Global Procurement Services

Scheduling And Logistics

We source, procure and Supply mechanical, electrical, electronic engineering products, plant and spare parts to the power, telecommunication, transport and oil & gas industries as well as ad-hoc supplies under World Bank and United nations projects.

We have experience of purchasing on a worldwide basis and have many established contacts including an associate’s office in USA and Malaysia. Export is from country of manufacture (UK or Overseas) direct to the overseas customer or imported into the UK if required.

Global procurement inevitably has a component of scheduling and logistics involved in the supply chain. Frequently the cost of logistics can consume the benefit of sourcing cost effective products and materials. In an era that is progressively more affected by increasing fuel prices (Fuel Surcharges and Bunker Adjustment Factor - BAF) and adverse affects of currency (Currency Adjustment Factor – CAF), managing the cost of logistics is very important. Gradic Clients rely on us being able to manage this part of the supply chain for them too and delivering increased value from our activities

Our clients have varying logistics requirements that extend from small volume shipments from multiple suppliers to large volume shipments from single suppliers. There are various difficulties that can be faced at each stage of the processing supply and service.Managing the scheduling of orders with suppliers in different time zones that speak different languages and have different values and cultures can prove difficult within an extended supply chain. To address this, Gradic has an international team of employees of our associated that operate in the regions we source from. This team is able to consolidate the shipments for multiple clients and from multiple suppliers into the lowest common freight denominator.

We manage COTD (Complete on Time Delivery) for our clients ensuring suppliers' production schedules fulfils the delivery requirements of our customers and consolidate these deliveries into freight movements. In this way we are able to ensure all our freight movements minimise the cost of logistics, in a way that individually our clients would be unable to do by themselves. In some instances, the cost of logistics can be in excess of 20% of the total DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) costs. Therefore, if containers only half full this cost escalates significantly and becomes a major cost driver that can make global procurement cost-ineffective.Gradic works with supply market and logistics operator to ensure we minimise our customers logistics cost and maximise the benefits of global sourcing.