Services Of Retail Distribution Programs
In today’s competitive and retail sales arena, a huge amount of importance is given on acquiring the right product, at the right time, to the right stores and in the appropriate quantity. This is essential to the profitability of every store location as well as the supply chain.
In majority of retail stores, the quantity of space kept available for checking, receiving and display of the merchandise is restricted. Hence, it important that the retail products are efficiently moved to the selling floor in an systematic manner by the store workers. The regional retail distribution centers are most often used to consolidate the combined purchases of selected products that are destined for refurbishing each stores that are located within its service territory and offer one or more of the following solutions to shift the same to the stores:
- Central checking and receiving
- Central reporting of the received products to account pay ables for supplier payment
- Assurance operations and Quality control
- Returns to vendor as per the requirement that involves aspects such as deficiencies, overages, unauthorized substitutions, late arrival and so on
- Value added services such as assortment building, price making, rework and so on
- Consolidation of outbound store shipments on route trailers for movement of goods to stores
- Cross docking of promotional, new items and seasonal products that need instant distribution to the retail stores
- Transfer to DC storage and Order selection areas for consequent processing, shipment and selection
These services enable the store professionals to concentrate their activities on Customer Services and selling activities. As the retailer expands, and the retail stores too grow in number then the meaningful and efficient services of a systematic retail network distribution becomes crucial in managing the “floor ready” goods to the retail stores.
Industry Solutions for Retail Distributions
Today eminent service providers of supply chain solutions have introduced efficient retail distribution programs offering the following services:
- Price minimization’s and a quicker time to market
- High-end in-house IT capacities
- Simplistic and scalable distribution services
- The outsourced expense is totally variable and tied directly to demand
- Shared-overhead model minimizes expenses
- There are no long term leases
- Strategically designed manufacturing and distribution hubs that reduce shipping and delivery costs
However, it is essential to join hands with a solution provider that would successfully understand and cater to your requirements and is within your budget plans. Furthermore, it is also crucial to take into account a company’s feed backs and experience track record.
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