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## [Advanced Analytics Help Companies Save Big on Small Package Shipping](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/291672/advanced-analytics-help-companies-save-big-on-small-package-shipping)

 Posted by [Nathan MacCarter](https://blog.operasolutions.com/author/nathan-maccarter) on Thu, May 30, 2013

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*Shipping costs can easily get away from managers, but help is on the way.*

Have you ever shipped a package across town and accidentally paid for overnight air to get it there? Or negotiated a contract with a shipping company only to have the contract ignored or forgotten about a week later? Or paid to have something arrive by 10:00am only to find out that it didn’t arrive until 3:00pm?  

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