If you’ve never attended a trade show or don’t attend very often, you may not know where to start after you sign up for the show. Let’s take a look at the primary details you need to know, plus a few key terms and definitions to help you plan your trade show shipping schedule successfully.
When introducing a new product to the market, the transportation partner you choose is critical.
How valuable is U.S.-Canada freight? It’s worth billions of dollars a month, with roughly 60 percent being carried by truck.
But what’s even more interesting is that the value of U.S.-Canada freight exceeds that of U.S.-Mexico freight — by several billion dollars a month.
Logistics is essential to international distribution. Unfortunately, many of the U.S. businesses that want to dominate the North American shipping arena still haven't figured out how to keep their goods flowing into Canada consistently.
Here are four of the big factors that businesses commonly overlook in their quests to extend their domains.
Your shipments to Canada must clear Canadian customs before moving to their final destination, a maze that can stall your supply chain. The process is particularly cumbersome if you are not familiar with international freight forwarding and customs regulations.
ABF Freight customers can count on employees at all levels to take care of their merchandise throughout the entirety of a shipment process.
While inspecting shipments on the dock at the Carlisle, Pennsylvania, terminal, Justin Montanez noticed the bottom of a crate had come loose. The crate contained large coils, which were secure at the top but not at the bottom or middle, allowing them to move back and forth and bang against each other inside the crate.
Moving can be stressful, especially if it’s a cross-country move. At U-Pack, employees work to ease customers’ anxiety by building a rapport with them.
Erica Davis boasts those skills and then some. As a service consultant for U-Pack, she regularly works to ease concerns and answer questions for customers dealing with a move
ABF Freight employees strive to go the extra mile for their customers. And their customers often rave about experiences they have with exceptional ABF Freight service.
Delivering great service includes providing effective communication with customers.
A customer who arranged to use ABF Freight to ship materials for a trade show was anxious about the shipment. All of the items in the shipment were client-owned, and “I’ve been nervous and have added things to the shipment as the days have gone on,” the customer said.
Enter Ed Woods.
For ABF Freight drivers, making a delivery often involves more than simply unloading a box. It means interacting with a customer and being as friendly and helpful as you can.
Driver John Ritchie displays these qualities, as one customer said after John delivered a 250-pound package to the man’s home.