Early Involvement, Needs Assessment Contribute to Total Cost Reductions
Chapin, SC, 6/24/2009 --Responsiveness entails more than friendly customer service and fast, accurate fulfillment of purchase orders. A complete understanding of a customer’s requirements before the first order is delivered can make a marked difference in areas outside purchasing, and even contribute to an improved bottom line…at a time when cost control is of paramount importance.As part of a continued drive towards industry innovation, Central Label Products' emphasis on service starts long before the sale with Total Customer InvolvementSM. The first step involves the preparation of a detailed assessment of customer requirements, from a company’s overall philosophy, structure, and business goals to its current strategy and departmental roles. Central Label’s assessment team then evaluates departments within the company, from senior management through marketing, production, operations, and quality engineering, in order to identify operational aims within each discipline and current issues being addressed. Awareness of each department’s different goals and measures means Central Label can respond with a solution that addresses specific issues, such as installation concerns, inventory problems, damaged or missing product, and consistent graphic presentation across all product areas, as well as overall company strategy. Solutions are tailored for each customer and prioritized according to the customer’s schedule. Central Label will present a proposal that identifies needs, delineates solutions to those needs, and delivers a complete proposal that will improve treatment of the graphic commodity across the enterprise. The goal goes beyond merely showing direct cost savings on graphics. Central Label can usually identify areas of indirect cost savings that may not be immediately apparent to procurement departments alone. The result goes beyond graphics to total responsiveness: before, during, and after delivery.
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