4 ways to save on transportation costs
1. Think big!
One of the best ways to become more efficient is to think big; How can one person do more? Move more quantity and volume of goods in less time.
If we look at the mining industry, for example, which is one of the largest in the world, we can see how from a small 10-ton excavator they now excavate with hundreds of tons excavators; dump truck wheels are 3 times the size of the operator. During the last decades they managed to reduce operating costs a lot through bigger and better tools; larger and more advanced equipment and machinery, improved technology, etc.
For example, if you grow bananas and have to deliver them 1000km from the farm to the capital city, you can pack them in 13kg boxes or 1000kg bulk containers. Which way is more profitable?
2. Better technology!
We have many customers in Indonesia who transport a large number of heavy products on pallets, such as cement, rubber bales and ceramics. Some of them carry 100,000 tons per year and more.
A simple RFID on each pallet allows the owner to know exactly where the pallets are; If you have barcodes on your bags of cement or boxes of ceramic tiles, you can even know exactly when it was produced, where it is now, how much inventory you have in stock, etc. with simple software.
Better technology makes your entire operation more efficient, not just the logistics section.
3. Training!
The best companies have the best people!
When you look at the biggest and best companies in the world like Apple, Google and Facebook you can see how they fight each other to get the best talent and how much they invest in training and better working conditions.
Employees with better tools, superior technology, better training and working conditions are better focused, motivated, loyal and efficient. If every one of your employees and managers thought every day how to improve the operation because they like the company or the bonus… They may have amazing ideas to improve the operation from production to material handling, packaging, loading and transportation.
4. Act fast!
One of the keys to being more efficient is to act fast!
How long does it take to make a change in your organization?
The most efficient companies are those that manage changes and improvements in their operations in an agile way. Senior management and owners must be open to new and better ideas, and employees and management must be motivated to find better and faster ways of doing things.
In a competitive market, the companies that improve faster win the battle, as they can produce better and cheaper thanks to an improved system of motivated people who care and want to be part of the best company.
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