LIVING LOGISTICS BLOG

Any healthy business relationship is based on encouraging continuous improvement, measured risk-taking and a long-term perspective.  A Win-Win approach is the ideal strategy with a principal focus on investment in value rather than the pursuit of cost reduction.

Every company has to manage the quality of their processes and facility maintenance, regardless of the type of industry they are in, and this should happen annually at a minimum.  It´s no different for oil extraction platforms. This time of the year is referred to as TAR or “Turnaround” season. TAR season is an expensive, planned period of regeneration and maintenance for a facility.

In years past, Healthcare Companies have been willing to create partnerships with logistics and supply chain companies due to the complexity of their own operations, high cost management and lack of end-to-end visibility. Often times, these companies may have a very large geographical scope including several countries across multiple continents. They may also need to manage both upstream flows from material vendors to regional DC’s and mainstream flows with just one global small parcel carrier.