Creating a decent supply chain management strategy can be challenging. On the opposite side, delegating such a huge part of your business to a third-party company essentially needs credibility and confidence in your logistics partner.
To find a good supply chain management partner, check out the list of services that third-party has to provide!
The checklist below gives a brief overview of the factors that a true supply chain management partner should offer.
Supplier & Inventory Management
- Keep service levels consistent with stocking levels
- Provide real-time inventory visibility
- Forecast demand accurately
- Eliminate lost sales because products are out-of-stock
- Provide control over inventory investments
- Introduce speed and flexibility into the order process
- Increase error-free deliveries
- Reduce the cost of transportation, warehousing, and distribution
- Streamline purchasing process
- Improve supplier collaboration
Business Decisions
- Provide company-wide visibility
- Enable better decisions with real-time information
- Track, monitor, and help solve any issues
- Always provide alternative decisions
- Provide a real-time business status upon request
- Minimize direct and indirect labor costs
Customer Service
- Ensure customer-facing personnel is fully prepared to handle any situation
- Help identify the most profitable customers
- Provide sales and service performance reports
- Help improve responses to customer inquiries
- Make suggestions based on customer insights, preferences and trends
Enable Company Growth
- Help prepare for sizeable business volume and growth
- Help integrate with new technology
- Improve capabilities without major changes in business strategy
- Improve the quality of services
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