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The last mile delivery can be the most costly error prone link in the supply chain. 

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Where zone-to-zone shipping costs are predictable, the variables of last mile delivery can often result in unexpected charges and service failures.

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To solve for the complexities, it requires a strategic understanding of the issues.

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Such was the case for a major pharmacuetical provider. With general idea of final costs, they lacked financial transparency and accountability needed when routing more than 2 million small parcel shipments each year.

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To gain deeper visibility and insight into the last mile, and better manage shipping cots and quality, they sought after a solution to audit and unveil the layers of data contained in their small parcel invoices.

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With U.S. bank freight payment small parcel solution, it allowed the pharmacuetical provider to examine real time shipping costs segmented by zone with full detail on last mile options, cost and performance.

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This level of data has sparked conversations about preventing problems previously unknown or too laborious to mitigate. 

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In the past, they automatically chose the most expensive shipping option for all time-sensitive shipments, even though it was only required for those going through specific zones.

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Now they're able to identify when those shipments are occurring, and select the higher rate accordingly, saving them as much as $430,000 each year.

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Automated analysis of shipping costs and options also holds considerable business value.

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The U.S. Bank Freight Payment small parcel solution provides simple, customizable ways to sort the data so everyone in the company can understand what shipping costs are and how the affect not only their department, but the whole business.

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To discover how U.S. Bank Freight Payment can bring efficiency into your last mile, visit freight.usbank.com.  U.S. Bank Logo