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Paradigm Shift Towards Pre-positioning Strategy

Best practices on the 3pl selection process for a global manufacturer with over 30 worldwide contracts. The company has previously benchmarked their process with other companies in their industry. 3PL procurement challenges TPT is long for selection and implementation of 3pls while stakeholders need shorter time frames. Areas with highest levels of constraints:  <ul><li>Systems integration (Rossetta Net)</li><li>Requirements definition</li><li>Exploration</li><li>Decision points</li></ul>   One significant shift in strategy involves pre-positioning whereby preferred/contracted 3pl suppliers are pre-qualified on critical capabilities per type of 3pl per region. Variables ranked include systems, security, locations, etc. This strategy limits the current practice of carte blanche supplier selection with each new 3pl request. The company has found that where pre-qualification has taken place, the supplier selection process can be avoided. The strategy helps to raise the level of contracting and managed competition, extending the length of contracts and the breadth and scope of services provided by the 3pls. The process also involves: <ul><li>Formalized 3pl supplier development</li><li>Continuous development of tier 2 suppliers</li><li>Sharing of business plan with tier 1 suppliers – working with them to ensure services are ready when needed</li></ul> 10 application/xml false 3pl management 3pl RFI 3pl RFQ 3pl selection china logistics global 3pl global logistics global supply chain logistics best practices supply chain best practices Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 94086 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web