Lara GuevaraSupply Chain expert (Product and Service)

Audit This. Save on Freight.

9 May 2026 · 1 min

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Lara Guevara walks through a five-step audit to find overcharges in freight shipping. Most brands overpay 25-40% because nobody measures their boxes. One company saved $47,000 by redesigning a single box.

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5 steps to find your dim weight problem this week. Step 1: Measure your top 10 products, actual dimensions, not the listing dimensions. Get a tape measure. Step 2: Measure the box you ship each one in. Include the void fill height on top. Step 3: Run the formula length times width times height divided by 139. That is your dim weight. Step 4: Compare dim weight to actual weight. The gap is what you are overpaying per unit. Step 5, multiply that gap by annual shipments. That is your annual overcharge. Most brands find they are overpaying between 25% and 40% in freight, not because carriers are cheating them, but because nobody ever measured the box. Run the audit this weekend. Tomorrow, the case study, $47K saved by changing one box.