Over half of all resources deployed in negotiating TPL services go towards finding the right supplier. Even so, many companies are dissatisfied with their choice. At Warehousefinder.eu you can find exactly who can do what in the TPL industry and so free up resources.

Background

The company behind Warehousefinder.eu is Logent 3PL Consulting AB, a company that has been actively engaged as a consultant to the third party logistics sector since 2003. Logent 3PL Consulting has acted as a broker of third party logistics services matching client needs with the right supplier.

Everyone at Warehousefinder.eu has extensive experience of the TPL industry and witnessed the results of both good and poor logistics solutions. One particular lesson we have learnt is that it is at least as important for a supplier to choose its clients as it is for a client to choose its supplier. A poor match means unprofitable business for the supplier and a dissatisfied client. When we have spoken with dissatisfied clients two factors have been particularly evident. The first is dissatisfaction with basic services such as picking the right products and delivering them on time. The second is that the supplier has put too little focus on developing operations.

We see a need

That for as a supplier developing operations stands high on the list of things to do and many companies do devote a great deal of energy to developing services accordingly. Even so, many clients feel they get too little in the way of development. The gap between the perception of what suppliers think they are doing and what clients think they are getting can be due to several reasons. One of the most important of these is a lack of specialisation. Suppliers that do not specialise often invest substantial resources in developing a client unique functionality in line with what the client demands. As functionality is specially developed for a specific client, it is difficult to reuse with other clients. Client unique solutions are often good in the short term but all clients would probably gain a better solution if the supplier adopted a long-term approach in developing functionality based on knowledge of a specific client group.

Our solution

Warehousefinder.eu was developed with the above in mind in order to match clients with suppliers. Warehousefinder.eu is an independent organisation that has surveyed the TPL industry in the Nordic countries with the aim of determining and differentiating the strengths and weaknesses of individual suppliers. And then to create a more efficient market for third party logistics by better matching surveyed companies with the specific needs of individual clients. In all honesty, genuine third party logistics solutions are not about paying lower wages or driving faster. Nor are there any substantial differences in storage costs compared to competitors. True efficiency gains are achieved by working smarter and by using human resources, equipment and storage facilities more cost-effectively. By targeting efficiency in solutions we avoid price discussions and can focus on reducing costs.

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