Logistics is an integral aspect of every company that needs to transport goods or materials, especially on a daily basis. Inefficient logistics can not only negatively affect your productivity but also make you lose customers. One of the most common problems companies have to face is in fact logistics high cost. Sometimes expenses for transportation of goods exceed a company’s net revenue.

Thanks to its experience and leadership, Gruppo La Meridiana can offer various effective methods to lower logistics expenses and increase profits.

Carefully analyze job costs

A careful examination of your company’s needs and they way these are met by your employees is a necessary step in order to keep job costs under control. Expenses related to your employees are often the largest item of expenditure on you budget, so it’s essential to lower costs by optimizing you workforce. Some companies offer their employees incentives and bonuses, to entice better performances which in order reduce the need to hire more people. In some instances it’s also possible to take advantage of workload management software.

Always have a proactive maintenance plan in operation

In order to save money on every kind of machinery in use at your company’s, it’s essential to have in place an advanced maintenance plan so as to avoid sudden and expensive damages, leading you not only to replace faulty parts but most likely stopping or delaying production as well. Careful maintenance in logistics will also allow you to better control the use of your infrastructure, allowing you to optimize and save on operating costs.

Fleet management

A better use of your company’s automotive fleet will help reduce costs for full-size lorries as well as for smaller vehicles. Aside from careful maintenance, another way to reduce costs is to minimize and rationalize you packaging, so as to increase the amount of goods in a single delivery. Fitting your vehicles with GPS systems guarantees control, safety, and prompt deliveries.

Planning logistics

There are many management software programs that can help you set up and organize your company’s logistics. They do so by keeping an accurate inventory, tracking available resources and deadlines for your tasks. Accurate planning and careful organization are the most time-tested, efficient and quick ways to reduce costs and increase productivity.

New tools and up-to-date technologies

Innovation is a key aspect in logistics management. Today there are software platforms that using a single interface can help you handle supplies, personnel, vehicles and transportation with minimal expenses.

Outsourcing

But applying all these suggestions takes time and skills. Entrusting logistics to an external provider can be the quickest and most efficient way to handle your’ company’s transportation needs. The provider’s experience will help you solve your personnel and transportation management issues, lower you operating costs, optimize production and increase your revenues. A carefully chosen partnership can be extremely cost-effective.

Gruppo La Meridiana can quickly and efficiently revamp your company’s logistics. We offer customized solutions in the Rome and Milan areas, and other Italian provinces as well. Thanks to Outsourcing your company can truly reach everywhere!