Logistics Service Providers (LSP)
Logistics service provision is becoming more and more important as firms increasingly move to regional and global networks, global sourcing and adopt the financial strategy of out-sourcing non-core business activity.
In response to these trends, the LSP market is also changing rapidly with major consolidation and changing service offers. It is a sector where it pays to know your way around.
The trend in procurement towards global sourcing, with its consequent implications for increased lead times and inventory management, means that many more businesses are looking outside their own organisation for the infrastructure and services they need to meet these challenges.
LCP has experience of working with logistics service providers supplying all industry sectors. We aim to provide practical, sustainable and lasting solutions to the challenges faced in developing and managing out-sourced logistics operations.
We also bring together key players in logistics service provision to provide a platform from which to work on joint supply chain development. With them we work to identify shared supply chains and develop the offering, from logistics execution through to supply chain management.
We have:
- supported a major logistics provider to design and introduce a completely new logistics operation and customer service approach for a global retailer entering a new European market
- for a global logistics provider, assessed their IT strategy and managed the tendering and assessment of supply chain solutions for their global operation
- developed and delivered a senior executive training programme for a major global carrier - bringing the latest supply chain thinking together with the strategic direction of the business in sessions run around the world.