In-store Marketing & Trade Customization Benchmark Study Identifies Cost & Service Improvements

Winning in-store is more than just slick display design. Industry leaders have established flexible, efficient display assembly and product pack-out operations.

As a direct result of participating in SLC’s recent Trade Customization Benchmark Study, clients realized significant improvements with their in-store display assembly and product pack-out operations, including:

• reduced costs
• shorter cycle times
• improved component utilization
• decreased scrap & SLOB
• assembly process simplification
• expanded program offerings
• enhanced service & flexibility

Get The Most Out of Your 3PL Partnerships

Clients have tapped into their 3PL’s full potential by evolving their relationships and operations. Preemptive reviews of contracts and operations have ensured that 3PL costs and services successfully meet outsourcing expectations.

Leading companies realized step change evolution by focusing on:

• Contract Reviews: Identifying enhancements for areas including contract content, term, and 3PL management fees
• 3PL RFP & Selections: Identifying, evaluating, and selecting the outsourcing partner that can successfully provide service, and operating requirements in a cost effective manner
• 3PL Best Practices Audits: Evaluating 3PL provider operations, and determining best practice improvement solutions that lower costs and eliminate service failures

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November 11. 2022

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Become a Leader in Warehouse Best Practices

Supply chain executives are taking the lead in driving cost reductions, along with improving service. Transforming our clients’ warehouses into best-in-class operations required applying best practices – not just becoming leaner.

Our Warehouse Best Practice Assessment toolkit quickly identifies targeted areas for eliminating wasted resources, turning around performance, and trapping savings, resulting in:

• Service failure elimination
• Decreased labor costs
• Improved storage utilization
• Reduction in MHE requirements
• Headcount reductions
• Insightful Dashboards and KPIs

Creating Supply Chain Networks That Serve Your Customers Efficiently

Exceptional companies are driving their supply chains to the next level. Clients are saving millions of dollars as a result of end-to-end supply chain network optimization modeling.

By laying the ground work, we ensure our clients’ supply chain networks are aligned with their business strategies. Reshaping networks provide breakthrough results that:

• Significantly reduce total supply chain costs
• Increase customer satisfaction levels
• Reduce complexity
• Support future growth

Accessorial & Delivery Compliance Reviews Reveal Hidden Charges

Many companies don’t realize how much money they’re leaving on the table. The rising epidemic of accessorial charges and customer deductions/penalties are reducing profitability. SLC’s recent research revealed that unplanned or artificial customer logistics and transportation expenses are spiraling upwards.

Recent Accessorial & Delivery Compliance Reviews have enabled clients to uncover hidden opportunities for eliminating unnecessary margin-eroding charges. SLC has developed pragmatic, winning strategies to avoid common issues associated with navigating today’s customer logistics environment.