02 Jul Are You Aware of the Costs You Create for Your Suppliers?
While managing Accenture’s global mobility consulting practice, I evaluated many of the move pricing solutions out there. Some appeared as reverse e-Auction tools for ensuring competitive pricing on every move. Others were simple bid boards wrapped around an audit focus.
19 Jun We’re Not Uber! The Case for Incumbent Inclusion
As I was giving a boardroom presentation in the tech Mecca of downtown San Francisco, I kept noticing an ambiguous expression at the other end of the table on the face of the host CEO (let’s call him Bob). There was a spark of enthusiasm in Bob’s eyes as he absorbed our PricePoint platform which...
06 Jun What It Means to Be Mover Friendly
Here at PricePoint, one of our founding principles is that we’re “Mover Friendly.” As a core component of our culture, it’s important to define what that means, how it guides our company, and why this matters to you.
15 May Revisiting Confessions of a Price Hacker
Earlier this year, Ryan Keintz released a controversial article called “Confessions of a Price Hacker” that illustrated how vulnerabilities in international moving RFPs were exploited by everyone in the industry. Essentially, he said that broken procurement models punished those that had integrity,...
08 May Paradigm Shift in the Moving Industry
"In every industry, sooner or later something comes along that is so revolutionary that it changes the industry forever." In this month's Mobility Magazine, Michelle Sandlin interviewed Ryan Keintz to better understand the paradigm shift that PricePoint is creating in the household goods...
03 May This is the Year the Household Goods Industry Changes
You’ve heard about challenges in the household goods industry before. A driver shortage has been talked about for years. And you’ve likely heard about the tax changes and how they make HHGs moving more expensive. But there are a few other challenges occurring this year, that when combined together,...
25 Apr Herbert’s Experience
Last month marked my half year point with PricePoint. This may not seem that significant, but for me, it was a big step into a very exciting journey.
10 Apr Household Goods Audits and Their Unintended Consequences
To an international mover, there are few words as dreadful as the phrase “post shipment audit”. Even if the move went perfectly and was billed exactly according to contract, there is still a queasiness that comes over the mover when a shipment gets reviewed. Audits occur in almost every industry...