Outsourcing your courier service is also beneficial in order to:

1. Reduce your transport costs.

Running a fleet of vehicles is expensive. Not only do they require maintenance to keep them in a roadworthy condition, but drivers must be secured and retained and insurance and tax are non-discretionary expenditures. For businesses that do not fully utilise their fleet, significant cost efficiencies can be achieved by outsourcing deliveries to an independent courier company.

2. Increase focus on core business activities.

When the logistics of getting your products to the end user are taken care of by a dedicated courier company, you are free to focus on the day to day activities of maximising revenue, developing new product lines, marketing your business and managing your workforce. Disposing of your existing fleet of delivery vehicles will also free up valuable funds, which can be reinvested back into the business to improve your bottom line.

3. Improve delivery speeds.

A dedicated courier company has a wide network and the contacts that are necessary to expedite deliveries. They are better able to deliver consignments rapidly than a business for whom delivery is but a subset of their operations.

4. Be more environmentally sustainable.

Delivering goods across the country or globe creates a high carbon footprint, so companies wishing to become more environmentally sustainable should consider outsourcing their deliveries to a courier company whose ethos aligns with their own, but that is able to put in place effective measures to offset the carbon that is generated by undertaking the deliveries. A courier company will ensure that all loads and routes are planned to deliver maximum efficiency and will often select green forms of transport, particularly in cities and built up urban areas.

5. Increase business resilience.

Transporting your products yourself increases the risk that your company holds, as there is greater opportunity for something to go wrong in the time between receiving an order and the recipient receiving their goods. When you outsource your courier service, you benefit from the expertise and insurance of a third party provider whose logistics infrastructure is appropriate for the products that you sell and whose staff are highly trained and skilled in handling and delivering goods from a range of businesses.

To find out how your business could benefit from outsourcing its courier services, please contact Complete Transport Solutions today to discuss your requirements or to get a quote for your next delivery.