Create your own network of reliable carriers

1. Start with those who are already nearby. Ask your current partners — logisticians, carriers, suppliers — for recommendations. The market knows well who is worth working with and who is better to avoid.

2. Attend industry events, exhibitions, and conferences. Be open to new acquaintances and interesting offers: personal acquaintances often bring more benefits than cold calls or database searches.

3. Build relationships, not just contracts. Transparency, proper communication, and timely payments shape your reputation as a reliable customer — and that is what opens the door to reliable carriers.

Participate in tenders

A tender is not just a bidding process, but a tool for optimization. Instead of dozens of calls and endless correspondence, the logistician creates a tender, invites their own or new carriers, and then simply chooses the best offer from those available. For domestic routes, 30-60 minutes is usually enough, and for international routes, up to 30 minutes.As a result, the logistics specialist sees all bids and selects the best one not only in terms of price but also in terms of the carrier's reputation. This approach saves up to several hours of work every day and helps reduce transportation costs by 5–15% without compromising quality.

By inviting only your trusted carriers to participate in the tender, you can get the best terms. But if you invite new ones, for example, those registered in the CONSOLID.AI system, then you can choose a new reliable contractor for one-time or regular routes.

Use digital tools

Modern technologies allow you to find new carriers, check carriers, and manage logistics much more accurately:

1. Transportation exchanges with ratings of all participants help you quickly find the contact you need.

2. Data analytics. Compare reliability indicators, delivery history, delays, and failure rates. This allows you to objectively evaluate potential partners.

3. Reviews on publicly available platforms and industry portals will give you a first impression of a potential transportation partner.

4. Checking through official databases or local government resources allows you to track court cases, fines, or debts.

Don't be lazy to use all available tools and carefully check each carrier before starting cooperation. Before starting cooperation, it is worth conducting a minimum audit:financial condition and the presence of court cases,customer reviews,quality of communication and transparency of tariffs.And most importantly, don't rush. A reliable partner brings stability for years to come, not just a favorable rate today.

The easy way: search in CONSOLID

If you don't want to waste time on manual searches, checks, and communication, there is a shortcut. CONSOLID creates a single digital environment that all carriers must be verified to enter and then have a history of cooperation. 

Here, you can:

• hold tenders among your own or general carrier base,

• track cargo in real time,complete documents electronically,

• and most importantly, be confident that there are no random participants in the ecosystem.

If you take a systematic and rational approach, new carriers are not a risk, but new opportunities. Use data, analytics, tenders, and digital solutions to create a stable, manageable logistics network. And CONSOLID will help make this process transparent and secure.