Achieve Your Business Development Objectives within the UK Industrial Supply Chain.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35433) has announced the addition of Growth Strategies & Trends in the UK Industrial Supply Chain to their offering.

"Growth Strategies & Trends in the UK Industrial Supply Chain" is a unique market research report based exclusively on the findings of interviews conducted with key supply chain professionals within the sector. The research identifies outsourcing dynamics and new business opportunities quickly and cost efficiently to help you target future new business wins and achieve your overall business development objectives, profitably.

Following thorough research of industry opinion, it was decided to undertake an extensive series of primary interviews. The target of these interviews were companies whose supply chain was considered integral to the strategy of their company and annual revenue generated was at least EUR 100.0 million per annum. These interviews were then conducted across a number of industry sectors, namely Automotive, Industrial, Healthcare, Retail & FMCG. The reason for this target audience? Profitability.

Whilst key or large value accounts yield large revenues, there isn't always the opportunity for large margins, in fact within the current business climate the logistics providers' margins are more under threat than ever before. This threat is greatest from your largest customers, as major manufacturers and retailers continue experiencing a tougher economic climate.

Within the mid-tier market there exists a mass of opportunity for providers to recognise a healthy margin, providing logistics services deemed critical to the success of many mid-market players. The catch however is that smaller, mid market clients don't trust that they will get the service or attention from larger providers, even though like many of their larger competitors, they are dependant on end-to-end, globalised solutions. Companies are operating with a larger degree of inefficiency than is necessary by utilising multiple providers to meet their overall objectives. This is a golden opportunity for solutions providers, one that is being ignored by too many, to not just secure new business but also generate profit through adding value to the logistics operations of these companies by recognising efficiency in their supply chains.

What will this report provide you?

This series of reports will assist your account and strategic marketing teams to maximise your opportunities within this potentially lucrative sector by focusing on the current logistics activity, operations, opinions and strategies of manufacturers and retailers, as well as their thoughts and plans for the future, including:

--Existing logistics spend, services and geographic coverage;

--Current 3PL satisfaction levels, service provision and contract details;

--Supply chain operations - DCs, fleet sizes and attributes, RFID etc;

--Future service requirements, logistics strategies and planned developments

Topics Covered

CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction

Logistics Expenditure and Outsourcing

Current Threats and Future Requirements

CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION

2.1 The Aim of This Report

2.2 Report Structure

2.3 Growth Strategies and Trends in European Logistics

2.4 Research Methodology and Sector Definitions

CHAPTER 3 LOGISTICS EXPENDITURE AND OUTSOURCING

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Logistics Expenditure

3.3 Outsourcing Logistics Operations

3.3.1 Outsourcing Responsibility

3.3.2 Outsourcing Rates

3.4 Outsourced Serviced vs. In-house Operations

3.4.1 Reasons for Outsourcing

3.4.2 Reasons for Maintaining In-house Operations

3.5 Number of Logistics Providers Employed

3.6 Selection Criteria for Logistics Providers

CHAPTER 4 CURRENT THREATS AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Supply Chain Operations

4.2.1 Warehouse and Distribution Centres

4.3 Current Threats in the Supply Chain

4.4 RFID Implementation

4.5 The Next Five Years

CHAPTER 5 APPENDIX

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