More Orders, Less Profit. What's Going On?

E1608 - More Orders, Less Profit. What's Going On?

Published: July 13, 2026

Duration: 56:40

E-commerce order volumes are climbing, but bottom-line profits aren’t keeping pace. 

In this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott W. Luton and Tevon Taylor are joined by Lori Boyer, Head of Content Marketing at EasyPost and host of Unboxing Logistics. They explore how to protect margins by moving away from broad averages and toward customer precision and AI-driven routing strategies.  

Lori explains how unmanaged growth creates a hidden operational tax for businesses. She makes the case for focusing on order quality over pure volume, calculating the true contribution margin per order, and using technology to tr...