Every business, even home-based businesses, has errands that need to be run occasionally. Some businesses have errands or deliveries every day. The errands probably seem simple and a secretary or other employee is asked to run that errand or make that delivery. Sometimes this request is part of the regular work day, other times it’s “on your way back from lunch.”
At On Time Logistics, we want to help your business be the most efficient and professional as possible. That’s why we offer the logistics and courier services that we do—to help you get documents, products and other necessary goods from point A to point B with professionalism.
Here is why we think companies should examine outsource their logistics and courier needs for their deliveries and errands.
Couriers offer time efficiency
Several reasons exist that make a courier service more time efficient. Couriers are adept and trained at getting their deliveries done in a timely manner. They know the best traffic routes and it’s literally their job to get your deliveries made on time.
By sending an employee, you risk them taking longer to complete the errand than necessary. That robs you and the employee of both the time it takes to complete the errand and for the adjustment period it takes when the employee returns and gets engrossed in their regular duties. Various work environment studies show that it can take employees up to 30 minutes to regain their full attention on a task after an interruption. How much is that “distraction” costing you?
Couriers offer cost efficiency
That leads to our second reason, which is cost efficiency. It’s reasonable to expect that most employees who would be mostly likely asked to run errands or make deliveries are paid by the hour. The longer they take to do something, the more you have to spend. You also probably offer that employee mileage reimbursement, which adds to your costs.
Depending on the route the employee takes and the amount of time spent, this could vary your costs quite a bit.
By hiring a professional courier service, you can easily budget for the costs. Logistics companies like On Time Logistics also are able to offer cost efficiencies by operating well-maintained vehicles and an overall low cost per mile. This in turn allows the company to offer more affordable rates for their logistics and courier services.
Couriers offer talent efficiency
We’ve mentioned several times that a courier service would offer trained professionals to make your deliveries. That’s very true, but it goes beyond that. A growing number of types of deliveries require a special certification. For example, any kind of bio-hazard or medical equipment. Or what if you’re delivering to the airport? That delivery person must be TSA certified. A logistics company is going to offer couriers that have that training and those certifications.
As you’re developing your budget for 2014, we invite you to consider using On Time Logistics as your chosen courier service. We can save you time and money while representing your company and your brand with professionalism.
Give us a call today to discuss your options for deliveries in Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri!