Are you deciding whether to outsource your warehousing and/or transportation to a 3PL? Or, if you have already oursourced, need help switching, negotiating with or benchmarking your existing provider? Establish can help with both the decision and the process of finding the best 3PL for your business in the right location and ensuring it is implemented correctly. Our 3PL consultants have years of industry experience both working for 3PLs and in logistics, and will ensure it goes smoothly.

Scope

The 3PL selection and implementation services cover:

• Outsourcing of warehouse and fulfillment operations

• Evaluating insourcing versus outsourcing

• Improving and re-negotiating existing 3PL relationships

• Identifying, tendering, negotiating and implementing new 3PL providers

Objectives

Our warehouse consultants work with our clients to customize the project objectives, but typically, the main objectives are:

To Provide Expertise

• The primary objective is to provide expertise in finding the provider that will successfully run your warehouse operations.

To Help Determine What's the Right Choice for You

• Outsourcing could be a great option for your company, and we work with you to determine if a 3PL is the right choice and why.

To Find Suitable Partners

• The key to every 3PL search is to find providers who fit your needs and requirements and are a good relationship fit.

Implementation

• The end goal is to successfully outsource your distribution to the best 3PL to improve efficiency and flexibility.

Deliverables

Every project is different, but the six main typical deliverables go from initial determination through the transition.

1. The Correct Path

A detailed evaluation of whether outsourcing is the right decision for you, and why.

2. Current State Evaluation

An cost and service assessment of your existing providers and an analysis of what geographical location to target.

3. 3PL Identification

Market identification of 3PLs with the capabilities and requirements to run your distribution successfully.

4. Strategy

A developed strategy for negotiating with selected providers and assistance in negotiations.

5. Final Selection

An evaluation of all potential 3PLs and selection of the best option, with supporting documentation.

6. Implementation

A planned transition from current state, whether existing 3PL or in-house, to the new 3PL and management of the process.

Methodology

Why establish?

Within warehousing, we are using state of the art tools and methods. Below you will find some of the more important tools.

Logivations

Optimity

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Establish Logistics Best Practices™

Establish has a long track-record within warehouse design and improvements. The case studies below are just a few examples of achievements from Establish's supply chain consultants together with clients within warehouse design and improvements.

Facility Design – Automotive Spare Parts

An automotive manufacturer needed a new facility for warranty spare parts. The project encompassed developing and evaluating three strategically different solutions, sizing and designing the layout all the way through to the implementation and start-up on time and budget.

Warehouse Redesign and Improvements for a Leading Building and Construction Material Distributor

Establish assisted a leading building and construction material distributor by redesigning their over-capacity warehouse, improving internal processes and quantifying the return on investment

Third party logistics (3PL): Search and Selection

Establish helped a multinational animal healthcare provider consolidate its distribution operations with the search and selection of the ideal 3PL.