If you are continuously sending items from India to the UK, you may decide you need a logistics company to help with distribution and warehousing. However, you may be shocked to learn that your courier may already offer these services, which can save time and money. Whether you are a new company or have been around for a while, you want to ensure you save enough money to make a decent profit, which can be difficult if you have your own distribution center and warehouse.
Distribution
A distribution center is important for a business, because it allows you to have a nice area set up to get items ready to ship out. While most companies have their own centers or do it themselves, it can be difficult and costly to have all the equipment and room necessary to distribute multiple products at once.
If you would like to hire a logistics company to help you, you may want to consider your courier. Many couriers offer services such as distribution, where they will take all the items for each shipment, box them and pack them properly and send them from the UK to India or wherever else you need them to go. You will pay for the distribution services you use through the courier, but will not need to pay continuously for electricity and packaging except for what you use.
Warehousing
If you produce 100s or 1,000s of products each day, you will need to have somewhere to store those items until they are needed. Most people don’t consider their warehousing needs until they already have a lot of items to store. If you use your courier for warehousing services, you can rest easy knowing that your items are safe and secure. You can simply schedule a pickup or have them delivered to the warehouse area of the courier and let them sit on risers until required.
Because you will likely use the courier to ship the items from the UK to India, they can be pulled out of the warehouse and shipped quickly and efficiently because everything is done through one company and in one building.
Savings
If you were to have your own warehouse and distribution center, you would be paying for the rented space, paying for employees and training, and pay for all the equipment necessary to run the warehouse and center. Using your courier means that you don’t have all the extra expenses and only pay for what is stored and shipped.
