New Expert eBook: Direct Import Strategies for Retailers
Check out this brand-new eBook from Management Dynamics - Direct Import Strategies for Retailers: How to Take Control Over Your Supply Chain.
The retail industry is challenged with fluctuating customer demand, ever-changing styles and seasonality and the need to boost top-line growth through store expansion. Margin pressure has led many retailers to source goods from low cost countries – initially through distributors or international procurement operations and increasingly through direct import strategies.
This new eBook can help get you started and soon realize the advantages of a direct import program including:
- A centralized procurement function to ensure higher levels of import
compliance - Improved coordination and reduced order cycles with overseas suppliers
- Enhanced compliance with advanced security programs like Customs 10+2
- Reduced inbound transportation costs
- Lower product invoice by eliminating purchases through intermediaries/distributors
- More flexibility to implement postponement and direct-to-store distribution strategies
- Higher levels of automation to reduce brokerage costs upon entry
Download this eBook and get started on building a Direct Import Program today to reduce costs and take control over your supply chain.
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