Time is money. In the construction industry especially, the faster homes, buildings, and barns go up, the more efficient and more profitable your company becomes. Nearly every construction professional is on a constant quest to streamline operations, but one aspect of the building process that’s often overlooked is your supplier’s truck turnaround time.
It makes sense that some construction pros may not think about truck turnaround time when it comes to their supplier. Many feel it’s out of their control, and as such, it’s hard to think about how you could optimize it. In reality, the time it takes to get your supplies can have a major impact on your company’s efficiency. Let’s take a look at a few of the ways truck turnaround times can impact your business, and why it’s so important to choose a supplier who’s dedicated to shortening truck turnaround times:
Truck turnarounds can affect your construction company in quite a few ways:
Here at Zeeland Lumber & Supply, we know that everything we do impacts our clients. That’s why our primary focus is providing exceptional customer experience. We have a fleet of over 35 trucks that we track every single day to ensure we’re delivering materials efficiently, and on time.
We start by tracking each vehicle — flatbeds, box trucks, forklifts, skytraks, and moffetts — the moment they leave any of our lumber & supply yards. We measure how long it takes to arrive at their destination, how long it takes to unload, and, once back to our yard, how much time it takes to reload and move out to the next job site. With every run, we identify any bottlenecks, analyze the problem, and apply the data we’ve gathered to all of our future shipments and truck schedules.
We call this data-based decision making, and it’s at the core of everything we do. At Zeeland Lumber & Supply, we know that being your supplier is about a lot more than just having the materials you want. It’s also about getting those materials to you as quickly as possible, every single time.
We also share our data with you. Because we measure everything, we’re able to tell you in very specific terms when you can expect your shipment; our customers can sign up for alerts that are sent electronically which give updates on their deliveries.
Short truck turnaround times improve your efficiency and ours. We’re always working with our professional construction clients to share data, so we can affect efficiencies and grow everyone’s business.
Let us show you how the Zeeland Lumber & Supply process for measuring and managing truck turnaround time can benefit you. Contact us today or give us a call at (888) 772-2119 to start the discussion.
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