The virtues of logistics outsourcing
The advantages of logistics outsourcing are numerous. First and foremost, outsourcing enables a company to focus on its core business, while improving the efficiency of its logistics and the quality of its customer experience. Being a logistics service provider is not something you can improvise, and requires global expertise in every link of the supply chain.
Expert support to rationalize logistics costs
A capacity to provide support, whatever the customer's challenge: coping with Black Friday, sales, but also sometimes larger stock purchases. A logistician must be able to propose pricing, a budget and the means to keep pace with the evolution of his customer's business, whether it's growing or shrinking. They must also be able to rationalize and pool these fluctuations. Outsourcing and logistics costs must follow an almost parallel line with the evolution of the customer's business.
Outsourcing also makes it easier to read your balance sheet, which becomes an invoice for logistics services. The company's valuation is thus much clearer.
A capacity for investment and innovation for cutting-edge logistics
Beyond the investment and capex associated with logistics, customers who outsource their logistics can dedicate their capex to their core business. Thanks to their partner, they are always up to date with the latest developments in logistics, thanks to a sector watch and outsourced innovation capacity. The service provider's capex goes into logistics and its tools, be they IT, automation, buildings or staff training.
Differentiation and competitiveness
Calling on a logistics service provider who is an expert in his sector also means differentiating yourself from your competitors, by optimizing various levers: stock availability, delivery times, product and order personalization, returns management, etc. Logistics and the customer experience are inseparable, and the value-added services integrated into the logistics service are therefore an essential criterion to take into account when choosing your partner.
Scalable logistics for people
Training, staff fluctuations, changing needs... To address the pressing issue of employment in logistics, the service provider works jointly with local employment players, in particular temporary employment agencies. This collaboration is based on extensive specifications, high volumes, and high standards of quality for temporary staff and associated training processes. By focusing its strategy on training and staff pooling, the service provider deploys the strength and power of a logistics service that would be colossal for the company.
Collaboration and sharing
Outsourcing does not mean giving up and losing control of logistics. On the contrary, by delegating this activity to industry experts, more analyzed, high value-added data and performance indicators will be provided to management committees on the state of logistics.
The plus? Outsourcing imposes an obligation on the service provider to deliver results. In this way, the logistics partner provides constant visibility of logistics costs, and enables us to work on optimizing them through collaborative efforts, progress plans and continuous improvement.
More sustainable logistics
CSR issues are multiplying, and the choice of a service provider cannot be made without taking into account its commitments in this area. Energy optimization of buildings, alternative modes of transport, reverse logistics and the circular economy, waste management, re-use of materials, respect for biodiversity... these are just some of the issues that need to be mastered if we are to move towards logistics that combine efficiency and sustainability.
At LOG'S, we operate 1.3 million m2 of warehousing space at a total of 46 sites throughout France, in the heart of new areas of influence. Our aim: to guarantee our customers a high degree of flexibility in stock management, optimized processes and storage costs, and better stock optimization through the pooling of resources.
Our employees are trained across the entire chain (reception, quality control, storage, preparation, delivery), enabling us to meet the supply chain challenges of chains of all sizes, in France and abroad, thanks to our dedicated warehouses, whether single or multi-customer.
If you have a project in mind, or would simply like to talk to an expert about your issues, don't hesitate to contact our teams !