The Problem: Oversized boxes aren’t viable with dimensional weight pricing
The dimensional weight pricing that took effect at the beginning of 2015 made a big impact for online retailers selling and shipping direct to customers.This was the case for Cabela’s—a leading omni-channel retailer of hunting, fishing, camping, and related outdoor merchandise.
“Cabela’s ships a huge variety of order sizes,” said Operations Director Tim Roberts. “Prior to Packsize, we stocked 34 box sizes at each of our 60 pack stations. It was a complex packaging operation that required a higher level of training.” Yet even that many box sizes wasn’t enough to prevent dimensional weight charges from putting a squeeze on their shipping costs.