Logistics and transport management has become a very important competence for companies, due to the need to follow the innovation of industries that reinvent themselves much more quickly than service providers in the transport area. The need for greater flexibility since the issuance of a constraint on freight, service, loading, time and information management are essential for the operation to be completed efficiently.
To make logistics more and more efficient, we list 5 ways that have already been tested and that really work.

1. Have full knowledge of how the operation works
First, it is important to know each step of the process that involves logistics, from the product, way of loading, origin, destination and the main customers of the sender.
Know and map the entire process from the beginning: from the supply of raw materials to the final delivery to customers. Through a simple flow of inputs and outputs it is possible to map the bottlenecks of the operation and when we look at the process, it is easier to seek alternatives for optimizations, cost reduction and process improvement.

2. Delivery to final destination
Know how deliveries are made to customers, the agreements made by the commercial and the customer’s buyer, the challenges and facilities of loading and unloading. With this information it is possible to choose the most suitable transport to serve the customer. Given the correct conditioning of the cargo, routing and documentation issued, the delivery time is also a factor of great impact for the success of deliveries.
It is up to the logistics operator to analyze their deliveries by region, according to the profile of the consumer customer, validate the possibility of consolidating loads, optimizing routes and efficiently managing and within the legislation the entire delivery process. Bearing in mind that the definition of the delivery profile includes planning based on route restrictions, time and delivery difficulty depending on the profile of each customer.

3. The combo is not expensive
This applies to all types of agreements, especially in logistics where external factors have a strong impact on the results of services. Knowing in advance the challenges in the delivery places, restriction of circulation of larger vehicles, companies that do not have equipment for loading and unloading, regional holidays, restricted delivery times generate extra costs for transporters that are passed on to customers. It is essential that these values ​​are agreed before any contract implementation.

4. Information technology
A good system is a great ally for logistics operations. Effective transport control helps organize service, processes, planning and facilitates customer feedback. The field team works safer, the operational can manage the operation with greater security and quality and the customer has access to the information with greater speed and accuracy of the content.
The systems are great facilitators in the registration of cargo, in the issuance of EDI’s and in the electronic exchange of data that are available to customers, ensuring a more synchronized operation in the logistics chain.

5. Control costs
Most companies, when they start optimizing their processes, consequently end up reducing their costs, as they consider that some processes can be carried out in a different way, this is very common. In order to facilitate and offer transparency in the provision of logistics services, having a partner who presents costs through performance indicators and who present simple solutions that can optimize operations is of great value to the managers of the contracting companies. At TRANS REID, through the TRACK CARGO link, available to our customers at www.transreid.com.br, the panel with the indicators of occurrences, costs and the write-off of each delivery are available for consultations in real time.
Do you want to know more about how to make your logistics more efficient? Contact us comercial@transreid.com.br