Every business-owner faces the same catch-22. To make more money, you need to expand your business. But to expand your business, you need to hire more employees… which costs a lot of money.
Subcontractors are a solution to this problem. They can give you the labor you need to serve more customers without all the taxes, benefits, and other expenses that come with hiring in-house employees.
The issue with subcontractors, though, is that they know they have no future with your company. They know they’ll never get a raise or a promotion. That means they’re more likely to slack off and make mistakes.
This is an especially big problem for courier companies, propane delivery services, and other businesses that depend on a mobile workforce. When a worker is in an office, you can simply walk over to see how they’re doing. But when a worker is on the road and out of sight, evaluating their performance is much more difficult.
Also, when you have multiple subcontractors from the same vendor working for you, it can be hard to figure out how much you owe the vendor at the end of the week.
How Delivery Optimization Software Makes Managing Subcontractors Easy
Route4Me helps you to manage your subcontractors and vendors with little effort. You can use our delivery optimization software to create routes, assign routes, and monitor subcontractor performance.
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Route4Me makes it easy to keep track of how much you owe your vendors, too. You can create a profile for each vendor that includes their rate per delivery or rate per mile. Subcontractors can be assigned to the vendor they work for in just a couple clicks. Then, the amount you owe your vendors will be updated automatically.
At any time, you can add a vendor, modify a vendor, remove a vendor, view the vendor list, and view the routes assigned to specific vendors.
How to Track Your Sub-Contractors
Route4Me has a GPS tracking feature that shows each subcontractor’s location in real-time. You’ll always be able to tell if they’re sticking to their routes and staying on schedule. If they start doing something other than what you’re paying them to do, you’ll know about it immediately.
So, how do you currently manage your subcontractors and vendors? Do you think delivery optimization software would help you with this task? If you have any questions, feel free to ask us in the comments section below.
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