Hiring a 3PL: Benefits Realized By Shippers
3PL Benefits
We’ve spoken before about the benefits of a logistics solutions provider, or LSP, but we can’t stress enough the big differences between a typical third-party provider and a dedicated LSP partner. If you’re on the lookout for a team of experienced professionals to manage your logistics operation, you should focus on weighing the capabilities and track records of logistics solutions providers, rather than big name 3PLs.
You’ll find that LSPs provide a higher level of service, operate through an invested team of experts and stay on top of problems big and small throughout your supply chain. Here are just some of the real benefits that shippers see when they team up with an LSP.
- The ability to trace shipments and detect problematic patterns, revealing opportunities for new growth and efficiency gains
- The ongoing measurement of carrier actions and accountability, with carrier contract negotiation and relationships fully managed
- The chance to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and meet with a team of experts to advise on how to best meet logistics goals
- Money saved through audit recovery and resolving freight bill discrepancies, with total freight spend continually measured
- Always-on logistics support, overseeing operations and alerting your team of concerning patterns and events
- A customizable, modular transportation management system with the technology to track shipment data in real-time and store important documents and imagery
- Day-to-day problem resolution, proactive problem solving and long-term strategy development to combat structural supply chain issues
Are these actions that your company’s logistics team and customers would benefit from? If you’re certain you’d like to see these improvements made but you need to see another company’s real experiences with an LSP, read through a case study. Read about the challenges one material solutions supplier faced and how they successfully solved their issues with the help of a logistics solutions provider.
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