A transport company is not a type of business, the creation of which can be ordered by someone on a turnkey basis and get everything at once to enter the market as one of the leading players. Transportation usually starts small, and only over time does this activity take the form of a large company with its own fleet of cars.
It is necessary
- 1. A truck with a body volume of at least 10 m3
- 2. Established business relationships with forwarding companies
- 3. Opportunities for further expansion of your vehicle fleet
- 4. Ability to select drivers for fulfilling individual orders and for permanent work
- 5. Over time - an agreement with a car service for the maintenance of all your cars, as well as an agreement for bulk purchases of fuel
Instructions
Step 1
Get a truck - this is the first thing with which, most likely, you will have to start your journey. Naturally, it should not be a tractor with a trailer (what is called a "wagon") - it is better to start transportation with an imported analogue of "Gazelle", the volume of the body of which is a little more than ten "cubes". The cost of the "truck" is several million rubles, it is profitable to use it for long-distance flights, and at the initial stage they will be too much of a risk for you.
Step 2
Start doing business with "dispatchers" - forwarding companies that select private carriers to fulfill their orders. The cost of cargo delivery offered by the customer company and the profit that you will receive from intermediary forwarders are very different, but large customers do not work directly with "private traders". Therefore, if you want to receive orders profitable for yourself, work with as many "dispatchers" as possible, get into their databases as a conscientious and responsible executor.
Step 3
Invest as much as you can in expanding the "fleet" of your cars - this means that having saved up money for a second car, you need to try to save money for a third. Only having eight trucks at your disposal can you consider yourself a serious company. The services of transport companies offer a much wider range of opportunities than assistance when moving to a new office or to a country cottage. It is necessary to strive, of course, to obtain tenders for freight forwarding to other regions of the country.
Step 4
Develop for yourself, as much as possible, a system of selection of drivers who can be trusted with equipment and high-value goods. Finding a good driver for a "wagon" is not always an easy task, especially when you consider that the cost of delivery of goods sometimes amounts to not one hundred thousand rubles. You can check the "past" of candidates with the help of collection firms or individuals providing similar services. It is possible that the driver's personnel in the transport business does not solve absolutely everything, but without proven drivers you will definitely "not go far".
