5 Ways Courier Services Can Make Your Supply Chain More Efficient

February 25, 2015

corrier services Toronto It’s the holiday season and all the shops are decked in beautiful window displays. Twinkling lights and happy shoppers are everywhere. It’s a great reminder of: a) Your upcoming, well-deserved vacation time b) Winter magic: skating, hot chocolate, snowball fights c) The insanely long lineup at the post office as you struggle to get your company’s mail out If you answered c), you are not alone. Although handling your own shipping sounds easy in theory – after all, you’re already doing fulfillment, so why not address, stamp and send the packages too? It’s actually more complicated than that for most small to medium sized businesses.

The Problem With Doing Your Own Shipping

There are two main problems with handling your own shipping needs as a business owner , rather than making use of courier services in Toronto. Impact on your business:

  • There aren’t enough hours in the day for serving your clients and shipping their goods. You’ll be taking time away from more valuable tasks
  • Conventional mail is more expensive than courier services in Toronto, which offer flat rates as well as mileage-based plans to save you money

Impact on your customers:

  • Speed is compromised when you’re shipping through the mail, unless you pay huge premiums for fast delivery
  • Products are not guaranteed to arrive safely

Five Ways Courier Services Can Make Your Business More Efficient

Courier services in Toronto to the rescue! Whether you have a consistently large volume of online orders to ship, or important documents that must be signed for by your clients, or even occasional shipping needs, there is a perfect courier service out there for you. Not only do courier services offer a cost-effective solution , there are other significant benefits as well:

  1. Reduced workload – No more time spent trudging to the post office or buying special mailing supplies
  2. Secure delivery – Your package doesn’t sit in one warehouse after another on the journey to its destination. The only person to touch your mail beside the courier, is the final recipient.
  3. Online management tools – You don’t have to call for a courier anymore, you can simply set up an online account and handle your shipping needs from your computer. Once you set up the initial account, most of the rest is automated – great for those clients or associates you regularly ship to.
  4. Real-time tracking – Just like the post office, you can track your parcel too, but as previously mentioned, there’s only one stop – and your parcel is also guaranteed to arrive in good condition.
  5. I nsurance – Courier services Toronto are fully insured against anything happening to your parcel, so you can rest assured that your package will arrive as you intended.

It’s time to step out of the line…and let courier services start to make your supply chain more efficient. Now all you have to worry about is what you’ll do with all that extra time. Need something shipped ASAP? Click the following link to request a quote, or contact us with any questions.

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