Distribution Planning
 Acthus Logistics Services Strategic Distribution Planning services has assisted companies of all sizes to rationalize their distribution network and achieve the required level of customer service while successfully meeting corporate profitability objectives.
Our consultants bring objectivity to your supply chain issues and identify solutions drawing on experience of a wide range of industry sectors. We will turn a paper-based strategy into reality, meeting your business objectives within the required timescale. Our clients large and small come from across the sector and include both new and long established companies. Many of our clients are industry leaders. They include manufacturing, distribution companies and logistics providers. We also work together with numerous smaller enterprises. We have a reputation for delivering work on time and to budget, and much of our revenue comes from repeat clients.
Outsourcing and Supplier Management
Outsourcing is a strategic issue for any company However, research also indicates that whilst the level of outsourcing is increasing, satisfaction with it has slightly fallen over recent years for the following reasons
- Unrealistic expectations
- Inadequate resources provided by service providers
- Initial data and information was inaccurate or incomplete
- Commitment to outsourcing was lacking internally
- Poor communication
- Poor contract management.
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| DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ANALYSES
Some of the analyses performed during a distribution network design project:
- Demand Analysis
- Transporatation Analysis
- Economic Analysis
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Alternatives Analysis
- Model Validation
A complete service to review and implement cost reduction change management for new and existing transport and and distribution systems:
- Enhanced productivity through better asset utilization
- Enhanced productivity through greater employee efficiency
- Cost reduction through improved back office functions
- Cost reduction through better asset management
- Greater customer satisfaction & cost reduction through better vehicle scheduling
- More accurate billing through documentation of job-begin and job-end times
- More accurate billing through documentation of trailer drop-off, loading/unloading, and pick-up times.
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