Outsourcing logistics can save money and improve performance
Outsourcing your company’s distribution logistics function and supply chain management to TDG could make your business more competitive by saving money and improving service levels.
A number of factors must be considered when outsourcing for the first time: when to outsource, what functions to outsource, and which logistics company offers the best capabilities and cultural-fit for your business?
Consider the benefits of outsourcing to a specialist logistics company:
- Improves cash flow
- Reduces the need for expensive real estate to hold inventory
- Greater responsiveness to accommodate fluctuations in demand or supply
- More scalable logistics operation
- Reduces purchasing and maintenance costs for highly depreciable assets
- Better customer service from shorter shipment times
- Cost savings from economies of scale
- Supply chain visibility
Outsource to TDG and gain:
- Access to a UK- and European-wide network of transport providers offering a variety of distribution options: High Cube, ADR, temperature-controlled, hazardous bulk, packed chemical and more
- Access to added-value services on demand including multi-temperature contract packing, IBC cleaning and management, drumming, blending and mixing and more
- Access to a breadth of cross-industry experience and expertise
- Bespoke solutions design services
- Opportunities for gain-sharing partnerships through collaborative management logistics
Importantly, with our expertise in protecting business continuity and reducing the risk of supply chain disruption, outsourcing your transport logistics to TDG ensures this critical business function is in a safe pair of hands.
TDG customers also benefit from our:
- Substantial investment into superior IT applications, which underpin all of our operations
- Industry-leading Health and Safety culture, which is embedded across the organisation
- Expertise in project management and implementation, including our expertise in TUPE when change involves staff transfers
- CPC accredited driver training programmes
- Commitment to environmental responsibility, which could help you achieve your own environmental goals
- Global network of trusted freight forwarders for seamless end-to-end supply chain management
Contact us to discuss how outsourcing your logistics operations could make you more competitive
