Women's Apparel: Managing an international supply chain RFP to drive efficiency and cost optimization

TMX was engaged by a New Zealand apparel company to lead an international supply chain Request for Proposal (RFP) process across freight, warehousing, and customs brokerage, aiming to achieve significant savings along with process and quality improvements.

Region
Oceania
Service
Supply Chain
Industry
Merchandise & Apparel
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Key challenges

New product range integration: The client faced the challenge of seamlessly introducing a new product range into their existing supply chain.

Cost savings across international supply chain: Having previously engaged TMX successfully for a freight Request for Proposal (RFP), the client sought to replicate similar cost-saving achievements across their international supply chain.

Our approach

TMX undertook the following actions for the client:

  • Led the international supply chain RFP process following our proven logistics procurement framework.
  • Conducted rigorous analysis, qualitatively and quantitatively, to determine the optimal supplier mix, balancing cost, and service requirements.
  • Identified improvements such as payment term renegotiation, service level changes, SLA’s including KPI’s and compliance requirements.
  • Developed a transport service matrix for the client to optimize their export service type decision making process and minimize costs.
  • Recommended a new provider with key mitigation strategies to reduce the risk, complexity, and timeline for implementation.
The results

Combining TMX’s logistics procurement expertise and process improvement initiatives, the project generated annual savings of AUD~$1.7M (30%).

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