# Parcel Spend Management Software Shipium’s parcel spend management software prices every service against your contracts, holds volume to your discount tiers, and validates what carriers bill you. ## OUR CAPABILITIES ### Parcel cost management from rate quote to invoice The gap between a negotiated contract and a carrier’s final invoice is where parcel spend management software does its work. With Shipium, you set what a parcel costs before the label prints and confirm it against what you actually paid. - Cost at carrier selection - Volume against discount tiers - Scenario planning - Line-item invoice auditing ### Cost at carrier selection Shipium prices every eligible service against your negotiated rates and picks the cheapest one that still meets the delivery date. ### Volume against discount tiers Every hour, Shipium checks volume against each contracted commitment and adjusts allocation before a discount tier slips. ### Scenario planning before you commit Shipium models carrier additions, ground shifts, and tier changes against your own volume history, so the cost of a network change is known in hours rather than after peak. ### Line-item invoice auditing On every carrier invoice, Shipium matches the line to the rate it quoted and the service the parcel received. ## WHY SHIPIUM ### The most effective parcel spend management solution 12% Average parcel spend reduction across customers on the platform -$0.22 Cost-per-package reduction at a Fortune 500 retailer ## WHAT YOU GET WITH SHIPIUM ### Benefits of parcel spend management software for large shippers With Shipium, you get a parcel bill you can forecast and defend. Finance, procurement, and transportation stop reconciling three different numbers for the same parcel. The result: lower cost per package and a clear record of what made it lower. ### Cost per package you can trace Shipium benchmarks cost and performance across carriers, services, and origins, so finance answers spend questions without waiting on a data pull. ### Rate and rule changes in hours Shipium puts carriers, rates, and business rules behind self-service controls, so a network-wide change lands the same day it is approved. ### Carrier costs attributed to each account Every carrier invoice arrives attributed to the correct account, so your sell rates track the cost behind them. ## Frequently asked questions ### How to reduce parcel shipping costs at enterprise scale? Reducing parcel [shipping costs](/content/content/how-to-decrease-shipping-costs/index.html) at enterprise scale means changing the decisions that set the cost: which service carries each parcel, how volume is spread across your contracts, and whether the carrier billed what it quoted. Validating what the carrier billed is the job of [parcel audit software](/content/solutions/parcel-audit-software/index.html), which checks each invoice line against the rate quoted at execution. Each mismatched invoice line is money you either recover from the carrier or stop paying on every future shipment that would have carried the same error. Shipium makes parcel cost decisions inside the platform that executes your shipments, so a change takes effect on the next label instead of the next quarter. The terms in your [carrier contracts](/content/content/carrier-contract-management/index.html) set the ceiling on what any platform can save, so review your agreements before your next negotiation. ### How do I get visibility into total parcel spend? You get visibility into total parcel spend by keeping the cost of a parcel on one record from quote to invoice, so nothing has to be matched up afterward. Shipium writes the rate it quoted, the service the parcel used, and the amount the carrier billed to that shipment record. Cost per package, per lane, and per origin then come from a single source rather than a monthly reconciliation. You can even ask questions against that data in [Orca AI analytics](https://www.shipium.com/orca/analytics) without exporting to a spreadsheet. ### How to choose parcel spend management software for cost reduction? Choose parcel spend management software based on whether it changes what a parcel costs or only reports what it cost. Audit-only tools read carrier invoices after the fact and hand you a report; a platform that selects the carrier and prints the label acts on what it finds. The most effective parcel cost management solutions: - Rate against your negotiated contracts. - Track volume against carrier commitments in real time. - Model a network change before you make it. - Check invoices line by line. ### Is parcel spend management software necessary for high-volume shippers? For high-volume shippers, yes. Once parcel volume passes the point where a person reviews each rate decision and each invoice line, savings stop depending on effort and start depending on what the system enforces. Business rules are what carry that load once volume outgrows manual review, and [shipping automation software](/content/solutions/shipping-automation-software/index.html) is where those rules live.