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3PL Shipping Optimization

The smarter way to save
on shipping.

Octup’s Shipping Optimization Agent helps 3PLs uncover better shipping rates, lower shipping costs, and protect margins at scale.

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Shipping costs add up fast.

At 3PL scale, even small differences in shipping rates can have a major impact on margins.

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Smarter Shipping Starts With Your Data

Smarter Shipping Starts With Your Data

Four steps from connection to better carrier rates — no migration, no rip-and-replace.

1 Connect

Connect your WMS

Link Octup to the WMS you already run. Orders, shipments, and charges start flowing in.

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2 Request

Request a shipping analysis

Ask for an analysis in one click. We read your real order, zone, and carrier data.

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3 Review

See potential savings

A line-by-line view of where spend leaks - surcharges, dim weight, zone mismatch.

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4 Act

Access better rates

Move onto stronger negotiated rates through Octup and keep the margin you recover.

Recommendations Generated from this dataset, benchmarked against the Octup client portfolio
▼ Cut the DIM-weight penalty $7,725 / mo DIM penalty

1,128 shipments/mo ($47,935/mo of spend) are billed on dimensional weight - on average +11.8 lb above actual. At offered rates the same parcels would cost $7,725/mo less if billed on actual weight. Right-size cartons where the product allows (see Packaging); where it doesn't, negotiate the DIM divisor or a flat rate for the standard carton.

✦ Portfolio context: 14.3% of shipments here are DIM-billed vs 1.2% average across analyzed Octup parcel-mix clients.

› Bid the heavy lane separately $76,636 / mo UPS spend
› Tighten order-to-label SLA 25.9% of orders > 2 days
› Evaluate a West-coast injection point 16.4% Southwest volume
› Move addressable volume to the offered rate mix $612,000 / yr identified
Market-practice check standards from Octup portfolio data
Operating standards observed across our analyzed client base - where this client stands
X gap Label 85%+ of orders within 2 days 25.9% late ›
X gap Keep DIM-billed share under ~3% 14.3% ›
X gap No single carrier above ~50% of spend UPS 53.0% ›
✓ meets Recover 100%+ of billed-label cost 125.2% ›
✓ meets Keep sub-1 lb parcels on economy services 6.4% premium ›
Portfolio benchmark vs Octup client average
This client (current view) against the portfolio average - individual clients are never shown
Avg cost / shipment 92% above avg
you $18.27
avg $9.53
Fulfillment p50 (order → label) 8% above avg
you 1.0d
avg 0.9d
Orders > 2 days to label at par
you 25.9%
avg 26.5%
DIM-billed shipments 12× the avg
you 14.3%
avg 1.2%
Shipping cost recovered at par
you 125.2%
avg 121.7%

Portfolio average across 5 analyzed parcel-mix Octup clients (heavy-freight profiles excluded); computed offline from their WMS shipment datasets and shipped with the dashboard as reference data. "You" reflects the current filtered view.

See Your Shipping Operation Clearly

Understand where your volume is concentrated, where you're spending more than you need to, and how your operations compare to other 3PLs of similar size. Octup turns your shipping activity into clear insights so you can identify opportunities to optimize rates and lower shipping costs.

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