This week, here is reason number two for using a multi-carrier shipping system. The competition between the carriers can be intense. They fight for your business each and every day. When you look at the main players, each offers good, reliable transportation services. So what sets them apart? Obviously, the price you pay for their services. If you use a “free” carrier provided shipping system and it is integrated to your order entry or other back-end system, changing carriers can be difficult, even when another carrier offers better rates.
When the carrier knows their “free” shipping system locks you in to using that carrier, how motivated are they to give you their best rate offer? Use a multi-carrier shipping system and the carriers know you can easily change, giving them substantial incentive to provide their best rate offers when negotiating. There are many so good reasons to use a multi-carrier system versus one that is provided by a carrier at “no direct cost to you.”
If you are using a multi-carrier system like our CPS shipping software, if you negotiate a better rate with a different carrier, it’s a snap to change carriers. Using a multi-carrier system places you in a better negotiating position and that means dollars to your bottom line. Your shipping will never miss a beat!
Over the next few weeks, we are going to look at more ways that multi-carrier shipping systems can bring benefits to your shipping, accounting, customer service, sales and carrier relationship processes. Right now, visit www.HarveySoft.com if you would like to know more about CPS.
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