Optimising freight costs has always been a top priority. But in today’s world, leveraging European logistics and road transport can deliver a range of benefits that help your business keep costs down.
Air freight might be the preferred service for international journeys, but road freight transportation is ideal for transporting goods across Europe, saving you valuable time and money.
Having a shipping specialist in-house isn’t an option for many businesses. So we’ve taken a look at how using road freight services can significantly reduce your costs.
Advantages of road freight transportation
Road freight transportation ensures consistent delivery of goods across Europe. It’s highly cost-effective, with fast door-to-door delivery. In addition, road freight guarantees final mile fulfilment, so there’s no need to pick up from a freight terminal or load and unload goods unnecessarily.
Road freight is also highly flexible because it’s not bound by rigid schedules. So, for example, with our time-critical services, your goods can be on their way in an hour after booking. And you won’t find the same restrictions on flammable and toxic materials as you would with air freight.
And with simpler palleting requirements, you’ll keep your packaging costs low without compromising the safety and security of your goods and products. So how can road freight transportation save you money?
Save on capital investment
Using your valuable assets to purchase trucks to transport your products doesn’t make good business sense. Likewise, buying, maintaining and running your own fleet can end up costing more than the equipment is worth.
Warehousing costs can lead to rapid capital depletion. Outsourcing your European logistics and road transport needs means you won’t have to invest in delivery and supply processes, saving you time and money. And that’s money that you can invest into growing your core business.
Increased flexibility
Using a 3PL gives your business plenty of agility when fulfilling orders across Europe. Road freight isn’t just about transporting your goods to their destination. Our warehousing solutions across 22 locations, give your business the flexibility to supply quick turnaround clients and control your cash flow.
You’ll only pay for the warehousing space you need, so you can reduce or increase it as required. And because we specialise in upscaling and customising our 3PL services, we’ll help you find an affordable solution.
Accessible resources
European logistics and road transport can help your business make cost efficiencies in other ways. For example, you’ll benefit from access to resources like forklifts, temperature-controlled storage and palleting.
But using road freight also gives you access to other significant resource advantages. Your provider will have access to a network of carrier partnerships and the cheapest routes delivering time-critical transport or cost-efficient logistics solutions. An excellent 3PL team will use their knowledge and expertise of prices, products, schedules and carriers to create freight solutions that are efficient and cost-effective.
Leveraging the best solutions
Time is money, and working with a specialist provider for your European logistics and road transport is the easy way to save both. In addition, leveraging their expertise to move your products from A to B makes sense when you’re looking to drive down your operational costs.
Let’s say you need time-critical fulfilment. We can facilitate collection in as little as an hour using our dedicated fleet of trucks and our extensive partnerships, saving you time with our end-to-end service.
If keeping costs low is the issue, we can save you money with our groupage and consolidation solutions. Or try our cost-effective milk run service that can collect from various suppliers (on one vehicle) and transport mixed loads to one customer. In addition, every shipment is tracked from loading point to destination by your dedicated point of contact.
Focus on your business
Having the time to focus on your business is a luxury. By opting to use road freight, you can save precious time, allowing you to execute your growth strategies and improve products and services across the board.
Your logistics provider will take care of all the procedures and paperwork involved in delivering each shipment. Our full range of services includes pick and pack, e-commerce fulfilment and consultation, so you can be confident you’ll always get the fully customised solution that works for you.
Our European logistics and road transport team will develop the most cost-effective end-to-end solution for your next shipment. At the same time, the time you save can help you innovate your next-generation products and enhance your bottom line.
Trust AMCO with your road freight transportation
The world isn’t slowing down. And getting your products to market in a timely and cost-effective way can be challenging. That’s why AMCO offers a complete end-to-end European logistics and road transport solution.
We provide dedicated and reliable 3PL services, including warehousing and road freight across a wide range of industrial and commercial sectors. When speed, efficiency and cost are paramount, AMCO has you covered. Contact us today or call +44 800 054 8000 now for a quote.