When it comes to selecting a 3PL, user priorities run a wide gamut. What’s important to a multi-national food and beverage processor differs markedly from a startup company looking to gain a foothold in the market. But all users agree they need a logistics provider who understands their needs, provides reliable service, keeps abreast of new technologies and alerts them when problems arise.
It may sound like not has changed a lot in what’s important in a shipper/3PL partnership. But the food and beverage supply chain is in a constant state of flux. New storage facilities keep emerging, new tracking and tracing technologies are evolving, carrier capabilities fluctuate, and consignee requirements change.
Food and beverage (f&b) shippers often decide what’s important in a 3PL partnership through trial and error. As a company grows, it gains a better understanding of the factors that help to decide which 3PL to partner with. For many f&b shippers, 3PLs play a big role in allowing them to add more customers and expand to new geographical markets.
For small companies, 3PLs carrier reliability ranks high.
When it comes to selecting a 3PL, needs vary, but all shippers place a premium on competence, flexibility and communication. A feature article in the recent Food Logistics reports that in selecting a 3PL, user priorities run a wide gamut. What’s important to a multi-national food and beverage processor differs markedly from a startup company looking to gain a foothold in the market. But all users agree they need a logistics provider who understands their needs, provides reliable service, keeps abreast of new technologies and alerts them when problems arise.
It may sound like not has changed a lot in what’s important in a shipper/3PL partnership. But the food and beverage supply chain is in a constant state of flux. New storage facilities keep emerging, new tracking and tracing technologies are evolving, carrier capabilities fluctuate, and consignee requirements change.
Food and beverage (f&b) shippers often decide what’s important in a 3PL partnership through trial and error. As a company grows, it gains a better understanding of the factors that help to decide which 3PL to partner with. For many f&b shippers, 3PLs play a big role in allowing them to add more customers and expand to new geographical markets.
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