No matter what type of business you work for or own, budgeting is always a major consideration. Using couriers can save you time and money, but knowing just that bit of information isn’t everything you need to know. To understand if using a courier will work with your budget, you need to first understand how courier rates are calculated. Costs are calculated by combining two buckets of information: vehicle costs and employee costs.

Vehicle Costs

Vehicle costs are probably the first thing you think of when you think about calculating courier rates. These costs include things like:

• Type of vehicle
• Number of vehicles required
• Price of gas per gallon
• Vehicle miles per gallon
• Miles driven per day
• Insurance per month
• Exterior maintenance of the vehicle
• Communication devices

As you’d expect, the rising costs of gas can have a great impact on what these costs end up being.

Employee Costs

Employee costs involve many different line items. From hourly rates to hours worked, there are many factors that go into calculating these costs.

• Number of drivers
• Hourly rate
• Overtime rate
• Regular hours worked
• Overtime hours

By adding together the vehicle and employee costs, the courier rate is calculated.  If you’re interested in finding out the rates of deliveries with Reliable Delivery, use our courier calculator.

At Reliable Delivery, we know how to pack a package so that everything in it stays intact and your delivery is made correctly. Want to learn how to pack your deliveries like a pro? All you have to do is follow these simple steps.

1. Cushion: One of the biggest mistakes you can make is not cushioning your items appropriately. The key to doing this right is choosing the cushioning that’s the appropriate density and thickness for your package. You’ll also want to make sure you use enough cushioning materials to fill the void spaces in your box.
2. Boxing: Have you ever seen a package where the box appears to be bursting at the seams? If so, you know that whoever packed that box chose the wrong box size. Make sure you select a box that is big enough to accommodate the proper cushioning for the item you’re shipping.
3. Sealing: You might want to conserve your packaging tape and use as little as possible, or maybe you’re someone who uses a whole roll of tape on one package. Either way, a great rule of thumb for sealing packages is to apply at least three strips of packing tape to the top and bottom of the container you’re shipping.
4. Labeling: Your labels should include the recipient’s full address on it. In addition, when placing your label on the package, make sure you put it on the most visible side of the box and away from any seams or folds.

Want to learn more package delivery tips and insight? Keep reading our blog and contact us today if you’re interested in learning about the delivery services we offer.

Unless you’ve used couriers for years, you might be wondering exactly what a courier service is. Simply put, as a courier service in Michigan, we carry out package deliveries for businesses and organizations. But courier services aren’t a new thing. In fact, they’ve been around for almost as long as civilization has been around. Ancient leaders used couriers as a way to make new laws and communicate edicts throughout their country.

While we’re not sending our couriers out into the world to communicate new laws, our couriers still serve an important purpose. We specialize in delivering medical equipment and supplies, as well as legal documents. Reliable Delivery exists to help free up your internal resources to carry out the day-to-day work of your business, while we handle the running around and delivering of your packages.

Even as technology evolves, the need for courier services still exists. While some documents can be delivered electronically through email, institutions like hospitals and medical facilities will still require the physical transport of packages. Instead of modern technology eliminating the need for our services, we’re just using modern technology to improve the efficiency and timeliness of our courier services.

Learn more about our courier services and be sure to contact us if you want to schedule a delivery.

No matter what industry you’re in, there are probably some tools and tricks of the trade you use to make sure the job is done efficiently. Like your business, Reliable Delivery uses a set of tools to ensure the timely delivery of our services with the quality that our customers have grown to expect from us.

Online Order Entry

We like to make things easy for our customers, which is why we offer online order entry. Once you have an account established, you’ll be able to easily enter your order into the system from wherever you are. It’s fast, easy and just what you need to make sure that your deliveries are scheduled properly.

Online Order Tracking

If you need timely information on where your order is, then our online order tracking system is perfect. It’s a fast and easy way to find out the status of your order at any time of day.

Routing Software

We work our hardest to ensure that we’re building the most efficient delivery routes, and our routing software helps us do this. With this software, all routes are optimized for cost and time saving.

Two-Way Communication

Have you ever experienced the frustration that comes with not knowing where your delivery driver is? Our main office is able to communicate with drivers while they’re making deliveries. This ensures that we know where delivery drivers are in their route and lets us communicate any changes in routes. It also ensures that we always know where your delivery is.

These tools are just one piece of the puzzle in delivery quality services to our customers. Contact us today to learn more.

A medical delivery services driver’s main job duties are exactly what you’d think they’d be. It’s this person’s job to pick up and deliver medical supplies to medical offices, hospitals, and other medical facilities. This person is responsible for making sure patients and medical facilities have all the supplies they need.

Why You Need Medical Delivery Drivers

Ask any medical facility today, and they’ll tell you that they depend on their medical delivery service drivers. This type of service is critical to their successful treatment of patients because they don’t have time themselves to spend picking up and delivering medical supplies and medications. Whether you realize it or not, medical delivery services are a big part of keeping patients happy and healthy.

Benefits of Being a Medical Delivery Services Driver

With most jobs, people are looking for a sense of purpose that comes along with their job duties. As a medical delivery services driver, you’ll have that. The job is rewarding because drivers know that they’re helping save lives and keep the people in their community healthy.

Learn more about our medical delivery services and our drives today.

Medical supplies can range from specimens to instruments, and all of them are equally important to treating patients. In life or death circumstance, not just any delivery company will do. A medical delivery company understands that the supplies they’re delivering could potentially save lives. And at Reliable Delivery, we take that very seriously.

Our couriers have years of experience and receive on-going training to make sure they understand each kind of medical delivery they might have to make. In addition, we can customize your medical delivery service to meet your exact security, logistical and budgetary needs. If that wasn’t enough, our list of types of deliveries we make is far reaching and includes:

• Medical equipment
• Medical supplies
• Donor organs
• Biohazard category B specimens
• X-Rays
• Pharmaceuticals
• Research materials
• Medical records
• Radioactive materials
• Patient transport

Whether you need deliveries made to a hospital, university, clinic, airport, residence or warehouse, we can help. Our team understands the needs and parameters that each site requires, so deliveries are always made smoothly. We’re able to do this not only because of our knowledge and experience, but also because of the tools we have at our disposal. Each of our couriers uses a GPS to find the best way to get to the delivery site and we’re in constant contact with our drivers too.

We know that all of your medical deliveries are important, and we treat each of them with care. Contact us today to find out more about our medical delivery services.