UTS Helps You Grow Sales
Suppose you’re a purchasing or operations manager with a supplier that does not provide visibility of material in transit. You have to call for updates, and even then you’re occasionally disrupted by a shipment that unexpectedly fails to deliver on time.
Another supplier sends you real-time status information for its deliveries. In addition, this supplier has given you access to its online supply chain management hub, where you can review current and historical shipment activity. This supplier always notifies you proactively when a transit issue pops up. And come to think of it, shipments from this supplier have a higher rate of on-time delivery.
- Which supplier do you trust more?
- Which supplier has a better chance to cross-sell or up-sell to you?
- Which supplier has a competitive differentiator it can tout in sales proposals?
That’s the power of exceptional supply chain management. It goes beyond the transactional level of transportation and strengthens your relationships with business partners – your suppliers, customers, internal customers, and future customers.