Every year, businesses across the country write massive checks to UPS, FedEx, and freight carriers — and assume the numbers are fair. After all, rates are rates, right?

Wrong.

The reality is that most companies — from mid-sized distributors to large enterprise shippers — are leaving real money on the table every single month. Not because they're careless, but because carrier pricing is intentionally complex, and the people setting those rates have far more data than the people paying them.

That's the gap Business Solutions Group was built to close.

The Problem With "Just Accepting" Your Shipping Costs

Shipping and logistics expenses are one of the largest and least transparent cost centers in most organizations. Between parcel contracts with UPS and FedEx, LTL freight agreements, fuel surcharges, accessorial fees, and dimensional weight adjustments, your shipping bill is rarely what it appears to be on the surface.

Carriers issue annual General Rate Increases (GRIs) — typically in the 5–6% range — and layer in new surcharges with little fanfare. Most companies simply absorb these increases and move on, not realizing they have leverage they've never used.

Here's what we've found time and again: the businesses paying the most are often the ones who have never had an outside expert look at their contracts.

What Business Solutions Group Does Differently

Our team brings decades of shipping industry experience and carrier-specific data to every engagement. We don't just look at your rates in isolation — we benchmark them against what companies your size, in your industry, shipping similar volumes are actually paying in today's market.

That comparison almost always reveals something surprising.

Our process covers every layer of your shipping spend:

• Small parcel contracts (UPS, FedEx, regional carriers): We analyze your contract structure, discount tiers, minimum charges, fuel surcharge tables, and accessorial fees — then negotiate improvements backed by real market data.
• LTL (Less-Than-Truckload) freight: We evaluate your carrier mix, pricing agreements, and freight classification accuracy. Many shippers are overpaying on LTL simply because their freight classes are miscategorized or their carriers are marking up third-party charges.
• Transportation Management Systems (TMS): For companies spending under $500,000 annually on parcel and freight, our rate shopping TMS tool can deliver immediate savings by comparing carrier rates in real time across every shipment.
• Invoice auditing: Carrier invoices contain errors more often than most companies realize. We audit your bills on an ongoing basis and recover overcharges — and you only pay us a share of what we recover.
• Parcel Spend Intelligence (PSI): We turn your raw shipping data into a strategic asset — surfacing trends, identifying inefficiencies, and creating leverage for ongoing negotiations.

Our Results Speak for Themselves

Business Solutions Group has helped clients recover more than $1 billion in collective savings across shipping and logistics engagements. Our typical client sees:

• 15% to 40% reduction in small parcel shipping costs
• 20–25% reduction in freight and LTL spend
• Ongoing savings, not just one-time wins

And importantly — we don't get paid until you do. Our model is performance-based, which means there's no financial risk to getting started.

The Market Is More Volatile Than Ever

Between FedEx's 5.9% GRI, UPS dimensional weight changes, new fuel surcharge formulas, and an increasingly unpredictable tariff environment, 2025 and 2026 are shaping up to be challenging years for shippers. The companies that come out ahead will be the ones who proactively benchmark and renegotiate — not the ones who wait for the next renewal notice.

If your shipping contracts haven't been reviewed by an outside expert in the last 12–18 months, there's a very good chance you're overpaying.

Ready to Find Out What You're Actually Paying?

Business Solutions Group offers a no-cost shipping savings analysis — a detailed review of your current carrier agreements benchmarked against real market data. No obligation, no upfront cost, and no disruption to your operations.

Our experts do the heavy lifting. You just review the findings and decide if the savings are worth pursuing.

Get your free savings analysis today: https://businesssolutionsus.com/contact

Let's find out what your shipping spend is really costing you — and what it could look like instead.