Hire only reliable Freight Solution Provider

Author: Austin Drouin

This is important for manufacturing companies to understand true value of logistic or freight solution providers. Manufacturing is a major part of the deal which only completes when their produce reaches the buyer’s destination safely. There are many companies who are the freight forwarders and impart their services to exporters and suppliers who do business in domestic & international circuits. They facilitate the manufacturers and supplier with total logistic support. They lift shipment like food, engineering produce, apparels or anything else to be forwarded from manufacturers to anywhere in nation or international destination. Smaller and medium size shipments are sent via international flights or cargo planes. The bigger consignments are forwarded for transportation by cargo ships. Freight service providers use all modes of transport, through road, air freight or ocean route, depending upon the size of shipment and target time to deliver.

Whom to choose

The manufacturer or suppliers has to make a right choice of selection of Freight Solution Providers. As there are many competent freight forwarders in the market to choose from. It is important to study market reputation and standing of freight forwarders. There are few aspects one has to look for like number of years in business, manpower, technology and track record etc., although all freight service providers claim that they work with total sincerity and have complete control of their supply chain. All top notch freight forwarders have freight professionals and transporters which form a well oiled unit, which helps delivers as per the business agreement. A foolproof system has been formulated by which sellers or buyers can track location of their goods. Freight solutions are available 7 days a week and all 24 hours a day. Normally reputation used to travel through mouths of the people, now through internet network.

Services

Freight providers have to cover up all the loose ends and provide seamless service. The services of the freight forwarders, step by step, starts from manufacturer’s warehouse by checking of packing of goods and repacking too if not in order, ocean freight, air freight, land transport, warehousing, storage of shipment, delivery at home or port as per agreement. Briefly put, responsibility of a freight forwarder is picking goods from seller’s doors to buyer’s steps.

Here sharing an example of service offer of a company Freight Dynamics. They offer complete package with a tag line ‘pay for what you need and when you need’ They offer to use their warehouses which is capable to store all kinds of goods. Ranging from food items, computers, medical equipments, beauty items, engineering items etc and offer for you to ‘store, pack and ship’ which allows you to focus on your business and save good amount of money. Other proposals are also there which they offer.

  • Cross docking
  • Order picking
  • Labeling
  • Kitting
  • Assembly
  • Pool/Distribution/Consolidation
  • Pick and pack
  • E-commerce
  • Promotion display preparation
  • Reverse logistics and recycling
  • Shipment processing
  • Discounted flat rate shipping

It is cost effective for the companies who want to do to this warehousing based business. It’s the global competition time hence time for customized manufacturing and freight solutions too.