Case Study: Fast-Growing Midwestern Distributor achieves $900,000+ in annual parcel savings with Sifted Rate Simulation

Distributor Nets $900,000 in Annual Savings by Simulating and Optimizing Carrier Rates

Fast-Growing Midwestern Company, a large distributor of direct mail, promotional products and office supplies that ships more than 700,000 parcels a year, struggled with limited modeling for rate changes, unclear priorities around accessorial fees, and little visibility into how operational or service-level changes would affect costs. To tackle these challenges the company engaged Sifted, deploying Sifted Parcel Audit, Logistics Intelligence and the LI Pro rate simulation tools to analyze parcel data and prepare for carrier negotiations.

Sifted audited charges, modeled transit times and package dimensions, and ran rate simulations that identified negotiation levers and operational inflection points, then supported carrier discussions to secure tailored contract terms. As a result, Sifted helped the company avoid hundreds of thousands in invalid accessorial fees over recent years and generated more than $900,000 in parcel fee savings in the first year alone, while positioning the business to control future rate increases and lower overall parcel spend.