Pricing policy and forwarding companies

Employment in transport logistics, dependent on sustainable formed opinions about customers that the services of freight forwarding companies – is an expensive service, so customers are trying to work with a proven carrier and so on. Can be quite confidently say that the services are not always more expensive TEP. And often overpaid, the customer saves time, effort, and sometimes his privacy, integrity and security of cargo.

The article reveals how yet formed pricing freight forwarding companies. So what does the customer provide services TEP? Working with one carrier, large enterprises face the risk of deficiency cars. This is due to the fact that the medium and small truckers work in one direction: for example, provide transportation to Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev only, etc., and manager TIC can provide 80% of the car at the right time in the right direction, except 20% of those options, if the direction is really “hollow”. Ie when one of the areas along the route no inverse downloads. Forwarding companies can provide different types of transport (trawls, awnings, refrigerators, small cars, etc.), while carriers have in their fleet not all vehicles. TEP work with all types of payment: w / o VAT, b / n the third group (or single tax), with nalichkoj and pay the card. While not all carriers work with all forms of payment, and since the current unstable economic situation, 70% of carriers have switched to cash payment. Restriction in the form of payment is extremely inconvenient for the customer. A distinctive feature of large enterprises is that many companies are working on a deferred payment (5,10,30 days after discharge, based on original documents, etc., etc.) with deferred payment forwarding companies take risks associated with the loss of money, loss of working capital related to deferred payments. For non-cash forms of payment, TEP assume the costs encashment. Forwarding companies are trying to provide comprehensive services, such as providing brokerage services and cargo insurance.

Important and indispensable factor in working with forwarding companies and large motor, is the factor that they value their customers. They are aimed at long-term high-quality work, and in various conflict situations try to maximize the flexibility to resolve all disputes, if any arise.

In view of the above pros and cons, is not difficult to imagine the scale of forwarders. And enjoy all the benefits of working directly with the forwarding companies, freight customer question about pricing forwarding companies become more transparent and understandable.