Consolidations

Our firm holds years of expertise in providing Freight Consolidation Services. Our highly skilled employees employ modern technique to accomplish this service within prescribed time period. Due to our consistency, timely execution and reasonable price, these freight consolidation services are broadly known in the industry.

Freight consolidation is a shipping service that can lower the total shipping cost as well as increase security. Freight consolidation is just one of the many names given to the service, including consolidation service, assembly service, and cargo consolidation, but no matter what a provider chooses to call it, the concept remains the same.

Freight consolidation is a process in which several small shipments that are all being sent to the same location will be bundled, or consolidated on a single truck, and then shipped together to their destination. The process is not only beneficial to the shipper, but also the customer or retailer to whom the products are being sent.

Because of the consolidation and shipping multiple products all at the same time rather than sending multiple smaller shipments separately, shippers are able to pay bulk rates. This makes freight consolidation ideal for companies who generally send a few pallets of product at a time, or those who have a high frequency of smaller shipments. Instead of sending them all separately, the shipments will be consolidated and shipped in one container.

While the items in the shipment most often come from a single supplier, other times the cargo can come from multiple locations. This helps ensure the truck will be filled and helps to keep costs down.

During the freight consolidation process, a company’s products will be picked up and brought to a consolidation warehouse that is centrally located to each shipment’s final delivery. Products are then typically unloaded and organized, and sent to final delivery. A company like GFS actually skips this step, and will carry the consolidated freight directly to the final destination, rather than adding a stop at the warehouse for additional organization.

There are many benefits to using freight consolidation, including simply reducing headaches through the shipping process, but it all starts with and revolves around cost savings.