A large industrial manufacturer relied on UPS Next Day Air and Second Day Air to keep replacement parts moving fast to its distributor network. Intelligent Logistics' Service Level Spend Analysis identified which of those shipments could move on UPS Ground at no cost to the delivery commitment — cutting the average cost per package sharply without slowing a single order.
Industry
Industrial Manufacturing — Replacement Parts
Carrier
UPS
IL capabilities
Service Level Spend Analysis · Charge Analysis
Period
Jan – Sept 2026
−51%
UPS Next Day Air & Second Day Air package volume, Jan 2026 vs. Sept 2026
4,200/mo → 2,050/mo
−35%
Average cost per package across all shipped volume, same period
$18.40/pkg → $12.05/pkg
$80K+
Cost identified as avoidable in a single Ground Service Optimization evaluation
1,670 shipments assessed
Service Level Spend Analysis
Paying Less to Arrive on the Same Day
Every replacement-parts shipment had been defaulting to UPS Next Day Air or Second Day Air — guaranteed services chosen for speed, at guaranteed premium prices.
Using Intelligent Logistics' Service Level Spend Analysis, the team began reviewing which of those shipments actually needed a guaranteed express service to hit their delivery commitment, and which would arrive just as fast on UPS Ground. As eligible volume shifted off Next Day Air and Second Day Air between January and September 2026, the average cost per package fell in step — without changing a single delivery date a distributor was counting on.
4,200/mo
NDA + 2nd Day volume, Jan 2026
2,050/mo
NDA + 2nd Day volume, Sept 2026
$18.40
Avg. cost per package, Jan 2026
$12.05
Avg. cost per package, Sept 2026
NDA / 2nd Day volume vs. average cost per package — Jan–Sept 2026
▼ 51% volume · ▼ 35% $/pkg
Package volume (left axis)Avg. cost per package (right axis)
Each point is the account's combined UPS Next Day Air / Second Day Air package volume (left axis) and average cost per package across all shipped volume (right axis) for the month, January through September 2026.
Service Level Spend Analysis · Charge Analysis
Finding Every Shipment That Doesn't Need to Fly
Not every replacement-parts shipment needs Next Day Air to hit its delivery date — Intelligent Logistics finds the ones that don't.
Service Level Spend Analysis reviews guaranteed-service shipments against their actual delivery commitment and flags the ones that would still arrive on time using UPS Ground, at a fraction of the cost. In one evaluation cycle across 1,670 shipments, this view identified more than $80,000 in cost that could be avoided without missing a single commitment date — giving the team a ranked, ship-to-level list to act on rather than a spreadsheet of invoices to comb through by hand.
Ship-To volume — shipments evaluated for Ground Service Optimization
1,670 shipments
Ship-to distribution for the 1,670 shipments included in this Ground Service Optimization evaluation, shaded by volume.
Shipment detail — projected rate, savings, and optimization result
Sample rows
Tracking numbers redacted for confidentiality. Projected Negotiated Rate and Ground Service Savings shown are representative figures for illustration. Ground Service Optimization Result of "Before Commitment" indicates Intelligent Logistics determined the shipment would still arrive before its original delivery commitment date if shipped via UPS Ground.
The fastest guaranteed service isn't always the one a shipment actually needs — finding the difference, shipment by shipment, is where the savings live.
Intelligent Logistics · Service Level Spend AnalysisCase study based on customer shipping and IL reporting data. Customer name withheld for confidentiality.
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