STAARSCSHIP Waste Calculator

Select the problems that look like your current operation. We’ll estimate how much they may be costing you every year in avoidable waste. This is directional, not a quote.

Parcel shipments / week avg LTL / TL shipments / week approx

Manual data entry & multiple portals

Are you re-keying orders from Excel/email or using separate portals for UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc.?

Labor waste ~ $5,400 – $21,900 / year

Carrier invoices not audited

Do you trust carrier invoices as-is, with no systematic audit for mistakes, surcharges, or rating errors?

Billing errors ~ $3,000 – $7,000 / year

No unified rate shopping

Are you unable to compare all eligible services (UPS, FedEx, USPS, regional, etc.) in one place before you ship?

Overspend on freight ~ $5,000 – $15,000 / year

High “Where is my order?” volume

Do customers regularly call or email asking for tracking updates, and your team looks them up one-by-one?

CS time drain ~ $200 – $1,500 / year

LTL / TL dispatched manually

Are LTL/TL pickups still handled by email and phone calls instead of automated tendering and tracking?

Ops inefficiency ~ $500 – $1,500 / year

Accounting not integrated

Does AP manually code invoices and re-build cost data in QuickBooks / ERP because nothing is wired in?

Cash-flow lag ~ $1,000 – $5,000 / year

Manually transferring carrier invoice data into your GL

Tired of wasting valuable time manually transferring carrier invoice data into your GL or accounting system?

GL labor drag ~ $1,000 – $4,000 / year

No visibility to vendor inbound shipments

Are you still living in the dark with no visibility to vendor inbound shipments, causing surprises at the dock and planning headaches?

Inbound blind spots ~ $1,500 – $6,000 / year

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These numbers are directional and based on typical SMB / mid-market shippers. For a detailed ROI model, STAARSCSHIP can plug in your actual shipment counts, carrier mix, and labor costs.

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