subject: Options For Multi-stop Shipments [print this page] Companies that are large enough to require multi stop shipments for deliveries on a regular basis have a lot more to think about than companies that are simply having single deliveries made at a time. As a result, it is important to think about the options that are available in order to find the shipping solution that makes the most sense for the company. The cheapest method is not always the best, and neither is the fastest. The cheapest is usually to allow the courier company to simply slot your deliveries in among their scheduled routes in the most efficient way possible, allowing them to reduce their and your costs. However, this can take quite a bit longer than some of the other options.
Many people wonder about the possibility of finding PA courier services that will allow you to use more than one vehicle for multi stop shipments. While this is a possibility, it is best to only do this on the recommendation of the courier unless you have a very specific reason for doing otherwise. This can be even more expensive at times than one of the fastest delivery options, which is hiring a dedicated truck to only work for your company. This is going to have the advantage of not only being able to make your deliveries one after another without having any other company's cargo to worry about, but is also going to allow you to freely dictate the routes your delivery drivers take in case you have any reason to wish them to take specific roads.
There are times when you might want to go the multi vehicle route, rare though they may be. One of the situations that this happens in most frequently is if you have deliveries which need to be made as fast as possible, and you don't want to split your shipments with other of the courier's clients, and the deliveries are in two different directions, especially if you're talking about a significant distance. In that situation it can be almost impossible to make the deliveries in time using only single dedicated vehicle.
There is another option that people need very badly to be made aware of. Most couriers offer excellent consulting services when it comes to logistics and planning. If you tell them exactly what you need to have whereby what date, they can often come up with very cost effective solutions that may not have occurred to you previously.
