Process Costing More Than It Should? Whether it’s controllable or uncontrollable returns, effective product returns strategies and reverse logistics are imperative to reducing transportation costs, improving profitability and increasing customer satisfaction. Depending on your business, returns may be unavoidable. For retailers espec...

From and rising rates to market fluctuations, protecting your business' shipping and cutting costs has never been more important.

Learn what market risks you should anticipate and explore how partnering with a 3rd-Party Logistics company like Refund Logistics can help cut your costs and save money.

How to cut Shipping Costs and Avoid Risks for 2020 Business owners with LTL budgets know 2019 was a shipper’s market. In early 2019, rates were down over 20% compared to 2018. By mid-year 2019, the slight tightening of capacity due to rate restrictions,increased insurance costs, and ultimately carrier bankruptcies, caused rates to level off. In mi...

Following FedEx, UPS announced their General Rate Increase for 2020. The announced average increase is 4.9% for UPS Ground, UPS Air/International Services, 4.2% for UPS Air Freight and 3.9% for UPS Freight.

As in years past, UPS list rates have been consistently increasing annually for Air and Ground with shorter zones receiving smaller increases, while longer zones will be facing increases of a higher rate.

For a comprehensive review of how Refund Logistics can cut your business’ shipping costs and save you money, contact our refund specialists today.

How UPS Rate Increases Affect Your Business Following FedEx, UPS announced their General Rate Increase for 2020. The announced average increase is 4.9% for UPS Ground, UPS Air/International Services, 4.2% for UPS Air Freight and 3.9% for UPS Freight. As in years past, UPS list rates have been consistently increasing annually for Air and Groun...

It’s been a great practice for online retailers and e-commerce brands to offer free shipping because it decreases cart abandonment at checkout while spurring customer loyalty and increasing satisfaction.

In turn, companies spread the cost of shipping into their product prices, rather than relying on additional shipping charges.

Win-win, right?

Not necessarily.

How To Beat The Unseen Costs of Free Shipping Naturally, it’s been a great practice for online retailers and e-commerce brands to offer free shipping because it decreases cart abandonment at checkout while spurring customer loyalty and increasing satisfaction. In turn, companies spread the cost of shipping into their product prices, rather th...

Shipping for any business, large or small, can be a huge expense each year. No business should be spending more than they have to, so here are a few tips to help you save money on your shipping expenses and cut shipping costs.

Tips to Cut Shipping Costs for Businesses Shipping for any business, large or small, can be a huge expense each year. No business should be spending more than they have to, so here are a few tips to help you save money on your shipping expenses and cut shipping costs. 1. Talk to Your Shipping Provider Once you've chosen your shipping provid...

We're excited to announce our partnership with the National Association of Dental Laboratories and about the opportunity to bring high-quality service and cost-cutting technology to protect members bottom line!

Just another way that NADL has partnered to provide you with greater savings on your shipments. Delayed packages? No problem. Now you can be refunded when your package with UPS or FedEx is not delivered on time! With Refund Logistics, their automated auditing services will help you identify and collect your eligible refunds automatically! Save money with NADL and Refund Logistics. NADL members can log into the website to learn about how to access this benefit. Not a member and want to take advantage of all the great benefits? Join today at https://www.nadl.org/join

We’re proud to partner with a great organization like National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology to bring cost-cutting and revenue saving opportunities to customers!

Contact us today to learn how we can help protect your bottom line!
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We all know shipments come in various shapes, sizes and of course weights. To establish fair measures and standardize pricing, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) created a freight classification system used for all types of commodities.

While we still have the NMFC classes, the shipping industry as a whole is becoming more dependent on density and the rules regarding density are getting more and more complex.

As this industry trend continues, Refund Logistics will continue to update shippers on best-in-class density based pricing!

How Your Business Can Start Properly Classifying Shipments We all know shipments come in various shapes, sizes and of course weights. To establish fair measures and standardize pricing, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) created a freight classification system used for all types of commodities. In this classification system, NMFTA assign...

When it comes to paying bills, no one likes paying more than they should. Your freight bills should be no exception, as transportation costs average around 10% of an organization’s expenses. At Refund Logistics, we typically find over 20,000 errors a week processing over 4 million, which means trusting the accuracy of carrier billing could be costing you money.

Besides being overcharged for your shipments, auditing your freight bills has the added benefit of providing greater visibility into your supply chain, potentially identifying areas for other cost savings that are necessary to stay competitive in today’s market.

We recently discovered a client was being charged a rate much higher than their contracted rate, and we identified over $400,000 in savings.

If you aren’t regularly auditing your freight bills, or aren’t living with the peace of mind that your process is best-in-class contact us.

Conducting Quality Freight Audits Can Save You Time & Money When it comes to paying bills, no one likes paying more than they should. Your freight bills should be no exception, as transportation costs average around 10% of an organization’s expenses. At Refund Logistics, we typically find over 20,000 errors a week processing over 4 million, which means tru...

As predicted, the shipping market has faced capacity issues due to a blend of a booming economy, e-commerce growth, a driver shortage and the full implementation of the ELD mandate.

It pays to be a preferred shipper. It’s common practice for shippers to measure carrier performance, but now that more loads need to be moved than there are drivers to move them, measuring internal performance is a key business practice that should be adopted. Carriers will move more attractive loads, and be willing to work with those who ship consistently.

Being a preferred shipper can also help protect you from the volatile rates of the spot market and keep your loads moving despite the capacity crunch!

4 Ways To Make Your Business A Preferred Shipper As predicted, the shipping market has faced capacity issues due to a blend of a booming economy, e-commerce growth, a driver shortage and the full implementation of the ELD mandate. It pays to be a preferred shipper. It’s common practice for shippers to measure carrier performance, but now that mo...

A common trend in the MLB Draft is player versatility. Teams are looking for players with a diverse skill set to round out their pool of talent. The same can be said when evaluating whether to manage your shipping and delivery logistics in-house or outsource transportation management to a third-party.

What if you could draft a team of experts to take your company to the next level?

When logistics management isn’t the primary focus of your business, outsourcing this function to a 3PL can provide clear advantages!

Explore how a 3PL partnership with Refund Logistics can enhance your shipping operations to provide efficiency, costs savings and lower overhead.

How Partnering With A 3PL Covers Your Bases & Protects Your Business A common trend in the MLB Draft is player versatility. Teams are looking for players with a diverse skill set to round out their pool of talent. The same can be said when evaluating whether to manage your shipping and delivery logistics in-house or outsource transportation management to a third-part...