Many Tulsa-area small business owners are looking to take their business to the next level. For some, the best way to accomplish this is to start offering a delivery service for your products. So where do you start?
One of the challenges arises from trying to decide how to incorporate this delivery service into your existing business structure. The simplest, most cost-effective way is to hire a logistics provider such as On Time Logistics. With services ranging from courier service, which is for your business’ smaller packages and documents, to full-service delivery options, providers such as On Time Logistics are the key to making your business successful.
We recently expanded into the greater Tulsa area. By doing so, our company fills a void in the last mile delivery service and general delivery service in the Tulsa and the Oklahoma City regions.
Here are three reasons Tulsa-area companies should consider partnering with a delivery and courier service:
Time efficiency
We’ve all heard that time is money, right? So why waste your own time or the time of your employees by having them make the deliveries? By outsourcing to a logistics provider for your delivery needs, you will not have to try to incorporate deliveries into your personnel schedule. Instead of worrying about trying to handle deliveries, let a trained professional handle the job. It may sound cliché, but “do what you do best and outsource the rest.”
Time efficiency is especially important in situations where circumstances make efficiency more difficult. In this case, traffic. Because of the seemingly constant road construction-related delays in the Tulsa and OKC areas, it is more complicated for a business to do their own deliveries. By using a professional courier, your packages will get to where they need to go in a timely manner.
Cost efficiency
You hire employees to do a specific job and any distraction from that job is a cost to your company. Instead of training and paying an employee extra, outsource to a logistic provider.
You can easily include the logistics provider’s costs into an existing budget.
Even if you hire a delivery staff, it can be more efficient to hire a professional courier and delivery service. In the Tulsa area, with the recent increases in tolls, it’s more cost effective to work with an experienced courier or delivery service that incorporates the tolls into their overall rates. Otherwise, you will be reimbursing employees for the tolls as well as mileage for each delivery. Consistent rates make the budgeting process less complicated.
In general, a logistics provider will also have a well-maintained fleet and experienced drivers, which makes it easier for the logistics provider to keep their costs as low as possible.
Qualified professionals
Lastly, by hiring a professional courier, you are ensuring that qualified employees will handle your deliveries. When sending someone into the public, including to people’s homes, you need representation that is trustworthy and professional. Our uniformed, trained delivery personnel will represent your company with an air of professionalism and efficiency.
As you’re looking into expanding the services of your small business, or to help manage your existing courier needs, we invite you to consider using On Time Logistics as your courier or delivery service provider. We can save you time and money while representing your company and your brand with professionalism.