PORTMADE - PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Good supply chain management is one of the most important aspects of business success and will make your company grow or disappear, depending on strategies used. It is a critical success factor.
Physical distribution and Supply Chain Management cover the delivery of customer and economic value through integrated management of the flow of physical goods and associated information. It is a network of facilities and distribution options which performs the function of procurement of materials and the distribution of these products to customers.
It is of major importance, when making decisions, that various items are discussed and looked at such as:
- The existing supply chain strategy
- Logistic concepts within your organization
- Outsourced activities – subcontracted functions
- Possible gains – time/financial
- Actual purchase management
- Warehousing procedures and facilities
- Actual stock movement/change
- Distribution systems – eventual lower cost with a smart distribution system
- Is everybody aware of your actual existing logistic costs within your organization ?
- Used data systems and handling management
- JIT management applicable ?
- Order picking involved and/or required ?
- Checks with other logistic technology trends and new distribution logistics trends.
- Possible full redesign of the supply chain
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Customer satisfaction is an important issue. Not only logistics, physical delivery and supply system must be discussed but also communication and administration involved, maintaining a total high standard service level.
We are convinced that our customer focus, flexibility and tailor made options offered together with our commitment and experience will be one of the keys to your success.