Managing customer orders and Shipping can be quite time consuming and overwhelming. If you don’t have a structured and efficient shipping process in place it will cost you time, money and customers! Consider the below 2 Shipping Time Savers to support you in becoming more efficient with shipping!
- If you are shipping through a postal service and have to drop off your parcels each day to their distribution center this can take valuable time out of your day, especially if there are lengthy wait times at the post office. Did you know that some postal services will pick up your goods from your office or home? Depending on the postal service, they may have a minimum quantity or spend before they will pick up from your location, however it’s well worth looking into because it will save you valuable time, so check this out with your postal service!
- Have a daily order cut off time so customers know that if they order after that point the order will not be shipped until the next dispatch cycle. This is very important, if you don’t have a cut off time you will be picking and processing orders with no structure and it will cause you to waste time – you may even have to rush to get orders packed to ship on time which can lead to costly mistakes. A good way to structure your daily cut off is to check out the cut off time of your shipping provider and work back from there to set an appropriate order cut off time for your customers, remember to allow yourself enough time to process and pack orders.
These two shipping time savers will help you to be more efficient so you can save valuable time in your day and ensure you meet customer expectations!