Freight forwarder is the product of social division of labor:

1）使专业承运人的规模经济效益提高，货代可以使小批量货物集中到达发运地，便于整合运输。

1 to improve the economies of scale of the professional carrier, freight forwarding can make small of goods to arrive at the destination, easy to integrate transport.

2）缩短专业承运人发出货物的时间，这样减少货物在专业承运人处的储存时间，提高作业效率。

2) shorten the time for the delivery of the goods by the professional carrier, so as to reduce the storage time of the goods in the professional carrier and improve the operation efficiency.

3）使托运人的发货时间缩短，货代收集的大量货物可以让专业承运人快速发货而不必等待集货发运。

3) to shorten the delivery time of the shipper, a large number of goods collected by the freight forwarder can allow the professional carrier to deliver the goods without waiting for the shipment.

4）货代收集的大量货物可以使货物集中一次发运到目的地，不用中途重新装运，减少货物二次装运的破损率。

4) a large number of goods collected by the freight forwarder can be used to deliver the goods to the destination one time, without the need for re shipment, reducing the breakage rate of the two shipment.