If you’re concerned about the cost of shipping (what brand isn’t?), there are a few tips you can use to keep the billable weight cost down. DETERMINE DIM WEIGHT: Measure width, height and length in centimeters and multiply by 5000 to get the DIM weight in kilograms.DETERMINE ACTUAL WEIGHT: Round actual weight up to the nearest half kilo.Like UPS and FedEx, DHL compares actual and DIM weight. DETERMINE BILLABLE WEIGHT: Use whichever is greater to determine your billable rate.( note: this number was changed in January 2017 previously DIM weight was calculated using 166). U.S., Puerto Rico and international shipments = 139.
DETERMINE DIM WEIGHT: Measure width, height and length in inches, round to the nearest whole number and multiply. This is the number that will be used to calculate the cost to ship.įedEx also uses the greater of actual versus DIM weights. The greater of the two is the billable rate. DETERMINE BILLABLE WEIGHT: Compare actual weight to DIM weight. DETERMINE DIM WEIGHT: Measure width, height and length in inches, round to the nearest whole number (up or down) and multiply. DETERMINE ACTUAL WEIGHT: Round actual weight up to the nearest whole pound. Billable weight is the greater of the dimensional weight versus the actual. UPS uses billable weight to calculate rate. Before deciding on which company to use, knowing the rules for each is helpful. While different freight companies may calculate DIM weight a bit differently, they all use the same premise, and that’s to look at how much space a parcel takes up in relation to how much it actually weighs. UPS, Fedex & DHL Dimensional Weight Calculations If actual weight is more than 31 pounds (as in this case), it will use that number for pricing. If actual weight is less than 31 pounds, FedEx will charge for 31 pounds. This number is then looked at compared to actual weight. This gives you a dimensional weight of 33.02. So if your parcel is 26.6 x 16.2 x 10, you would multiple 27 x 17 x 10 = 4,590, divided by 139. So for example, FedEx’s DIM divisor is 139 cubic inches per pound. The DIM divisor is set by all of the major freight carriers like UPS, FedEX and DHL. Take the cubic size of your parcel and divide it by what freight companies call the DIM divisor (or dimensional factor). Multiply your dimensions (the rounded width, height, length) to get your cubic size. Round each measurement to the nearest whole number. If your package is not a perfect square or shape, add inches to account for any misshapen sides. Find the longest point of each side and measure width, height and length. Follow these step-by-step directions to get a volumetric weight calculation: Then, divide the cubic size by what’s known as the DIM divisor to determine the volumetric weight. Be sure to use the longest point of each side. Volumetric weight calculations are made by multiplying the width, height and length of a parcel to get the cubic size. So: dimensional weight calculation will determine if a shipping cost should be based on volume or size. Looking at the volumetric weight (that is, how much space a shipment will take up versus only how much it weighs) can help freight companies make up for those large, lightweight shipments that may not result in much compensation from billable weight. 
While air freight has long used the dimensional weight concept to charge for shipping, it’s only been in the last decade or so that ground shipping has also begun to incorporate the technique to calculate cost. It’s used by freight and shipping companies to make sure they don’t take a loss on lightweight but large products. In the simplest terms, dimensional weight (DIM) is just a technique that’s used to calculate pricing for freight using the space a package will take up as a factor.
Read on to learn more about dimension weight calculation (and to find out how ShipCalm can help you)! What is Dimensional Weight?
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Regardless of if you decide to handle shipping logistics yourself, or if you outsource the process to a 3PL, it’s important to understand what dimensional weight is and how to calculate it. Knowing how to calculate dimensional weight (also referred to DIM weight) is key to understanding an accurate cost of shipping product to customers.
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