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Carrier amendment.docx · Current carrier agreement

Proposed changes to your shipping agreement

1. Ground transportation

Improved transportation discounts apply to the covered Ground services.

2. Minimum net charges

Existing service-specific minimum-charge terms remain unchanged. The discounted transportation charge is still subject to the applicable contractual minimum.

3. Residential surcharges

The proposal reduces the residential surcharge discount. Other surcharge terms remain unchanged.

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Same shipment sample. Current agreement and proposed terms.

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Executive summary

The proposal saves $254,880 annually on package pricing, moving spend from $4,800,000 to $4,545,120 across 320,000 annualized shipments.

The stronger Ground discounts help, but unchanged minimum charges limit the benefit. Lower residential surcharge discounts take back another $70,800, including related fuel.

Package pricing breakdown · Annualized
Cost category	Current	Proposal	Change
Transportation	$3,200,000	$2,924,000	$276,000savings
Surcharges, including fuel	$1,600,000	$1,621,120	$21,120added cost
Total net spend	$4,800,000	$4,545,120	$254,880savings

Where the discount stops working

88,000 packages reach the minimum annually under the proposal, up from 40,000 today. Minimum charges absorb $144,000 of the potential $420,000 transportation savings.

Counts and impacts are annualized. Related fuel effects are included in the overall comparison.

Thousands of shipments. Both agreements. Calculated package by package.

The engine rerates the same eligible shipments under both agreements, applying the discounts, minimums and surcharges together. Your Advisor explains what changed and why.

Here, improved Ground discounts save money—but unchanged minimums absorb $144,000 of potential transportation savings.

Multiple what-if models. Running concurrently. From one conversation.

Your Advisor coordinates multiple what-if models. The rating engine processes shipment and scenario calculations concurrently, then the Advisor compares the results and explains what matters.

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Scenarios worth modeling next

Add minimum-charge relief. Improve minimum-net-charge discounts for the Ground services constrained by the floor.
Improve Ground discounts. Increase the Ground transportation discount without changing minimum-charge terms.
Retain residential discounts. Keep current residential surcharge discounts instead of the proposed reduction.
Improve fuel discounts. Add fuel surcharge relief to the proposed agreement.

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Scenario comparison

Four independent changes to the proposal, compared with your current agreement on the same eligible shipments.

Base annual spend: **$4,800,000**
Scenario	Annual spend	vs. current agreement
Add minimum-charge relief	$4,375,200	$424,800savings
Improve Ground discounts	$4,446,960	$353,040savings
Retain residential discounts	$4,474,320	$325,680savings
Improve fuel discounts	$4,488,480	$311,520savings

Minimum-charge relief delivers the largest savings. It allows more of the proposed Ground discount to reach the package net charge.

Each scenario changes one term from the proposal. The results are separate alternatives, not additive savings.

Nearly 30,000 shipments rerated.
Under a minute.

That’s a single-contract rerating run. The engine can also process multiple what-if scenarios concurrently—putting that calculation power behind the alternatives you ask your Advisor to explore.

Here, four alternatives reveal that minimum-charge relief is worth more than a deeper Ground discount.

Observed single-contract performance. Runtime varies with the shipment data and scenarios.

A negotiating recommendation backed by calculated results.

Your Advisor connects the calculated results to specific contract terms, recommends where to focus, and helps prepare your response.

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Ask for minimum-charge relief before a deeper discount.

Make the proposed discounts count.

Relief on minimum net charges raises annual package savings from $254,880 to $424,800 — an additional $169,920, including related fuel.

A deeper discount still runs into the floor.

Increasing Ground discounts without changing the minimum terms adds $98,160. It helps the profile, but does less for packages already constrained by minimums.

Keep residential charges in the conversation.

Preserving the current residential surcharge discounts is worth $70,800 beyond the offer when evaluated separately. Test the combined terms once the carrier responds.

Negotiate the terms that matter to your shipments. Keep the internal scenario comparison as supporting analysis.

Draft a response to the carrier with those changes.

Email Draft

Review the draft below.

Subject

Ground proposal: minimum-charge and residential terms

Body

Thank you for the proposal. I appreciate the stronger Ground discounts. After reviewing the terms against my shipment profile, I would like to address two items before moving forward.

1. Minimum net charges. More of my Ground packages reach the contractual minimum under the proposed discounts. For those packages, the floor limits how much of the discount I receive. Please include minimum-net-charge relief for the affected services so the improved discounts can take effect.

2. Residential surcharges. Please retain my current residential surcharge discounts. Reducing them adds cost to a recurring part of my shipping profile and offsets some of the transportation benefit.

Please send me a revised proposal that keeps the improved Ground discounts and addresses these two terms. I can then compare the revision on the same shipments before making a decision.

The evidence becomes a specific request.

Ask for relief on the minimum charges holding back the proposed discounts, while preserving the residential terms that already help. Review the draft and take it to your carrier.

Fictional agreement and shipment profile, created for this demonstration—not a customer case. Illustrative figures for 320,000 annual packages; eligible shipments and supported charges. Independent alternatives, not additive savings.

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