Occasionally, your freight shipment requires special attention. It might involve additional setup or assembly post-delivery, or perhaps it needs careful packing assistance. For these occasions when you require that extra touch, there's white-glove shipping — a premium service that enhances the freight shipping experience with meticulous care and attention to detail.
From delicate antiques to high-tech equipment, here we explore how white-glove freight services ensure items arrive safely and in pristine condition. We also look at what constitutes white-glove service, when the best times to use it are and how the right third-party logistics (3PL) provider can add guidance and value for your next white-glove freight shipment.
What is white-glove shipping?
White-glove shipping is designed to provide peace of mind through a range of specialized options that go beyond standard freight carrier services. Think of it as VIP treatment for your freight!
While every business may need white-glove service from time to time, it's especially important to consider if you use full truckload (FTL) freight or less-than-truckload (LTL) freight to ship high value or fragile goods, heavy or bulky items or temperature-sensitive materials.
There are many types of white-glove services you can use depending on your shipment's contents, timeline and delivery requirements. Commonly used white-glove freight services include:
- Temperature-controlled delivery
- Assembly and installation
- Takedown and removal
- Specialized packing and crating
- Expedited delivery
- Final-mile delivery
- Reverse logistics
- Warehousing and distribution
How GlobalTranz Adds Value to White-Glove Shipping
Choosing the right 3PL white glove partner can be especially beneficial for white-glove freight services. GlobalTranz brings decades of expertise and experience to the table, along with a broad network of white-glove carrier partners, ensuring you have access to the perfect level of VIP handling for your shipment.
The benefits of leveraging GlobalTranz for your white-glove shipping include:
Peace of Mind. Trusting your carrier is crucial to any shipment, from an envelope of documents to a full truckload of freight, and doubly so with freight that needs extra care and attention. With our deep and longstanding carrier relationships and industry knowledge, GlobalTranz can offer you carefully vetted white-glove carriers with high success rates in white-glove handling.
Competitive Rates. Extra touches on your freight equals extra cost, so you want to make sure you get the best possible price. Working with GlobalTranz, you can enjoy reduced accessorial charges usually reserved for large-volume shippers, which can make white-glove services more cost-efficient than you think. We'll also make sure you're only specifying extra handling that's truly beneficial to your shipment.
First-mile Options. Some shipments need special handling on the front end as well. If your shipment needs extra care at the beginning of its journey, we can help identify a top-notch carrier who offers packing, crating and the takedown of fixtures at retail locations and more.
A Full Suite of Services. As you now know, white-glove shipping encompasses a lot of possibilities for the final mile of freight delivery. Do you need delivery to a difficult-to-access room or space? Handling of oversize items? Protection for temperature-sensitive goods? Unpacking or light assembly? GlobalTranz will work tirelessly to find a trusted white-glove carrier that provides the perfect services for your freight.
Top-level Technology. Tracking shipments is always important but becomes even more vital when freight is fragile or high value. Our transportation management system (TMS) will help you monitor your freight's entire journey.
Expert Advice, Always. Aside from making sure you have the information you need to select the best carrier and service, our team of experts will also facilitate paperwork and assist with logistics on every step of your white-glove shipments. GlobalTranz can also help you review and refine your overall shipping strategy to optimize every part of your operations.
Explore Your White-Glove Shipping Options Today
Offering white-glove shipping shows your customers you truly value them and their shipments and sets you apart from competitors. Offering white-glove shipping supported by the experts at GlobalTranz gives you the best of all worlds: a trusted logistics partner with a stable of the best carriers in the industry, enhanced customer experiences and loyalty and an unbeatable value proposition.
Find Out More About GlobalTranz White-Glove Freight Services
GlobalTranz has decades of experience in the logistics industry and helps thousands of shippers of all sizes move products with great efficiency. We are also part of WWEX Group, alongside Worldwide Express and Unishippers. Combined, these three companies make up one of the largest and most diverse 3PLs in the industry, providing shippers with top solutions that help them succeed. Through our full suite of shipping solutions, we service more than 48 million shipments annually, and have the resources and expertise to work with companies of all sizes in nearly every industry.
See how GlobalTranz can help you transform your white-glove freight shipping. If you are ready to talk to an expert, reach out for a free consultation today!