{"id":6330,"date":"2023-08-07T10:41:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swida.sk\/?p=6330"},"modified":"2023-08-07T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:55:03","slug":"searching-for-a-new-freight-forwarding-partner-dont-pick-by-size-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swida.sk\/de\/searching-for-a-new-freight-forwarding-partner-dont-pick-by-size-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for&nbsp;a&nbsp;new freight forwarding partner? Don&#8217;t pick by&nbsp;size!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2946 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swida.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/toto.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swida.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/toto.png 1920w, https:\/\/swida.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/toto-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/swida.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/toto-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/swida.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/toto-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Not size, but&nbsp;flexibility and&nbsp;reliability are, in&nbsp;our&nbsp;experience, a&nbsp;decisive factor in&nbsp;choosing a&nbsp;partner for&nbsp;freight forwarding. However, we&nbsp;are&nbsp;convinced that the&nbsp;size of&nbsp;our&nbsp;company is&nbsp;rather a&nbsp;competitive advantage. Find out some of&nbsp;the&nbsp;pros of&nbsp;a&nbsp;smaller company&#8217;s&nbsp;operations.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizational structure<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It surely does not surprise anyone that <\/span><b>SWIDA Innovative with&nbsp;its 116 employees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> still has rather a&nbsp;simple organizational structure and&nbsp;our&nbsp;co-owner and&nbsp;CEO Viktor Su\u010dka remains a&nbsp;part of&nbsp;a&nbsp;team. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes it&nbsp;easier to&nbsp;create a&nbsp;friendly atmosphere for&nbsp;smaller teams with&nbsp;strong leaders, who can&nbsp;take a&nbsp;\u201cshovel in&nbsp;their hand\u201d when needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Processes and&nbsp;decision making<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Dynamics, high adaptability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to&nbsp;changing demand conditions <\/span><b>and flexibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are&nbsp;the&nbsp;main advantages of&nbsp;smaller companies such as SWIDA Innovative. Strong centralization of&nbsp;management functions in&nbsp;the&nbsp;hands of&nbsp;owners and&nbsp;key employees enables SWIDA Innovative to&nbsp;focus on&nbsp;customer experience and&nbsp;<\/span><b>provide customized solutions offered to&nbsp;clients within a&nbsp;few minutes.<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong education and&nbsp;development processes implemented over the&nbsp;past few years have resulted in&nbsp;an award for&nbsp;the&nbsp;fastest-growing Slovak businesses &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><b>Diamonds of&nbsp;Slovak Business<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, awarded by&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.sk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes magazine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education and&nbsp;personal development<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SWIDA employees usually perform a&nbsp;diverse set of&nbsp;tasks which need to&nbsp;be&nbsp;taught from&nbsp;the&nbsp;very beginning. We&nbsp;are&nbsp;convinced that <\/span><b>quality training and&nbsp;practical experience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> create the&nbsp;most resilient and&nbsp;loyal employees. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are&nbsp;still a&nbsp;fairly young company so&nbsp;we&nbsp;need to&nbsp;<\/span><b>invest in&nbsp;employee training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as much as we&nbsp;can. Specialized online courses, webinars and&nbsp;sophisticated tutorials which offer almost unlimited learning possibilities are&nbsp;something we&nbsp;are&nbsp;starting to&nbsp;incorporate on&nbsp;top of&nbsp;in-house training as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial resources &amp;&nbsp;cash flow<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our financial possibilities are&nbsp;not unlimited, but&nbsp;due to&nbsp;the&nbsp;size of&nbsp;the&nbsp;company and&nbsp;the&nbsp;length of&nbsp;operation, we&nbsp;are&nbsp;<\/span><b>financially very solidly secured<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We&nbsp;can&nbsp;allocate the&nbsp;necessary resources to&nbsp;investments very quickly and&nbsp;thanks to&nbsp;the&nbsp;fact that <\/span><b>we pay 99.9%<\/b> <b>of our&nbsp;liabilities on&nbsp;time <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the&nbsp;0.1% reserve is&nbsp;due to&nbsp;the&nbsp;human factor), <\/span><b>we have high credit between partners, suppliers and&nbsp;banks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The&nbsp;proof is&nbsp;also a&nbsp;number of&nbsp;Solvency Certificates we&nbsp;have.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innovation<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many small business owners claim that they&nbsp;could never start a&nbsp;business in&nbsp;an area that requires innovation. <\/span><b>Innovation is&nbsp;usually very costly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and&nbsp;rookie entrepreneurs often don&#8217;t have sufficient financial resources at&nbsp;the&nbsp;beginning of&nbsp;their business for&nbsp;it. Our&nbsp;path was exactly the&nbsp;opposite. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the&nbsp;beginning, <\/span><b>we decided that innovation was so&nbsp;important to&nbsp;our&nbsp;business that it&nbsp;needs to&nbsp;be&nbsp;part of&nbsp;our&nbsp;DNA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and&nbsp;that\u2019s why we&nbsp;put it&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;name of&nbsp;our&nbsp;company. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When choosing a&nbsp;freight forwarding partner, clients often ask about the&nbsp;future and&nbsp;innovations in&nbsp;the&nbsp;pipeline. Our&nbsp;internal IT&nbsp;team keeps evolving a&nbsp;<\/span><b>custom made logistics system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which can&nbsp;be&nbsp;tailored to&nbsp;both <\/span><b>internal needs and&nbsp;special requirements from&nbsp;our&nbsp;customers.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market information &amp;&nbsp;Marketing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In any good company, <\/span><b>marketing investments grow hand in&nbsp;hand with&nbsp;the&nbsp;success of&nbsp;the&nbsp;company. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is&nbsp;the&nbsp;same with&nbsp;us. We&nbsp;are&nbsp;convinced that the&nbsp;power of&nbsp;communication is&nbsp;growing today more than ever. Thanks to&nbsp;the&nbsp;constant contact with&nbsp;the&nbsp;customers we&nbsp;have, we&nbsp;are&nbsp;able to&nbsp;gather enough information about the&nbsp;market and&nbsp;<\/span><b>important insights<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are&nbsp;being utilized in&nbsp;our&nbsp;marketing efforts, particularly in<\/span><b> lead generation activities, brand building and&nbsp;overall communication strategy of&nbsp;the&nbsp;company<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer approach<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are&nbsp;aware that as a&nbsp;<\/span><b>smaller-scale company<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we&nbsp;cannot offer comprehensive logistics services, such as warehouses, ships, planes, etc.. However, we&nbsp;can&nbsp;bring <\/span><b>great flexibility in&nbsp;road cargo transportation services and&nbsp;narrow specialization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is&nbsp;demanded by&nbsp;clients more and&nbsp;more nowadays. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those of&nbsp;you&nbsp;who consider the&nbsp;public image of&nbsp;the&nbsp;company as an important element in&nbsp;decision-making, large internationally known companies will probably always be&nbsp;a&nbsp;greater attraction. However, <\/span><b>companies such as <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bosch.com\/\"><b>Robert Bosch<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audi.com\/en.html\"><b>Audi<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnhindustrial.com\/en-us\"><b>CNH<\/b><\/a><b> and&nbsp;others trust us with&nbsp;their express and&nbsp;regular road cargo transports across Europe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which provides the&nbsp;proof of&nbsp;nothing but&nbsp;top quality services we&nbsp;provide<\/span><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it&nbsp;suits you&nbsp;that your logistics partner does not need the&nbsp;reputation of&nbsp;large companies, <\/span><b>SWIDA Innovative is&nbsp;a&nbsp;good choice for&nbsp;you<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In&nbsp;our&nbsp;business, the&nbsp;customer is&nbsp;not just some entity listed under the&nbsp;customer number. Our&nbsp;employees are&nbsp;often in&nbsp;contact with&nbsp;the&nbsp;client on&nbsp;a&nbsp;daily basis throughout the&nbsp;duration of&nbsp;the&nbsp;business relationship. <\/span><b>For us, the&nbsp;perfect knowledge of&nbsp;our&nbsp;customer and&nbsp;a&nbsp;tailored approach to&nbsp;his\/her needs is&nbsp;a&nbsp;must.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not size, but&nbsp;flexibility and&nbsp;reliability are, in&nbsp;our&nbsp;experience, a&nbsp;decisive factor in&nbsp;choosing a&nbsp;partner for&nbsp;freight forwarding. However, we&nbsp;are&nbsp;convinced that the&nbsp;size of&nbsp;our&nbsp;company is&nbsp;rather a&nbsp;competitive advantage. Find out some of&nbsp;the&nbsp;pros of&nbsp;a&nbsp;smaller company&#8217;s&nbsp;operations. Organizational structure It&nbsp;surely does not surprise anyone that SWIDA Innovative with&nbsp;its 116 employees still has rather a&nbsp;simple organizational structure and&nbsp;our&nbsp;co-owner and&nbsp;CEO Viktor Su\u010dka remains a&nbsp;part of&nbsp;a&nbsp;team. 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