| These days where outsourcing is becoming a popular | | | | purpose as what they previously did, it wasn't very |
| strategy for processes that are considered to be not | | | | difficult for them to implement this strategy. |
| the company's core competency, there are still some | | | | Doing the freight loads services in-house would |
| companies who still prefer to do their freight loads | | | | require the company to really plan everything. From |
| needs on their own. | | | | the scheduling of the deliveries to the management |
| Doing deliveries in-house might be more beneficial in | | | | and coordination of the warehouse personnel, the |
| some cases. It still depends on the customer's | | | | truck drivers, and the security guards, everything |
| demands, location, and the company's standing. So | | | | must be properly coordinated. Since in-house delivery |
| when would it be wise to do the freight loading | | | | is only suggested for nearby and not so frequent |
| services yourself? Read on. | | | | deliveries, it would be easier to coordinate things but |
| An automotive company that was seen to be very | | | | as was mentioned before, time study must be done. |
| successful in outsourcing their freight loading needs | | | | That is, part of the scheduling plan would also be to |
| still did in-house deliveries for their other customers. It | | | | time the number of hours and minutes it would take |
| was observed that these customers do not require | | | | for a truck to travel. Everything must be taken into |
| delivery as frequently as the customer where they | | | | account like traffic, detours, and other road mishaps. |
| employed a third party provider. | | | | The important thing that must be considered in the |
| These customers also were not as big as that other | | | | end is total customer satisfaction. They should get |
| customer; hence, the volume of delivery was not as | | | | what they want at the right time and at the right |
| large. Furthermore, these customers' plants were | | | | amount. |
| located quite nearer to the company's plant, nearer | | | | A popular quotation said that if you fail to plan, you |
| than the other customer. Upon careful analysis of the | | | | plan to fail. This saying applies as well to the planning |
| costs and also doing time and motion study on the | | | | of freight loads. Properly planning the freight would |
| possible scenarios, it was decided that some | | | | ensure success and customer satisfaction. On the |
| customers have in-house delivery. Since the company | | | | other hand, poor planning would cost your customer |
| also has its own pool of trucks and drivers for such | | | | and your company or business. |