Yeah right! it now when you are reading this article at your home or office. But imagine those unexpected things happening when you have a mad driver, angry dispatcher, and a client that unfortunately needed to close the warehouse earlier today despite he didn’t provide any notice that he is going to do it.
Be Prepared for Unexpected Situations in LTL Freight
Watch for these kinds of situations and prepare in advance so that you are prepared when they happen. Or at least try to avoid them at any price, at least those ones that you have under your control:
- Be prepared for often changes of delivery and pick up addresses
- A lot of time there could be issues with delivery or pick up time
- You could face quite often delivery location accepting delivery at certain time slots only
- It could happen sometimes that your load gets canceled
It is important to realize that these kinds of situations in LTL freight happen on a daily basis and to keep the mind calm and react in a good manner and try to avoid making the situation worse.
The Most Important Part In LTL Freight Is – Dispatchers
Yes, I wrote about this in some of my previous posts where you can realize how important the role dispatchers have in every trucking company. They deal with huge stress on a daily basis and to handle all kind of unexpected situations in a nice and polite way.
