Logistics is what makes a lot of business possible. Ultimately, most business models revolve around getting the right things to the right people and exchanging a little cash in the process. Logistics is what allows this to happen. To that end, there are many different types of delivery service and fulfillment to help suppliers, manufacturers, resellers, wholesalers, consumers, eCommerce, and everything in between! Direct Store Delivery is one of those services.
What You Need in a Direct Store Delivery Partner
Direct Store Delivery plays an important role in these processes. In fact, Direct Store Delivery can help to replace many unnecessary aspects of the delivery process, and thereby help manufacturers to drastically increase their profits while also controlling their brand. In this post, we’ll explore how this works and how to choose the best company for your needs.
What is Direct Store Delivery? And Why You Need It
Essentially, Direct Store Delivery provides manufacturers with the ability to maintain control over the state and quality of their products. This allows them to handle every single step in the process, ranging from the creation of the product (which you already control) and the way it is stored to the way it is shipped and the way it is delivered. In short, this is your direct to store and thereby direct to the consumer process. It cuts out the middle-man, allowing you to keep more of the profit, and removing the opportunity for human error to end up tarnishing your brand! Direct Store Delivery allows businesses to achieve all this while interacting with just one business. That in turn allows them to minimize costs, minimize the possibility of error, and maintain the most quality control possible.
This also simplifies the process for those companies that are experimenting with this switch for the first time. If you have until now been operating as a “manufacturing only business” then you may have little idea how fulfillment and order tracking/processing is normally handled. By using a single company that takes care of everything for you, you won’t need to worry about all of these different steps. There is no need to pay for someone to promote and ship your product. By removing that unnecessary step, you can potentially increase your profits by 50% or more instantly. Direct Store Distribution will help you achieve that. There are more reasons to make this switch too! For example, using Direct Store Delivery means that you’ll be able to track what’s selling, and thereby gain a much keener understanding of the demand and what the market needs!
What to Look For
There is just one catch then: when using a single company to handle every aspect of your delivery to the store, you are effectively putting all your trust in that company: all of your eggs in a single proverbial basket! This makes it extremely important that you choose the right business to handle that process for you. Here are some things to consider:
Service
Of course, you want to use a company that provides a great service. That means a business that is highly transparent, and that will keep you “in the loop” during the delivery process. This is your brand and your product, so you need to know how it’s being handled and why. A great way to get a good idea as to just how good the customer service is at one of these companies is to get in touch with them and ask for a consultation. You’ll quickly be able to tell if you click with that company!
Software
The best Direct Store Delivery companies use smart software solutions to improve tracking. This can help to remove errors and also give you far more information about where your product is. That in turn also allows you to pass more of that information to the customer. This results in fewer errors, better customer satisfaction, and more efficient service all around!
Energy Efficiency
When using any delivery service, you should consider how they are keeping their business green and lowering emissions. This is an important consideration that will help you to not only improve your own carbon footprint but also pass information about those savings onto your customers. Clients and customers LIKE dealing with companies that are eco-conscious!
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 and by a desire to solve our customer’s 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. 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.