Save Time & Money – 3PL’s have thousands of qualified carriers under contract with the ability to handle your freight. 3PL providers are able to reduce the amount of infrastructure investments in equipment, software, facilities and personnel. A single phone call to a logistics coordinator enables them to select the best value carrier for every shipment. Would it make sense to put that load into another shipping strategy, such as pool point distribution? Should we consolidate those LTL’s into a truckload? These 3PL’s are like a having non-paid employees on your staff and allow shippers to focus resources on areas where they are the expert (i.e. manufacturing, product sales)