Many businesses work with time-sensitive cargo shipments. Perishable products and documents are examples of cargo requiring fast shipping. Offering fast-tracked shipping for customers gives companies a competitive edge and a means to improve the customer experience. As a result, expedited freight shipments play an important role in logistics.
What is the Best Option for Time Sensitive Cargo?
Time-Sensitive Shipments Explained
A time-sensitive shipment requires a faster delivery than conventional methods. Typically, time-sensitive shipments include important or high-value parcels where the sender wishes to minimize theft risk, damage to the cargo, or if there is spoiling risk. Companies might have specialized cargo requiring a time-sensitive shipment – such as blood or organs. Or they might require faster fulfillment and shipping due to increased seasonal demand, like the holiday shopping period. Time-sensitive cargo shipments require specialized management, allowing real-time monitoring of the cargo at all transit stages.
Why are Time-Sensitive Shipments Vital for Your Business?
Your business model and product range determine whether your company can benefit from time-sensitive cargo shipping services. However, most businesses will work with a partner company that handles these shipments. Use the following criteria when choosing your freight forwarding partner.
Fast Delivery Times
If you’re busy around the holidays, you need a shipping partner you can rely on for on-time delivery for your customers. Customers who know they get expedited shipping are more likely to make last-minute purchases.
Mitigate Damage Risk
Conventional shipping methods require the cargo to be warehoused in a facility for a time before being pushed into the supply chain and delivered to the customer. During storage, the parcel may experience damage or loss. Time-sensitive cargo doesn’t experience these bottlenecks, reducing the risk of damage and loss during transit.
Minimize Spoiling
Flower and vegetable growers can get their produce to market faster, giving the customer more time before it spoils. Time-sensitive cargo is ideal for perishable goods with a short shelf life.
Guaranteed Delivery
Expedited shipping services handling time-sensitive cargo charge a premium over conventional shipping methods. You pay for the speed and service. However, you also get guaranteed delivery of your client’s order and no chance of it being lost in transit.
Considerations for Logistics
Consumers are becoming more accustomed to instant gratification when ordering products. Free, fast shipping is becoming the industry benchmark, and if you don’t offer it, you’re falling behind your competitors.
Selecting the Right Logistics Partner
Choosing the right logistics partner can make or break your business. You need an experienced carrier with a good reputation in the market. Look for the following when considering your logistics partner.
- Does the freight forwarder understand your business model?
- Do they have the technology and processes to guarantee delivery and consistency?
- Do they offer a range of transport solutions for time-sensitive cargo?
- Do they accommodate last-minute changes to shipments?
- Do they have a track record of consistently delivering for their customers?
- Do they provide a customer dashboard where you can track your shipments?
- Do they appreciate your business and the value you bring?
Create a shortlist of three companies and compare them by service offering and price. Don’t let price be the deciding factor. Quality of service is the priority, but find it at the right price.
The Junction LLC | Truckload Shipping
As a leader in the transportation industry, we demand excellence from our entire team. Our team at The Junction LLC strives to deliver the best possible customer service. We help our customers solve the toughest transportation and supply chain needs.
Our team is dedicated to serving our customers and will take the necessary action to deliver our customers’ products safely, efficiently, and on time. In fact, this is our promise to you!
Nationwide Services include:
- FTL (Full Truck Load) Shipping
- LTL (Less Than Truck Load) Shipping
- Transportation of refrigerated, dry, and bulk shipments
- 3PL Warehousing and Logistics
- Contract Warehousing
- Trucking Freight Brokerage
Trucking & Freight Shipping Services:
- Overweight,
- Over-dimension
- Time-sensitive shipments
- LTL (Less-Than-Truckload)
- FTL (Full Truckload)
- Flatbed
- Flatbed LTLRGN (removable gooseneck lowboy)
- RGN (removable gooseneck lowboy)
- Maxi’s / A-Train / B-Train
- Heavy Haul
- Over Dimensional
- Dry Van
- Dry Van LTL
- Refrigerated
- Refrigerated LTL
- Power Only
Additional Services:
- Our sister companies can also provide warehousing in our food-grade facilities, cross-docking, and contract warehousing.