Food display cases play a critical role in displaying and preserving food for supermarkets and the food retail industry as a whole. Their transport is equally important, and without the right teams in place to ensure their on-time delivery and efficient installation, businesses can face a heavy operational and financial impact. However, the size and fragile nature of food display cases make them difficult to transport, and they require a high level of expertise to ensure they arrive safely and on schedule in order to prevent any disruption to retail operations.
TEN Logistics understands the challenges associated with transporting and delivering food display cases and has worked to become a trusted partner for countless retailers to create a smooth and efficient delivery process. Through an innovative and collaborative approach, TEN Logistics works with its partners to understand their needs and develop tailored solutions for them while ensuring that their operations remain seamless.
For Many Retailers, Food Retail Display Cases Present a Logistical Challenge
Transporting food display cases involves a number of logistical challenges, meaning that shippers need to have the right logistics partner in place who understands the unique needs and requirements involved. Everything from packaging to installation scheduling must be considered when coordinating their transport and delivery. Each food display case installation requires downtime and maintenance costs and can disrupt retail floor operations, so failure to work with a partner who understands these complexities can cost companies a great deal of time and money if a delivery is not properly timed. Some of these challenges include:
Fragility and Risk of Damage
Food retail display cases are bulky and delicate, requiring careful handling and packaging in order to prevent any potential damage. The right logistics partner will have experienced teams in place who understand how best to protect and transport the cases to avoid any issues, which can result in additional costs due to any repairs that would need to be made, as well as loss of sales due to any downtime resulting from delays in installation.
Complex Logistics and Coordination
Timing is everything, and logistics companies have little to no room for error when it comes to the transport and timely delivery of food display cases. Due to their size, warehousing or storage of these units is generally not an option, so any early arrival or delay can create logistical issues for both the retailer and the installation teams, who often have very limited windows of time to install the cases.
For these reasons, a number of stakeholders — including manufacturers, retailers, and installation teams — must be involved in the scheduling process. Coordinating across multiple stakeholders requires a deep level of understanding of each stakeholder’s needs and proper experience to ensure that production and completion schedules align with delivery timelines so that they arrive on schedule and can be promptly installed to avoid costly delays.
Food Retail Display Case Transportation: Solutions and Strategies by TEN Logistics
TEN Logistics understands the nuances involved in transporting food display cases and has created an innovative approach when it comes to ensuring they arrive on time and without damage. From the beginning of a partnership, they work collaboratively with all parties involved to understand their needs and goals, and they focus on four key areas to ensure successful transport and delivery:
Advanced Planning and Coordination
TEN Logistics works with manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers to create a detailed transport plan that aligns with production and completion schedules, as well as the timing needs of the retailer. By making sure that all stakeholders are on the same page and by using project management tools to track progress, all parties benefit from seamless communication and full visibility into the status of every shipment.
Preparing for the unexpected is also critical due to the time-sensitive nature of food display case deliveries. In the event that things do not go as planned — which can happen due to anything from labor shortages to unpredictable supply chain disruptions — TEN Logistics provides 24/7 support and has relationships with multiple capacity providers so adjustments can be made as needed to ensure minimal impact on the delivery timeline in case any issues arise throughout the process.
Specialized Handling and Equipment
The size and fragility of food display cases requires logistics providers to adopt a unique strategy for their handling and delivery, involving specialized teams and packaging to protect them and dedicated vehicles to transport them. Rather than adhering to a one-size-fits-all approach, TEN Logistics offers flexible solutions and works to ensure that food display cases are properly protected and that the drivers and handlers are trained on best practices for how to handle them, helping to minimize the risk of damage during loading, transport, and unloading.
Leveraging Technology for Efficiency
A key component of TEN Logistics’ innovative approach to transporting food display cases is the technology it employs to ensure full transparency throughout the shipping process. By using data-driven insights to optimize routes and leveraging real-time tracking systems, all parties have the ability to monitor the progress and location of their shipments while gaining peace of mind that their deliveries will arrive on time.
Collaboration With Stakeholders
TEN Logistics strives to be more than a logistics company and works to build truly collaborative partnerships with manufacturers, retailers, and installers that are based on communication and transparency. This helps all parties to understand each other’s needs and goals and establish a common vision for the partnership while opening the lines of communication so that any potential setbacks can be identified early and addressed as needed. This type of partnership results in better management of the logistics process while ensuring timely delivery and installation and minimizing any potential disruption to retail operations.
Promises Made, Promises Delivered
A number of challenges can be encountered when it comes to proper transport and timely delivery of food display cases for retail stores. TEN Logistics understands the complexities and requirements involved in these critical retail components and has built a reputation as a trusted and reliable partner that remains present in the process while coordinating schedules and ensuring on-time delivery. Manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers benefit from a full range of innovative services, including managed logistics services that cover everything from project management and warehousing to first and final-mile transportation.
Thanks to its diverse network of partners, TEN Logistics has access to a number of partners who are skilled in the transport and delivery of food display cases, ensuring that capacity is available when needed. Customers also benefit from around-the-clock support from the TEN Logistics team so that if any questions or issues arise, they can work together to get shipments back on track and keep operations running smoothly.
Contact us to learn how TEN Logistics can help your organization streamline and simplify the shipping of your food display cases.
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