Winter can be the busiest time for many retail and e-tail businesses. Holiday shopping and last-minute seasonal needs can increase orders. For small businesses, that means it’s time to make major adjustments to your shipping and delivery strategies. Xcel Delivery is an experienced, highly qualified local delivery partner offering logistics and distribution services throughout Arizona and beyond. Here are our expert tips that can help you improve your winter shipping and delivery times.
Plan for Temperature Fluctuations
If you’re shipping anything that is sensitive to extreme high or low temperatures, check the weather forecast before shipping. You must check in your shipping city as well as your destination city. Then create a contingency plan for properly insulating sensitive items to protect them from drastic or sudden temperature changes. Consider using Styrofoam boxes, heat packs, foam, thermal bubble wrap, or thermal box liners. Xcel contracts with delivery drivers to provide expedited freight delivery services throughout Arizona. Our drivers understand the importance of timely deliveries to protect sensitive items from weather and temperature damage. We’re able to make custom adjustments to your distribution plan to protect items based on individual requirements.
Consider Dedicated Fleet Delivery Solutions
In rough weather, it’s best to do everything you can to make sure your products get to their final destination as efficiently as possible. If you’re shipping from a mild climate like Tucson to somewhere in Northern Arizona that regularly gets snow and harsh winter weather, you’ll need to anticipate transportation delays. It helps to partner with a local company that offers dedicated fleet delivery solutions. Xcel can help you plan the best distribution strategy for large shipments that need to be delivered to a different city or state. We can provide professional drivers and vehicles that optimize delivery routes and strategies to enhance efficiency and reduce the risk of delivery delays. While we can’t control the weather, we can do everything possible to anticipate challenges and mitigate risk.
Prioritize Communication
One of the easiest ways to make sure your customers lose faith in you is to overpromise and underdeliver. If you have told your retail partners or customers to expect a delivery during a specific window, consistent communication can help them prepare for any potential delays or challenges. Most people are understanding about weather delays as long as you give them timely updates and do everything possible to resolve the situation quickly. Xcel prioritizes clear, consistent, and timely updates with our customers. We make sure you always know exactly where your package is, each step of the way. We provide rapid updates to changes in schedule, as well as real-time tracking information and delivery confirmation.
Call Xcel Now for a Quote for Winter Deliveries
Our knowledgeable, experienced team of logistics experts at Xcel Delivery can help you find cost-effective and streamlined solutions to overcome common challenges with winter deliveries. We partner with skilled delivery drivers who offer local and interstate delivery services. We also offer one-hour and STAT delivery throughout Arizona, as well as regularly scheduled daily delivery routes. Our expedited freight and long-distance delivery services include contracts with TSA drivers and next-flight-out shipping services. To learn more about how we can improve your winter delivery times in Arizona and beyond, contact us online.