Planning and Communication Play Key Roles in Third Party Logistics Relationship

Your third party logistics provider plays a critical role in your business’ success. In many ways, your 3PL company is a partner to your business, and if both parties don’t do their part, the relationship will fail and your business will suffer.

In order to create sustained growth and ongoing success, planning is absolutely essential. It’s your responsibility to work with your 3PL company to create a partnership that is profitable to both companies. It’s important to take the time to look ahead to identify potential future difficulties. Talk about mistakes that have been made in your past supply chain setup and work out strategies to avoid repeating them.

It’s critical for each party to ask each other the right questions to identify possible issues that might not be so apparent on the surface. And as the relationship continues to bloom, ongoing communication from both parties is essential to the continued health and success of the partnership.

In short, do your part to make sure you’re being a good partner to your 3PL company, and demand that they do the same.

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