Category: Shipping

Carrier orchestration is the active, continuous operation of a multi-carrier shipping setup: rate-shopping every shipment, applying business rules, managing capacity, handling exceptions, monitoring service levels, escalating claims, and planning around annual rate increases. It goes...

Adding carriers and running a multi-carrier shipping platform are two different decisions, and only the second one reliably pays. Diversifying carriers creates the opportunity: different carriers win different zones, package types, and service levels. A...

A multi-carrier Transportation Management System (TMS) is a software platform that consolidates rate shopping, label generation, tracking, and billing across multiple carriers, and in iDrive's model it's operated by a dedicated team rather than self-served...

If you're running an RFP for a managed shipping or multi-carrier TMS partner, the right questions matter more than the right pitch. Below are 27 questions iDrive Logistics thinks every buyer should ask — including...

The iDrive Logistics platform chooses optimal carriers for the parcels going through our network based on location, service level requirements, parcel profile, time of the year, and more. However, for shippers who don't have automated...

Most teams shop rates based on what they see upfront, even though the cost‑prediction engine and the billing system are disconnected — which is why the invoice so often fails to match the estimate. The...

If you're on a self-serve shipping platform and you're spending more time on shipping than on growth, you're at the upgrade decision. Managed shipping isn't a replacement — it's the layer that sits behind your...

If you're a UK, EU, or APAC brand launching direct-to-consumer in the US, your shipping bill will be the line item that surprises you most. US parcel rates are zone-based across a country the size...

Multi-carrier rate shopping sounds like a lookup — get the cheapest rate, print the label. In practice it's a per-shipment optimization across cost, speed, zone, weight, dimensional weight, surcharges, business rules, and carrier capacity. Done...

Every late Q4, FedEx and UPS announce a General Rate Increase (GRI) for the following year. The headline number — typically in the 5–6% range in recent cycles — is rarely the number that hits...