Whenever you need to have something delivered from one location to another, whether it is a single case or a recurrent delivery to clients, you are choosing a delivery service to take care of your deliveries.
Some companies prefer to take care of deliveries themselves. For most companies, this is not the best idea. Firstly, because your company has to be big enough to hire drivers and dispatchers, buy routing and tracking software, buy vans and catch up with years of experience.
This is why most of the time, partnering with a delivery service vendor is the best option. But even here you still have to make a major decision. Whether you will be working with one of the usual big-name carriers such as FedEx or UPS, or with a small local courier. The correct decision depends entirely on your business needs.
What is the main advantage of working with a big-name carrier?
If you decide that a big name carrier is the best option for your business delivery needs, you probably will not have much room for negotiating prices or adding services, and you will not receive a personalized service. But the main advantage of working with a big-name carrier is that you will be absolutely sure that whatever need you may have, they will, without a doubt, be able to respond.
If you have a sudden increase in volume, they will have enough drivers to respond. If you need to deliver temperature-controlled items, no problem. For the corresponding fee, they will even handle packaging for you.
What is the main advantage you will get from a small local courier?
When you work with a small local courier, you may not get the certainty that you have with a big name carrier that all your business needs will be fulfilled, nothing that good communication cannot solve. But the main advantage you will get is personalized service. And that is definitely a major advantage if you are delivering to your clients. Being able to solve problems quickly and easily may be crucial for your business success. Additionally, you may find that while big-name carrier prices are fixed, with a local courier you may be able to negotiate better prices for highly localized deliveries. Of course this depends a lot on the availability of the small courier, but again, there is nothing that good communication cannot solve.
In conclusion, both options may have their benefits and their downsides, but if most of your business is done locally then looking into the local courier options won´t do you any harm.
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