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Offering Value-Added Services Could Be a Silver Bullet for Middle East Distributors

by CXO Staff
August 29, 2023
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The Middle East and African freight and logistics market is predicted to record a compound annual growth rate of about 6% between 2023 and 2028, according to a report from Mordor Intelligence. To tap growth opportunities in the region, distributors should consider value-added services (VAS) among their strategies. Salem Machaka, Infor VP of Global Professional Services explains more.

Offering Value-Added Services Could Be a Silver Bullet for Middle East Distributors

Offering value-added services should be integral to any distribution company’s business model. Value-added services go beyond the immediate delivery of goods and provide additional customer benefits. These services can range from providing technical support to offering customized packaging solutions. By offering value-added services, distribution companies can increase customer satisfaction, build loyalty, and make customer relationships sticky. This can lead to increased sales and profits over time.

One of the essential benefits of offering value-added services is that it helps to differentiate a company from its competitors. With manufacturers deploying disintermediation strategies, the emergence and growth of large e-commerce platforms, and larger competitors, competition is fierce. A company can stand out from the competition by providing a greater range of additional services. This can be especially beneficial for smaller companies needing more resources to compete with larger companies on price.

Examples of value-added services include:

  • Customized packaging – Companies can offer customized packaging to meet the needs of their customers. This could include specialized boxes, labels, and other materials.
  • Technical support – Companies can provide technical and expert support to customers that need help. This could include advising customers on how to use a product or troubleshooting any issues that arise during use.
  • Kitting, assembly, and light manufacturing – The kitting process combines multiple products into a simple, easy-to-pick-and-use package. The process works by combining commonly purchased products into a separate sellable SKU. Assembly takes different components and builds sellable units. Light manufacturing can start with a stock product and modify it to suit the customer’s needs. This allows the distributor to stock fewer product variations, freeing up space and capital. Providing these services can increase sales and drive customer loyalty.
  • Vendor managed inventory – VMI is a service that is mutually beneficial to the customer and the distributor. With VMI, inventory is housed at the customer’s location but is managed by the distributor. This can take several different forms, from bins to vending machines. With commonly used items like gloves, safety knives, replacement blades, and eye and ear protection, vending machines can be kept on the customer site to ensure each employee has the tools needed to do their job. Employees no longer need to track down a supervisor to unlock a cabinet to get these consumables. Customers can monitor the use of the consumables to track spending. The customer can purchase cases ahead of time or pay for them as they are consumed. As items are consumed, additional items can be auto ordered without human intervention.
  • Rental and service – Distributors can rent items to customers that do not wish to purchase them.  High-value and seldomly used tools are commonly rented. Customers will rent long- or short-term based on their business models. Field service can be provided to customers that purchase equipment but do not have the expertise to service it themselves.

A best-in-class industry-specific enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution is critical for efficiently delivering value-added services. Distributors face supply chain disruption, aggressive competition, and labor shortages, which make providing the products and services people desire increasingly challenging.

These are just a few examples of value-added services that industrial distributors can offer. By providing these services, companies can increase customer satisfaction, build loyalty, and ultimately increase profits.

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