Without the proper tools, distribution companies cannot ensure maximum profitability, and one of those proper tools is container tracking. Every shipped container plays a key role in the operational capacity and profitability of your organization, and proper tracking software provides several key benefits that are relevant to every distribution company.
Real Time Visibility
Container tracking software allows you to keep track of every container in real time. Viewing your containers as they move allows you to create more accurate timelines for delivery and guarantees that you are alerted to any issues that occur during the container's journey, such as unexpected stops or delays. If such issues occur, real time viewing gives you the opportunity to make changes, if possible, and redirect the stopped container and/or to take the steps necessary to avoid stops and delays in the future.
Improved Reliability and Efficiency
Proper tracking of your shipments records cargo movements and addresses any situations where interruption occurs while in transit. This enhances your organization's reliability by ensuring that you can update shipping methods and eliminate those that take too much time or have too many stops/delays.
Efficiency in the distribution business is also a necessity for eliminating costs and maintaining positive customer relationships. Container tracking software allows you to determine routes that will lower shipping costs and decrease the amount of time your products remain in transit. This provides valuable monetary benefits to your organization, and increases customer satisfaction.
Enhanced Security
Containers shipped over long distances should move directly from one point to another, with no stops in between. The more stops that are involved in a shipping route, the more people have access to the container and the less secure it is. Tracking software allows you to monitor all shipments for unexpected or unplanned diversions, providing you with the information you need if quick action must be taken. In addition, when containers hold expensive goods, they are often escorted to protect those goods. With good tracking software, the need for container escorts is eliminated.
Increased Profits
One of the most important benefits of container tracking is the potential for increased profits. Organizations using tracking software can develop more direct shipping routes, which reduces fuel costs and increases productivity. This increased productivity assists with improving revenue while also protecting your reputation with customers through more efficient shipping practices.
Another important consideration for container tracking is the container itself. Each container your company ships has value beyond its contents, as it is a returnable asset. Lost or stolen containers must be replaced in order to maintain shipping volume, which reduces overall profit margins. Additionally, any containers that are lost cause productivity losses due attempting to locate them. Container tracking eliminates these issues, minimizing profit loss and increasing overall profits.
If you are interested in finding out more about container tracking and its benefits for your organization, please contact us at Oates & Company today.
