Consumer Products Consulting

Asia Opportunities

With more than 25 years of experience in Asia, Tompkins International is well-positioned to assist multinational firms that import from Asia, manufacture in Asia for sale in Asia, or manufacture outside of Asia and want to sell in Asia.

Tompkins stands ready to help you deal with global and Asia-for-Asia supply chain challenges and opportunities.

The rapid and expansive growth in China and throughout Asia continues to amaze, excite and challenge business leaders around the world.

Tompkins’ services in Asia and for Asia provide companies with opportunities for profitable growth through new markets/customers and margin improvement with reduced cost of goods sold and increased capital efficiency that optimizes working capital and decreases fixed assets.

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Inventory Optimization

Tompkins helps companies develop the most effective approaches to managing inventory throughout their network.

Our solutions consider the impact of internal and external factors to integrate inventory practices with purchasing, manufacturing, distribution and sales. Tompkins takes into account client needs, costs, operations changes, technology, and corporate goals to create a comprehensive inventory management strategy.

Tompkins provides value with services directed at balance sheet and P&L financial aspects of inventory optimization, as well as improvements in customer service metrics. Specific improvements come from increased inventory turns, reduced inventory write-offs and liquidation, increased cash flow and gross margin, and decreased inventory holding costs.

Customer service results impacted by Tompkins’ services include increased fill rates, higher SKU in-stock percentages, and on-time shipments.

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Distribution Networks

Tompkins creates a demand-flexible, cost-effective distribution network, considering the volatile forces at work on today’s supply chain network.

As a full-service supply chain consulting and integration firm, we can build the network for you and walk you and your employees through the transition to the new network.

Tompkins provides everything from site selection and real estate services to construction and integration services.

World-class distribution network solutions provided by Tompkins help companies:

• Realize profitable growth,
• Optimize capital investment,
• Implement best practices to meet service level goals,
• Minimize working capital requirements,
• Decrease ongoing real estate and utility expenses,
• Maximize economic development incentives,
• Reduce supply chain risk, and
• Significantly improve shareholder value.

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Sourcing and Procurement

With extensive experience in sourcing and procurement strategy methods and spend, Tompkins can assist with supplier relationship management, sourcing workflows and improvements, e-procurement options and the design of efficient and effective processes and playbooks.

We also provide substantial experience in strategic sourcing and procurement throughout Asia.

Creativity, flexibility and innovation within the supply base cannot be achieved with price-focused management. Procurement must incorporate strategic sourcing, purchasing, procurement IT and supplier relationship management.

Competitive advantage will be achieved through reduced costs, improved quality, enhanced availability and leveraged innovation from your supply base.

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Transportation

Tompkins uses proven analytical tools and industry expertise to help optimize your transportation operations and add value to your company’s bottom line.

Our capabilities include network optimization, TMS selection and implementation, freight bids and optimization, transportation strategy development, and best practices analysis.

Transportation is a major customer touch point and is often the most expensive variable and logistics cost component. It is also a universal requirement and one of the more basic supply chain processes.

Tompkins helps companies achieve benefits in shipment optimization, carrier management, load building and routing, and transportation administration.

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Distribution Operations

Tompkins’ expertise can carry the warehouse from the initial planning stages through the implementation process, using proven warehouse and distribution solutions and technologies.

We provide onsite management of the entire implementation process to maintain quality, scheduling, and cost conformance. Our approach to implementing solutions ensures project success.

Tompkins helps businesses transform their distribution operations and maintain operation excellence in a fast-paced and dynamic global environment.

Predictable replenishment and accurate forecasts are more elusive than ever; thus, distribution centers (DCs) need to be adaptable to fully support demand-driven supply chains.

Company benefits come from reduced overall DC costs, increased facility and equipment operations, higher productivity of management and staff, and better customer service, as well as improved safety and economics.

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Strategic Market Planning

Tompkins provides a full suite of strategic market planning and revenue growth solutions to implement an effective overall strategy.

Our 25 years of experience in Asia have given us considerable knowledge to develop market strategies for the Asian market.

Strategic market planning (SmP) counters stagnation, enhances company performance and increases revenues. Tompkins’ SmP solutions are designed to support your business strategy and performance management plans through competitive benchmark and growth planning, including acquisitions, market development, product development and market penetration.

Benefits consist of gaining new markets/customers, reducing COGS, improving speed and productivity, decreasing working capital and reducing fixed assets.

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Sustainable Business

Companies that green their supply chains and optimize for sustainability not only help the environment, but also cut costs and create innovation within their industry.

Tompkins helps clients reach their green and sustainable business goals.

Tompkins provides services that promote sustainable business practices, including improvements in material usage, energy consumption, water usage, emissions, and efficiency, as well as waste streams across the supply chain.

Improvements are found in all the supply chain Mega Processes of PLAN-BUY-MAKE-MOVE-STORE-SELL.

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Supply Chain Strategy

Tompkins works with your supply chain and business vision to assess, develop and formulate the best operations strategy for your business.

We develop and lead your supply chain transformation, while determining the best organizational plan and change management to facilitate supply chain excellence.

Tompkins employs a proven methodology to evaluate the alignment of your supply chain strategy with your business strategy, considering the organizational effectiveness and overall performance of individual processes.

Based on this strategy evaluation, gaps in best practices are identified, opportunities for improvement are defined and scored, and a best path forward is developed to achieve maximum value. Benefits include cost savings and service improvements in each functional area.

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