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Carrefour

Prepare the logistics department for outsourcing...

Company profile

  • Large retailer with own transport company consisting of 200 employees , 100 own vehicles and over 300 fixed managed subcontractors
  • High pressure on the transport company to deliver additional savings
  • Ever increasing demands from the commercial department to further increase service at lower cost

Company challenge

  • Find a solution to match conflicting objectives
  • In a change management process avoid any disturbance in operations given the impact on the outlets
  • Find a solution for the transport company in order to match the companies’ strategy of outsourcing with the fact of having an own transport company

Our challenge

  • Develop a strategy that matched the companies strategy with the inability to find partners in the market
  • Avoid social issues
  • Visualize all operational alternatives

Our approach

  • Take over the general management position on an interim management basis
  • Clear out the competitive advantage of the company
  • Deliver a strategy for the future of the company

The results

  • Management in the possession of a clear strategy with pro’s and con’s on all different scenarios.
  • Full financial long term plan developed
  • After a transition period the transport company was successfully outsourced