PARCEL
CONTENTS
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2014 | volume 21 | issue 7
Features
Departments 06 Editor’s Note
Ship-from-Store: The New Reality?
By Amanda Armendariz
07 Transportation ABCs 4 Steps to Prepare for the 2015 DIM Weight Change
By Thomas Andersen
08 Spend Perspectives
Posturing for Success in 2015 By John Haber
18 Top 10 Mistakes Parcel Shippers Continue to Make in 2014 What it’s costing you & how to fix it! Part 2 By Rob Martinez
10 Operational Efficiencies Connecting and Learning By Susan Rider
11 Supply Chain Pivot
Containers Are Like Macro Parcels By Rob Shirley
12 Ship Right Sharpening Your Shipping Strategies in 2015 By Christoph Stehmann
22 It’s All About Size
A look at how dimensional pricing and volumes of single packages will affect both small and large shippers in 2015.
By Tom Nightingale
24 Top 4 Business Factors to Think About When Considering Parcel Packaging Automation
14 PARCEL Counsel
The Five Most Important Things to Know About the Laws Governing the Supply Chain: Part 2
By Brent Wm. Primus, JD
By Philip McAndrew
Application Articles 09 Kewill
Business Logic to help you avoid the holiday debacle
26 PARCEL Forum ‘14 Dallas Adds Some Giddy-up! By Amanda Armendariz
28 Ship-From-Store: An
Interesting Wrinkle in the Supply Chain
By Andrea Obston
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