Achieving the targeted results over the duration of the logistics contract is always a challenge.
An outsourcing contract that is not optimal can become a huge problem. Bad service, huge cost-increases, major non-insured losses are some of the situations that need to be avoided. These problems can become very fast career-damaging.
A logistics provider negotiates multiple outsourcing contract. He knows how to analyse data, develop a proposal and when you select him as your partner, you will make a contract that should help you deliver the objectives of the collaboration.
We have seen many contracts. Some really support the collaboration in great but also more difficult times. Some contracts do however the opposite and lead to conflicts or even to ending the relation in a costly way.
The market is getting more complex with automation, increased flexibility needs and fluctuating costs of labour and energy.
The purpose of a solid contract is to deliver the expected results while insuring a good relation when business fluctuates or business requirements change.
Over 40 years we have experienced how an ideal tender is managed, both from the postion of the buyer as the position of the seller. There are a number of steps during the tender and the reviews of the presented solution that should make a working contract possible.
In accordance with your needs, we can help you with:
- Describing your business and priorities.
- Collecting your data.
- Drafting the tender document.
- Sellecting your longlist.
- Evaluating the replies.
- Organising the best and final offers.
- Reviewing the answers and assisting the clarification discussions.
- Reviewing the advantages and risks of automation.
- Reviewing with you the tender model of the suppliers.
- Drafting a contract that fixes the terms, but allows for acceptable flexibility.
- Following up with you the performance of the provider
- Supporting you when changes happen or need to happen
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