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Contract Logistics - Supplier Management

Clear supplier hurdles so your business can stay on track.

With many moving parts involved when sourcing from multiple international vendors, you're vulnerable to late, failed or premature deliveries – and the resulting inefficiencies and costs. Our experts provide visibility to solve for obstacles proactively and orchestrate an inbound sourcing process that meets your business objectives.

Engage our expertise, facilities and technology so you can sprint past supplier challenges like different time zones, languages, carriers and distance, moving your core business forward.

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Who This Is For

Large retailers and distributors who are coordinating thousands of international shipments and deliveries annually.

Put Tools and Talent to Task

Combine the visibility and collaboration capabilities of our cloud-based software with our proven logistics and global resources and you have a strategy for success. You'll be able to monitor orders from as early as when a P.O. is generated, through shipping via all modes and carriers, straight to delivery. You can identify issues and collaborate with vendors and carriers to devise a cost-effective solution early on, avoiding penalties, storage costs, inflated rates for partial containers, workforce inefficiencies... and dissatisfied customers.

Information Platform

Through UPS Order Watch® – our cloud-based software – you, suppliers and UPS can track and communicate, from placing the order to final delivery.

Avoid the cost and chaos that plague inbound supply chains by solving shipping delays, combining shipments for better container utilisation and adjusting transportation modes and timelines to reduce expediting shipments.

Logistics Infrastructure and Management

Our expertise, with knowledge gained from UPS Order Watch, can add immense value to your supply chain management. UPS will devise a Standard Operating Plan with customised trigger points and actions that fit your process and vendor-specific objectives.

As your logistics partner, we'll implement strategies for interim warehousing, combined and deferred shipments, carriers and modes to meet your goals.

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