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Who is 1A-CONSULTANTS?

Would you like to provide your clients with innovative solutions, improve your bottom line as well as create new revenue streams for your organization?

1A-Consultants provide specialized consulting services to various manufacturing, transportation, distribution, technology and logistics providers. We function as the consulting and engineering support that allows small to mid-sized providers deliver the same level of services and solutions that the much larger players offer. We would like to discover if there are opportunities to work with your organization to assist you in responding to your internal needs as well as your client’s requirements. Please do not hasitate to contact us HERE!

We understand the issues that you are facing. Clients are looking for more than lane rates, more than available warehouse space and more than a piece of software. Your RFPs and RFQs are becoming more detailed and complex, branching into areas that are outside your service offerings. You are under tremendous competitive pressure to maintain your margins and client base. Clients are looking beyond your traditional services to a provider that can deliver a broad base of solutions. If you are not the one providing those solutions, you can be sure that one of your competitors will be. This is where 1A-Consultants provides you a competitive advantage.

We have the flexibility to support your customers as a “branded” part of your team or as a completely separate partner organization. These services can be as a pass thru to your accounts or can be marked up as a source of revenue for your organization.

1A-Consultants provides a full range of supply chain management consulting services primarily in Turkey (75%) with additional international activities (25%). This inquiry is to discover if there are opportunities to partner with your organization to assist you in responding to your client’s needs.

Some of the specific issues in which we deliver solutions:

• Shipping - How do I reduce my shipping costs? How do I improve my service levels and reduce transit time in shipping to my customers? How do I improve my shipping efficiency? How do I bid out and negotiate contracts with carriers? How do I start a core carrier program? How do I measure and manage service levels, damage, claims, costs, etc. How do I setup and manage a dedicated fleet or local delivery service? How do I manage delivery routing and optimization?
• Distribution Center – How do I reduce my operating costs? How do I improve my labor or storage efficiency? Design and implementation of labor standards, Warehouse layout and design, material handling equipment design and implementation. How do I setup a vendor managed inventory program? How do I track and reduce inventory levels? How do I increase my inventory turns or accuracy?
• International – How do I handle import and export? What documents and compliance is necessary? What do I need to do to sell or buy internationally? How will the new antiterrorism regulations impact my business?
• Technology – Develop requirements, manage selection process, negotiate and manage implementation of transportation and warehouse management systems. Implement custom reports, EDI, XML, custom interfaces, etc. Implementation of RFID, barcode tracking, vendor compliance (for Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, etc).

Some of the domestic and international areas we work to assist clients include:

Supply Chain Design. Establishing leading-edge, digital supply networks that deliver exceptional service and cost performance while simultaneously offering unprecedented efficiency, control and choice.

Supply Chain Implementation. 1A-Consultants has extensive experience in supply chain management technology requirements, selection and implementation with leading companies in a wide range of industries.

Supply Chain Integration. Unlocking significant performance improvements by integrating core processes such as order entry, operations planning, procurement, inventory management, order management, warehousing, materials handling and technology across traditional, functional and organizational boundaries.

Strategic Sourcing and Outsourcing. Leveraging the potential of procurement and outsourcing to significantly improve economic performance and the ability of the organization meet its requirements.

We help organizations create winning supply chains that support mission, strategy, design and operations objectives.

If being able to offer your clients this scope of services and generate additional revenue interests you, please don’t hesitate to contact me to discuss potential opportunities and receive additional information.

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