Do what you do best – outsource the rest
“Do what you do best, outsource the rest.”
This maxim is extremely popular in the English-speaking world. It calls on every company to ask itself these questions: “What are we good at and specialised in? What’s our USP? Which of our services are outliers, don’t match our core expertise and can be done better by someone else?”
It thus makes sense from a strategic perspective to seek and weigh up suitable partnerships and integrate them seamlessly into our own processes.
Here’s a typical example of one such partnership:
Partial outsourcing of forwarding and transport services.
For example, a global industrial company has recently tasked w. wiedmer ag with producing a forwarding and transport concept tailored to the needs of the customer. A range of vehicles and a specially trained team of drivers, tradespeople and forklift operators are out on the road either part- or full-time (60%–100% full-time equivalent). The team has a set size but can be adapted at short notice to suit changing circumstances.
Its main tasks are supporting forwarding operations and making deliveries – both internal runs between the company’s various sites and external runs such as picking up all manner of different materials from suppliers and delivering and collecting finished products or parts from customers.
The benefits are obvious.
- Flexible support for the forwarding team
- Greater efficiency
- Guaranteed quality
- Adaptable at short notice
- Highly experienced team
- No absence due to holidays or other reasons
- Contractually guaranteed service levels
- No logistical bottlenecks
Outsourcing gives the customer huge competitive advantages.
Efficiency, the ability to focus on their core business, predictable service levels and costs, less paperwork and no capital tied up.
