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In order to reach your local market customer. What is better, to have your own delivery fleet or use the services of third parties like FEDEX or DHL?

Keeping in mind that your competitive edge is to deliver customer on there selected delivery slot. Where a slot is considered as a range of time for eg between12am till3pm

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Question added by Muhammad Salman Ali Khan , Procurement And Logistics Supervisor , Magnolia RM Investments L.L.C.
Date Posted: 2013/11/14
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The better solution depends of your market :

- if you need to have a global network, swift, with standard time and low cost, you will prefer to use services of third parties

- but if you need special benefit, with special times (à la carte), you will prefer your down delivery fleet, but it will increase your cost

 

Another solution consist to mix the2 solutions : use services of third parties for the first part of travel and finish with your own to offer special services like following, delivery in hand, installation… to make the difference.

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