‘Carriers’ Archive

UPS and the US Postal Service has announced their new rates for 2011 November 10, 2010 No Comments

UPS has announced their rate and zone files for 2011.  Varsity will have the completed UPS Rate Update ready for FTP to all customers prior to the effective date of January 3rd, 20101.  UPS logic changes will be included in the new rolling PTF for v2.61 and v2.70.  If you are on v2.60, please forward [...]

Is Poor Carrier Compliance Costing You Big? November 5, 2009 No Comments

Ignore parcel carrier’s compliance guidelines and both your service and shipping expense will suffer. Just because your carrier delivers your package, doesn’t mean the deliver went as well as it could have. There are three main areas of carrier compliance that affect how well your carrier can service you and your customers. These include carrier [...]

Details Count in Carrier Contracts November 3, 2009 No Comments

Everyone is aware that parcel carrier complexity has translated into more choices and frequently higher costs. Mitch Felts, of The Distribution Management Group Inc. , discusses how paying additional attention to many details in carrier contracts can save money in his article, “Sweat the Small Stuff”. While reading this, one should also be aware that [...]

Our Responsibility as a UPS Select Provider May 6, 2009 No Comments

Last year Varsity Logistics achieved  Select Provider within the UPS Ready® partner program. We’re proud to be part of a small minority of companies that are held to high standards for maintaining compliance, delivering products and services, and doing business in a collaborative manner. As a UPS Ready Select provider, our goal is to deliver [...]