Carrier Agreement Optimization Service

Overview

 
Reviewing your carrier agreement can be similar to staring at a foreign language. You end up guessing at good discounts instead of being confident you have received the best rate. Carriers tend to slip waivers and fees into your contract that they hope you don’t understand, but the Zaar Consultants experts want to do the translating for you. After the initial proposal, a conversation with your current carrier will be initiated to work toward a finalized agreement that accurately reflects new processes to secure the identified savings. Zaar Consultants optimizes your contract for long-term success without you having to invest long hours in the process.

Benefits

Experienced negotiators. The trusted Zaar Consultants team understands the details of complex shipping contracts and works to secure the maximum savings.
More savings. On average, shippers see a 10–20% savings on shipping after using the carrier agreement optimization service.

Features

Comprehensive audit: A shipping profile audit is conducted to determine applicable areas to reduce your shipping costs. A Zaar Consultants contract optimization expert will assess and analyze your current agreement and showcase savings potential based on current volumes, pricing agreements, and benchmarks.

Negotiation support: Zaar Consultants provides hands-on support through the entire seven-week process, equipping the customer to work toward a finalized agreement with the carrier.

Reporting: Zaar Consultants is still at work after the carrier agreement is finalized by providing reports that track the results of your new rates.

Carriers

Built-in support for all major carriers.

Zaar Consultants leverages valuable data and shipment industry proficiency to expertly negotiate UPS, FedEx, and DHL contracts for the most successful rates. Zaar Consultants’ carrier agreement optimization will either save you money or guarantee you have the best possible contract.

Carriers

Week 1: Contract optimization proposal requested
Week 1: Send current carrier agreements and recent shipping data to program manager
Week 1: Customer receives and approves contract optimization proposal
Week 3: Customer receives and discusses an operational plan
Week 4: Send request for quote to carriers
Week 5: Receive proposed pricing agreements from the carriers
Week 6: Revise pricing agreement until targets in operational plan are achieved
Week 7: Execute pricing agreements with the carriers

Built-in support for all major carriers.

Gain Share

Most Common

50%

Of Savings for first 2 years

Performance pricing
Works on accounts of any volume
Weekly reports
Includes all features

Fixed Fee

Most Common

Custom

Based on scale

Customized pricing terms
Works on accounts of any volume
Weekly reports
Includes all features