Freight management is an important cost center for all product manufacturers and distributors. But for a third-party ecommerce fulfillment provider like Fifth Gear, shipping is the lifeblood of the operation. Fifth Gear serves as a single-source provider for direct-to-consumer retailers’ entire operations, including order fulfillment, customer care, and product personalization services, allowing its customers to focus on their core competencies – merchandising and marketing. Today, Fifth Gear ships more than 20,000 packages each day through its multi-carrier shipping network.

 At the end of the day, it all comes down to getting the package delivered on time, to the right destination, and as cost-effectively as possible. It sounds simple enough, but anyone who has ever had any responsibility for order fulfillment understands the incredible complexity of the process.