CONSULTANCY

Bespoke consulting services designed to enhance any part of the delivery process.

Over the past decade, e-commerce has changed almost beyond all recognition. Items are being delivered faster and more efficiently than ever before, and customer expectations have risen accordingly. And the pace of this evolution looks set only to accelerate in the future. If you’re to avoid being left behind, you’ll want to provide your business with knowledge and expertise that’s at the industry’s cutting edge.

Think of us as your outsourced Research & Development team.

That’s where we come in. We’ve been working in the 3PL industry for more than six years, and our team has access to experience, expertise and technology that’ll take the way you do business to a new level. We will be able to evaluate and enhance your business, and answer any questions you might have about decisions looming on the horizon.

What if you’ve managed to expand your Fulfilment Distribution Centre quickly, and you’re looking to implement new software to more efficiently deal with the new traffic? We’ll be able to examine your business and make bespoke recommendations. What if you’re experiencing a high volume of returns, and you’re looking for a way to process them all speedily, and to reduce the proportion of returned items? We’ll be able to determine the precise causes behind the problem, and look to ways to mitigate those causes.

We’ll also be able to help you make the right recruiting decisions. A business without competent staff will assuredly fail – and even the most talented staff can struggle if they’re not managed properly, or if there’s a gap in their expertise. If you’re looking for an operations manager or director to move your business forward, we’ll be able to advise you of the qualities you need to complement the strengths, and offset the weaknesses, of your existing workforce.

We will supplement your in-house expertise with our knowhow of the Courier market

In order to make any improvement to your business and the way it operates, it’s necessary to examine it and address the problems you discover. And this is just as true when it comes to managing the way you approach logistics. Without the right knowledge and experience, however, identifying those problems can be difficult. Some can be subtle – but address them, and the cumulative effect on your operation can often be significant. In this way, a consulting fee can more than justify itself in the long-term – saving you considerable money, time and hassle.

In a 2016 survey by Deloitte of Fortune 1000 companies, 88% of the 210 senior executives said that they would be pursuing cost improvements over the next 2 years irrespective of revenues increasing or not. The top cost drivers were:

  • gaining a competitive advantage
  • required investment is growth areas
  • international portfolio performance
  • reduction in consumer demand

If the biggest corporates are looking at Cost Management as a major factor in their underlying strategy, working in the competitive world of e-commerce, it may be time to have a good look internally at the very heart of your business to see where you are allocating valuable resources (software, people, infrastructure) and the opportunity cost of putting them to better use.

When you’re working alongside us, you’ll have access to some of the most experienced and knowledgeable brains in the business. If you’re looking to fine-tune any stage of your supply chain, or make wholesale changes to the way you approach logistics, we’ll provide the consultancy services that’ll transform the way you operate.

The 2016 20th Annual Third Party Logistics Study showed that collaboration remains important to many relationships, with 46% of shippers and 81% of 3PL providers agreeing that collaboration with other companies, even competitors, to achieve logistics cost and service improvements holds value.

Parcel Warehouse has a strong track record of helping warehousing, fulfilment, distribution and 3PL centres reach their full potential. We’ve worked with some of the biggest names in the world, helping them to deliver the best possible service via the best possible couriers. If you’re looking to improve the way your business handles logistics, be sure to get in touch!