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April 2, 2021 by Logistics

If you spend over $100,000 on LTL Freight maybe Riverside Logistics can help.

Let’s see why or why not. Riverside Logistics a third-party logistics company (3PL) has considerable buying power in the freight markets for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL), Parcel and Truckload. We also have a significant presence in the Richmond, VA market handling local container drayage, warehouse and plant shuttles and short-haul dedicated moves. We have a strong local following of carriers. We also have a broad portfolio of LTL carriers that can be applied to any Origin/Destination set.

But we are not an omni-budsman (handle anything) Third Party Logistics Company (3pl). Although we’d like to think that we are very good at what we do, we are not one-size fits all 3PL. If you meet most or all of the following criteria, then you are a great candidate for a partnership with Riverside Logistics. If not, then maybe it’s better to just be friends and move on.

  1. If your company or your branch revenue is between $5 and $100 million in yearly sales.
  2. If you really don’t have a transportation department per se.
  3. If the decision-making is done locally not centrally when the company has more than one location.
  4. If you need both Richmond-based warehousing AND transportation management to go with it.
  5. If your freight spend for all modes of transport is between $150,000 and $3 million annually.
  6. If you use a consolidator like FedEx or UPS to handle all your LTL and parcel and (even) your FTL moves.
  7. If you have no technology platform to tender, route, cost, or track LTL or parcel shipments.
  8. If you can’t create a digital Bill of Landing (BOL) that ties orders to carriers and provides a full data set.

These criteria are benchmarks. We have found in the 25 years we’ve been in business, that companies who “fit” the above criteria do very well in partnership with us. Our overall book of business includes smaller and larger companies, so the above would not exclude you from being a candidate to work with Riverside. However, the above is definitely a “sweet spot” we found that works well. We do business with a lot of different clients with assorted wants and needs. There is no standard way of doing business, but rather key processes that work well across the demands for transportation and warehousing. We customize our solutions to meet the client’s needs and incorporate technological solutions to provide timely and effective answers for their daily transportation challenges.

How does technology fit into the equation? In the good old days manual routing guides were used by and for clients to handle their LTL and parcel shipments. Today Riverside has a robust technology platform that allows client’s to do their own routings. They can electronically tender, track and trace, cost, (and even pay invoices) using this system. It also allows for reporting and research of the data elements attached to each move over the life span of use. It’s a powerful tool that allows the data to be used timely and effectively on either a daily (short term) or long-term basis.

In today’s fast paced world having data is important; but having an experienced team to help you analyze, find efficiency’s and make decisions to add value is a strategic advantage. Supply chains have been disrupted and now more than ever the team of experienced people at Riverside Logistics may be able to help you navigate the faster pace of change.  If you would like to talk to one of our representatives please call us at …804-747-7700 Option 4 or fill out a quote form online.

 

 

 

 

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August 13, 2020 by Logistics

How can a Richmond, Virginia based Third-Party Logistics company help reduce your local delivery cost while improving service?

2020 vision has been anything but clear! Especially when it comes to your freight cost and service levels. As companies evaluate different business options, working with a third-party logistics company (3PL) on a local level can be easily overlooked.  Because a Third-Party Logistics  company has numerous truck routes and lanes that are created by serving multiple customers there is a good chance that they have a local service that could save you money, and improve the flexibility and reliability of your shipments. Below are a few ways that a 3PL can help provide cost saving solutions for your local freight!

Local Routes                                                                                                                                      

Local deliveries range between 0-250 miles from origin.  A local 3PL with a  variety of customers and deliveries has many options for their  customers.

For example, loads shipping out of Richmond, VA for delivery down in the Tidewater area will match up with a local load coming back to the Richmond, VA area.  Also, we may have 2 or 3 other customers we can consolidate on the Richmond truck either on the head haul or backhaul.  Depending on the size of the load, it may fit on 24ft box truck vs a 53ft trailer which could offer savings.

Another advantage of local routes is accessibility.  This includes  last minute daily pickups and emergency pickups because drivers are delivering within the local area.  A 3PL can also drop trailers at a customer’s location for convenience for loading or unloading their product.  Some customers with limited warehouse space utilize drop trailers for storing product at their location or at the 3PL’s location. Matching resources is one of the many ways a 3PL provides value allowing companies to be very flexible in a dynamic market, providing just in time deliveries, and capturing opportunities that may not be able to with your current resources. 

Cross Dock

Another advantage of a 3PL with warehouse assets is the ability to cross dock product.  Example:  An inbound truckload shipment comes in and our customer doesn’t have time or space to unload it.  A 3PL can provide this service as well as coordinate transportation that will maximize savings.  Another opportunity to utilize cross dock services is receiving ocean containers to be unloaded and reloaded into a 53’ Dry Van for final delivery to the customer. This same scenario would apply with rail cars. Customers can take advantage of lower rail rates and have product deliver via rail for storage at a 3PL facility and then trucked for customer delivery.  Cross docking is a great short-term solution to reallocate your freight quickly, efficiently, without limiting your resources.

Drayage

A 3PL has the ability to flex up or down depending on the volume of containers arriving at the port.  Businesses may not always have an available driver and truck to retrieve containers from the port nor space to store the container for efficient processing.  3PL’s can often store your container at their facility to save on port demurrage fees then unload and handle for final delivery to the customer.  A 3PL can often provide this service for both IMPORT and EXPORT loads.

Riverside Logistics can provide all these services for you so your resources can be utilized to focus on your business not the business of moving freight!

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