It is already necessary to lay down a minimum level of organisation:

1. Define packaging types by product quantity and by article, and why not by client if there are special requests:

• basic packaging, unit
• packaging by product quantity, e.g. boxes
• loading cartons on a pallet: from there, we can establish the maximum nunber of products per pallet: then, we will establish a loading plan for correct palletisation (plan).
• Measure the weights and volumes of each of the packages

2. Ask for competitive prices according to the customers’ regular delivery points, by country, by region, by county:

• By weight
• By volume
• By pack

3. Establish internal management rules that define the conditions offered to the clients: to door, invoiced on delivery, free delivery. At what point does the latter come in to effect?

The objective is for each order to be transported in the cheapest way possible.

It has to be recognised that this organisation requires an extensive collection of information and research implementing many tarifs and increasing data with each order, which in time means investing in a suitable Information System.