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HIGH VALUE SHIPMENTS

Because of the extreme value of some items, the transportation of high-value products such as computer equipment, telephony products and switch gear, medical tools or works of art is well-choreographed with defined rules and handling procedures. Quality assurance plays a significant part insuring shipment integrity throughout.

A hallmark for this very specialized transportation service is a requirement for careful handling of a shipment that, because of its sensitive nature and extreme value cannot be safely transported otherwise. Oftentimes, such shipments lack industrial packaging and require extra care loading and loading.

Key Features

There are a number of ways this type of transportation service differs from general freight services.

• Shipments can be TL or LTL
• McCollister's provides loading and unloading services or, dock to dock transportation only
• Driver teams
• Air-ride service in many different van configurations from small city trucks to 53 foot trailers
• Crated, pad wrap or a combination service is available
• Guaranteed Services
• All vans are equipped with special loading and handling equipment to safely load and secure delicate shipments
• Lift-gate service when there is no accessible loading dock
• Over-size vans for exceptionally large shipments
• Short transit schedules
• Time-definite deliveries
• Real-time shipment statusing
• Highly skilled van operators with an average 14 years experience

Special Programs

McCollister's has provided High-Value Product Transportation services for four decades! During that time businesses, art collectors, museums and the government have sought increasingly more efficient and sophisticated methods to combine transportation with other logistics activities reducing shipping expense, inventory stock and delivery cycles. Examples include:

• Plug and play desktop computer delivery programs
• JIT materials delivery programs
• Field merge to aggregate multiple shipments from various shipping sites into one customer delivery
• Final mile delivery programs
• Reverse logistics to manage end-of-lease returns, product returns to the original equipment manufacturer for repair or upgrades
• Asset reclamation and disposal
• Data Center migrations
• Multi-stop TL consolidations to save transportation expense
• Scheduled transportation runs for increased reliability
• Regional distribution
• Expedited services

Many of these programs have an international dimension to them that adds an additional layer of complexity coordinating service overseas while insuring quality continuity door-to-door.