USPS transportation costs climb as it adjusts to UPS contract needs
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USPS shifting volumes and routes around new UPS contracts shows how fragile large-scale logistics cost structures are to single-vendor dependencies. If you’re tied to one integrator, model how contract changes ripple into your own linehaul, SLAs, and unit economics.
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