Parcel Audit Services Category Procurement Intelligence Report

The market for Purchase and its sub-segments such as Parcel Audit Services are at an interesting intersection. Traditionally procurement functions had a greater say in deciding the specifics of orders. However, recent trends indicate that all departments of a company, even drivers are included in the decision making and feedback loop. This creates opportunities to benefit for cross learnings but also increases the co-ordination and conflict management tasks of category managers.

With fuel prices going up in many geographies, category managers are under tremendous pressure to compensate by achieving a higher cost saving in procurement of Parcel Audit Services.

The market has undergone several structural changes including M&As and vertical integration efforts of suppliers. This has resulted in some issues such as erosion of previously established supplier relationships but has also opened new opportunities to onboard new suppliers with a wider range of offerings in .

Trends like these and many others discussed in this report are necessitating a relook at the way Parcel Audit Services is procured and the procurement cost saving opportunities that exist.

It has become imperative for category managers to remain as agile as possible in terms of their procurement practices. However, it is not always easy to quickly spot and implement alternative practices in a category like Parcel Audit Services. To help quick decision making, this report advises on several procurement best practices that have worked well for category managers.

For example, Buyers should evaluate service providers ability to innovate and reduce carbon emissions from traditional fuel-based vehicles, without compromising on cost and quality aspects.

Buyers must accumulate essential data across their information systems and suppliers to create benchmarks for cost, quality and service levels for Parcel Audit Services suppliers.

Vehicle replacement cycles is a mechanism used to calculate maintenance and depreciation-related costs associated with a vehicle. Service providers perform such calculations on behalf of buyers. Vehicle replacement cycles enable end-users to follow safety measures and minimize operating costs. These are calculated after a certain mileage or specific years of use. Furthermore, buyers should engage with service providers that offer analysis with respect to fuel consumed as well as provide maintenance and repair services.

Parcel Audit Services procurement managers also need to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that can arise in the supply chain or contracts for Parcel Audit Services procurement. Some examples include: