Our Services
Crossroads Parcel Consulting offers a comprehensive range of services designed to reduce your transportation expenses. Our Carrier Contract Analysis service carefully examines carrier agreements, allowing you to obtain the most favorable terms possible.
Through our Data Interpretation service, we help you leverage and optimize your shipping data for better decision-making. Our Graphic Design for Data service presents your information clearly and effectively, enhancing its impact. Finally, our Strategic Planning services provide you with the tools and insights needed to navigate future challenges with confidence.
Carrier Contract Analysis
Data Collection & Profiling: It’s essential to fully understand your shipping history, focusing on total volume, package dimensions and weight, service mix (ground vs. air), residential versus commercial shipping ratios, and seasonal peaks. Key variables like volume, weight, lanes, and surcharges must be prioritized.
Detailed Data Analysis: Conduct a comprehensive analysis of factors such as dimensional weight and accessorial charges to pinpoint trends.
Shipping Performance Comparisons: Rigorously evaluate your shipping performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify specific cost-reduction opportunities.
Cost Breakdown: Perform an in-depth examination of base rates, surcharges, and concealed fees (such as DIM weight, fuel, and accessorials) to gain a clear understanding of your true shipping costs and identify substantial savings opportunities.
Market Benchmarking: Compare your negotiated rates and terms against current market rates to assess competitiveness and identify areas for optimization. Your shipping data must be benchmarked against market rates to position you firmly in negotiations.
Risk Assessment: Identify clauses related to liability, delays, and pricing volatility to ensure proper risk allocation. This vigilance will help mitigate unexpected fees and bolster your negotiating strength.
Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Leverage Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to minimize unforeseen fees and fortify your negotiating position. It’s crucial to include SLAs in your shipping strategy.
Data
Insights
Insightful Data Analysis: This involves thoroughly examining data to uncover valuable insights that inform decision-making.
In-Depth Examination of Trends and Relationships: A comprehensive exploration of trends and relationships within the data to identify patterns and correlations.
Diagnostic analytics: Understand past performance.
Predictive analytics: Forecast future outcomes.
Prescriptive analytics: Recommend actions based on data insights.
Actionable Conclusions: The primary aim of data interpretation is to draw actionable conclusions that inform strategic decisions and foster effective outcomes.
Graphic Data Design
Visualization: Data visualization transforms complex data into clear and compelling visual narratives.
Engaging: We design dynamic and intuitive data analyses that speak directly to specific audiences.
Messaging: Our messaging is meticulously tailored to resonate powerfully with the target audience.
Dashboards: Our dashboards feature dynamic charts and infographics that enable users to explore data effectively.
Story Telling: The ultimate goal is to enable the data to tell its own story clearly and with impact.
Strategic Planning
Smart Goals: Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound objectives that help guide efforts and ensure clarity in purpose. By setting SMART goals, we can define clear targets and track progress effectively. Creating a roadmap for the future.
Data-Driven: We prioritize the analysis of both internal data and external information, ensuring that decision-makers have the critical insights necessary to make informed and effective business decisions. By leveraging data and insights, organizations can make informed choices that enhance their strategies and outcomes.
Monitoring and Adaptation: Establishing action plans and conducting continuous reviews and assessments are imperative as circumstances change. This process requires regular evaluation of progress toward goals and timely adjustments to strategies as circumstances change.
Collaboration: Crossroads Parcel Consulting is committed to fostering collaborative and personable interactions to support organizations at all levels, from C-Level executives to frontline teams. We work together to ensure the successful implementation of transportation cost-saving strategies that benefit everyone involved.