Are you looking for ways to reduce your logistics costs?

Any logistics business wants to reduce their supply chain costs and efficiently manage their operation while keeping their customers happy.

High customer demands have become the norm, which makes keeping up with these demands while still keeping costs low a difficult problem to overcome. Some of the costs you may incur are delayed delivery and transportation costs, fuel costs and international shipping fees.

Sound familiar? Are you looking for ways to reduce your logistics costs? The following are some strategies you should start to implement:

1. Dash Cams
Providing your fleet with dash cams will save you money. Not only do they allow you to monitor your driver’s behavior, which will prevent fines, but they will also increase efficiency and customer satisfaction. Drivers can also be better trained through real time footage, which will increase their skill levels, leading to quicker delivery times and a reduction in operational costs;

2. Consolidate Shipments
When shipping goods, you have to decide whether you want a full container load or less than a full container load. It is desirable to have a full container load of goods that are going to the same destination. This increases efficiency and also removes the need for several shipments to be sent to one location. A single shipment is also less likely to get lost. If you cannot fill a single container load, you could look to connect with other local businesses that are sending goods to the same destination and combine your loads;

3. Minimize Travel Times
Minimizing travel times means assessing where your customer base is located in relation to your own business. If it is the case that most of your shipments are to somewhere that is a long distance from you, then it is worth considering outsourcing warehousing and fulfillment. This way, you will not need to send as many single shipments and consolidate your load into one, allowing the local fulfillment center to provide delivery. This will dramatically reduce your costs while also saving time and increase efficiency;

4. Informed Decision Making
Whatever steps you take to reduce your costs, they ultimately rely on you making informed decisions. The best analytical tools available should be used to give you data that can be used to evaluate which areas can be improved and where costs can be reduced through more efficient methods. Transport management systems or warehouse management systems are available to provide this information to you so utilize them at every opportunity possible. 

Source:
https://signalscv.com/2021/09/strategies-for-reducing-logistics-and-supply-chain-costs/