The digital age means that courier companies now offer many services which they were not able to offer to their customers in the past. A New York courier service might have features like GPS tracking, automatic online order placement, real time internet quotes, and photo inventory all available to their customers. So, just what is photo inventory, and is it something that could be useful to your business?
Photo inventory is a service where the company can provide photographs of anything that they have in storage for you. This is useful for both you, and for your clients and customers. There are some industries where customers expect to be able to see photo inventory proof before they place any kind of order. A good example of this is the office supplies industry, one of the most common users of photo inventory.
Most courier companies that offer either short or long term storage options for their customers will also offer some kind of photo inventory service. It costs almost nothing for them to do so, so they have little lose by adding the service. The price of a digital camera and the time it takes to have an employee upload the pictures are both negligible to most
companies, but the little extra service can certainly improve some client's customer's satisfaction.
If you have a courier that offers photo inventory, make sure to see if they charge you for that service or not. If they do charge you for it, and many will, be sure that you are letting them know when you require it and when you don't. There is no sense in paying for a service that you're not actually using, and in many industries, you will find that you actually have no practical use for the photo inventory.
If you're not sure if your courier company or one that you're interested in opening an account with offer photo inventory, it is very simple to find out. Because this is a service that many customers are going to be interested in, they should have the information listed in all the likely spots. The website is always the best place to check, as this is the lowest cost way for them to list information about their company. Their ad in the yellow pages might also have the information, but if it doesn't it will have a phone number, and one quick phone call should provide you with what you need to know.
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