Lunch & Learn: Small Parcel Market Update

Small Parcel Market Update:

Capturing the Current Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

When: Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 - Noon-1:00pm

Where: Virtual (Registrants will be sent a link prior to the event)

Please join the Traffic Club of the Lehigh Valley for part 2 of our complimentary Virtual Lunch & Learn Series!  In this edition, small parcel expert, Jim Merrill, will be providing an overview of the annual rate increases, new surcharges and UPS and FedEx network challenges to expect.  With the current pandemic increasing the amount of online purchasing to unprecedented levels, the 2020 Peak Holiday service challenges will be like never before! 

Learn how you and your company can proactively navigate through the small parcel marketplace in 2021 and beyond.

About the presenter:

Jim Merrill is Vice President of Customer Solutions at Platinum Circle Partners.  With more than 30 years of supply chain and logistics carrier and consulting experience, Jim has helped global businesses reduce parcel and LTL shipping costs by 10 - 30%.

His experience and support in contract optimization, distribution analyses, process improvements, best-in-class standards development, modal optimization, and RFP management and contract implementation guidance has helped clients significantly reduce distribution costs, improve service outcomes, and improve competitive advantages.

Jim works with companies of all sizes, including some of the world's most recognizable brands who are internet retailers, medical device and 3PL organizations with complex global logistics networks, to provide approaches that identify and minimize supply chain waste.