Every year UPS and FedEx announce a General Rate Increase, and the headline percentage is never what you actually pay. We model the real impact on your shipments and give you a plan to blunt it before it lands.
The announced percentage is an average. Your real increase depends on your specific mix, and it is usually higher.
Surcharge and accessorial increases often outpace the base rate, so your blended increase exceeds the announced number.
The increase lands hardest on specific services and zones. Without modeling, you can't see where.
By the time the higher invoices arrive, the window to renegotiate or shift volume has narrowed.
Get ahead of the increase with analysis and a plan, not a surprise.
GRI Impact Analysis quantifies the increase against your actual shipments, service by service.
GRI Impact Analysis →Rate Negotiations uses the impact data to push back before the increase compounds.
Rate Negotiations →ActiveAudit catches misapplied increases the moment they appear on invoices.
ActiveAudit →Carrier Updates monitors every announced rate and surcharge change in real time.
Carrier Updates →Walk into your next carrier conversation already knowing your true increase, where it concentrates, and what to ask for. That is the difference between absorbing the GRI and negotiating it.
Carriers typically announce the General Rate Increase in the fall, effective late December or January. Modeling early gives you lead time to act.
Almost always. The headline is an average; your effective increase depends on your service mix, zones, and surcharge exposure, and is usually higher.
Model your real increase before it hits.
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