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Shipping numbers worth tracking (and what they tell you)

Spend per order, delivery speed and carrier performance: the shipping numbers that help you cut costs and negotiate better with couriers.

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By the Tranzit Group Australia team

In short

  • Shipping cost per order shows what each sale really costs to send.
  • Delivery speed and carrier performance show who's worth more of your parcels.
  • These are the numbers that help you negotiate better rates.

You can't improve shipping you can't see. A handful of numbers tell you most of what you need to know, and the analytics dashboard in Tranzit Group Australia puts them in one place.

Shipping cost per order

Track shipping cost per order, per carrier and per week, so the spend you see is the spend you pay. Compare it with what you charge customers for shipping to see where you're absorbing the cost.

Delivery speed

How long parcels take from dispatch to delivery, by courier. Slow routes are where "where's my order?" emails come from.

Carrier performance

How each courier is doing for you, side by side. When you know who performs best on which routes, your shipping rules can send them more of those parcels.

Orders at a glance

Orders are shown as new, ready to ship, in transit and delivered, colour-coded and filterable, so you can see a backlog building before it becomes a problem.

Putting the numbers to work

  • Take spend and volume by courier into your next rate conversation.
  • Move parcels to the courier that's faster or cheaper on a route.
  • Check your shipping charges at checkout still cover what you pay.

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Spend, delivery speed and carrier performance: the numbers you need to negotiate better.

Yes. Track shipping cost per order, per carrier and per week in one place.

Yes. Orders are shown as new, ready to ship, in transit and delivered, colour-coded and filterable.

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