The B2B Delivery Blind Spot

Multi-Carrier on paper. Single carrier in practice.

Ask most B2B businesses about delivery and they’ll tell you it’s sorted. They’ve got more than one carrier, a reasonable rate card and a team that knows how to get orders out the door.

The numbers tell a different story.

Nine in ten businesses we surveyed use more than one carrier. Yet two-thirds of their parcel volume still goes through just one. The backup options are there, they just sit on the bench until something goes wrong. And by then, switching quickly is a lot harder than it sounds.

This infographic pulls together the key findings from our latest research with Retail Economics, based on a survey of 100 UK B2B decision-makers at businesses with £15m+ turnover. It’s a quick read, but it might change how you think about where your delivery budget actually goes.

What you’ll find in the infographic

  • Why 44% of businesses regularly pay for premium delivery they don’t need
  • How much resilience a coordinated multi-carrier model really gives you
  • The knock-on effect of carrier issues, with 55% needing staff to step in and 41% seeing lost repeat business
  • What delivery leaders do to run costs 17% lower than everyone else

Scroll down to view the infographic, then download the full report for benchmarks, modelled savings and four practical priorities for taking back control of your delivery spend.

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