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It's
no secret that the world's most successful companies, such
as Dell, Wal-Mart and Sony, owe much of their success to outsourcing 3PL operations.
In their search for increased competitiveness and success
in the global marketplace of the twenty-first century, many
companies are either considering outsourcing 3PL operations or already pursuing
it.
Our logistics consultants are your first points of contact for learning how you can leverage the power of third party logistics providers.
Outsourcing Solutions
Tompkins
Associates helps companies establish logistics and manufacturing
outsourcing relationships. We guide you through the steps
necessary to identify, evaluate, select and implement third-party
relationships.
We establish the outsourcing relationship needs,
and then provide the expertise to find and choose the right
vendor, to outline the service parameters, to establish service
agreements and to manage the partnership for long-term success.
We also work with companies needing to realign existing outsource
agreements for greater savings and increased performance.
Our solutions ensure that you realize the maximum benefits
from your outsourcing 3PL partner relationships.
Outsourcing as
a Core Competency
Outsourcing
is a management tool that shifts the organizational structure
of companies and a business transformation process that can
create great opportunity for improved performance. However,
it can also create the opportunity for problems, issues and
even failure if poorly pursued.
In the search for core competencies
and non-core competencies to outsource, it's easy to overlook
the fact that outsourcing is itself a competency.
As such,
it must be approached with business process knowledge and
outsourcing processes experience to reap its full benefits.
A company with outsourcing as a core competency can effectively
develop outsourcing relationships and manage its outsourced
functions.
Read
Outsourcing:
Solution or Setback? for a step-by-step guide
to making outsourcing a core competency.
Outsourcing Risks
There
are huge potential benefits from outsourcing. There are also
huge potential risks associated with each of the four major
steps in outsourcing: Strategy, Selection, Implementation
and Management.
Outsourcing
strategy is the process of determining whether or not to outsource
and, if so, what to outsource.
Outsourcing selection is the
process of finding and evaluating potential outsourcing partners.
Outsourcing implementation is where the relationship between
outsourcing partners is defined and established.
Outsourcing
management is the monitoring and evolution of the ongoing
outsourcing relationship.
Each
step comes with its own unique set of risks, which, if addressed,
will go a long way to making the benefits of outsourcing reality.
Read 40
Risks to Establishing an Outsourcing Relationship (Acrobat
PDF).
3PL Relationships
The percentage
of logistics activity provided through 3PLs is on the rise.
With many more companies evaluating the viability and the
benefits of outsourcing 3PL relationships, it is increasingly important to know
just what you're getting into with a 3PL relationship.
During
its life cycle, the 3PL relationship will form, adjust and
reform. All parties involved must plan for this evolution
and the changes it will bring.
Discover
how to establish 3PL relationships that will not only survive,
but also thrive (web presentation). |
Resources
Case Study: Major computer company works with Tompkins to reduce costs while understanding global shipping and China-based sourcing needs. more (PDF)
The 12 Best Practices of Freight Bidding
Q&A: The Carrier Perspective on Freight Bidding
How You Can Find Cost Reduction Opportunities in Supply Chain Transportation
New Book: Bold Leadership for Organizational Acceleration by Jim Tompkins.
Top seven customer pick-up dos and don’ts: Outsourcing the transportation department one lane at a time.
Survey findings indicate distribution center outsourcing is maturing.
Finally, there's a true solutions book for outsourcing. Logistics and Manufacturing Outsourcing: Harness Your Core Competencies takes strategic outsourcing a step further. For more information or to order, visit our publications section.
Outsourcing
Best Practices
Tompkins
Associates helps companies:
- Define
outsourcing requirements and the RFP
- Evaluate
bids and select outsource partners
- Create
outsource relationship parameters
- Forge
the legal relationship with outsourcing partners
- Implement
outsource relationships
- Manage
and monitor outsource relationships
Outsourcing
Client Successes
Resources
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Party Logistics
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