You can start the transportation of goods according to two schemes, focusing either on your own fleet of trucks, or on forwarding services, when you will select carriers "on the side" to fulfill orders. Experience shows that it is most advisable to combine both of these options in your practice.
It is necessary
- - fleet of trucks (consisting of at least several vehicles);
- - equipped office with convenient access roads;
- - several logistics forwarders in the staff of the company;
- - base of carriers (in case you do not have the resources to fulfill the order yourself);
- - drivers to work on the company's own cars.
Instructions
Step 1
Assess your capabilities and calculate what fleet of trucks you are able to form at the initial stage. The creation of a large transport company is impossible without the acquisition of at least a dozen trucks of various formats under a leasing scheme. If you do not have the means to form such a fleet, limit yourself to a few cars for now and focus on forwarding services.
Step 2
Rent an office space in a location with convenient access roads, preferably on the outskirts of the city. There should be a multi-line telephone and computers connected to the Internet. Find one or two logistics dispatchers (it is good if they have their own carrier bases) who will work for you according to the "small salary + percentage of order payment" scheme.
Step 3
Find multiple drivers to drive your new transport company’s own vehicles. As the fleet expands, the problem of finding a driver's staff will become more acute - for companies providing cargo delivery services, this is always a difficult task. It is better to immediately develop for yourself a methodology for checking the "reputation" of the drivers you will be hiring.
Step 4
Start looking for customers, plan a promotion for this and choose the tools with which you will promote your company. The Internet is becoming an ever more effective means of finding a client for a freight carrier. It will be advisable not only to create a page for your company, but also to use electronic cargo exchanges, of which there are already quite a few on the Russian Internet (both regional and federal).
