Who uses our services

Client types include:

Exporters/Importers

Typically Exporters and Importers use Drewry Supply Chain Advisors and its logistics associates to give consulting support to a variety of projects where they seek to:

• Establish supply chains from worldwide sourcing locations
• Relocate production plants or increase production capacity
• Tackle supply chain cost problems
• Identify critical risks and corporate vulnerabilities in supply chains
• Tackle exposure to congestion and/or equipment and space shortages
• Identify efficiency improvements where chains are provided by multiple suppliers at multiple locations
• Review and benchmark efficiency of existing logistics services/operations
• Re-negotiate carrier contracts and select the lowest cost intermodal routes
• Select alternative logistics suppliers
• Change buying terms to FOB and increase supply chain control
• Determine optimum location of distribution centres for new markets fed from overseas
• Initiate organisational changes to cope with mergers, acquisitions and business growth
  

Logistics Service providers

Typically Logistics Service Providers use Drewry Supply Chain Advisors and its logistics associates to give consulting support to a variety of projects where they seek:

• Support for customers requiring independent research or identification of supply chain solutions
• Project expertise on international supply chains when their own expertise is in a different area e.g. domestic warehousing, trucking or materials handling, IT etc.
• Independent verification of new product ideas or concepts – i.e thought leadership aspects or cutting edge projects
• Independent risk evaluation of proposed logistics solutions.
• To tackle exposure to congestion and/or equipment and space shortages
• Neutral benchmarking exercises versus competitors
• Additional project resources
  

Legal and Financial

Typically Legal & Financial companies use Drewry Supply Chain Advisors and its logistics associates to give consulting support to a variety of projects where they seek:

• Perform due diligence investigations for acquisitions & mergers
• Recommend organisational changes to cope with mergers, acquisitions and business growth
• Audit corporate risk in the procurement, supply chain and sourcing areas to meet with Stock Exchange risk management criteria and corporate governance directives.
• Strategic advice on international logistics
• Additional project resources