Household Goods Removal Services Category Procurement Intelligence Report

A changing ecosystem within the Staff Relocation market also affects the procurement process, cost dynamics and supplier attractiveness for the buyers of Household Goods Removal 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.

Changing workforce demographics are creating challenges in identifying the right talent mix and processes that can keep the talent pool motivated and satisfied with their work.

People analytics has emerged as a rather new branch of HR function with an aim to gain deeper insights into an employee's behavior, motivators, risk of attrition and general wellbeing. There is a high demand for suppliers who can integrated technology in traditional processes to generate insights on the buyers' talent pool.

Sometimes, procurement functions are unable to timely alter their practices while responding to market conditions. Industry experts acknowledge that periodically reviewing procurement best practices and adopting learnings from across procurement categories can help procurement teams respond to market needs in a more agile way. This report combines our experience of other categories with Household Goods Removal Services procurement insights and hand picks best practices that can work for category managers delving in this market.

For example, Besides shortlisting potential suppliers based on services offered and cost, they also need to be evaluated against several other critical parameters. Some examples of these parameters are compliance with laws and regulations, capability to protect personally identifiable information and technical standards adopted (e.g. user interface, user exchange standards, data exchange standards). RFPs soliciting the above information ensures competition among suppliers and facilitates efficient evaluation.

Buyers can achieve cost savings by bundling procurement of various personnel-related services (e.g. benefits administration, payroll, time and attendance, and HR management functions). The integration of different HR functions leads to the automation of employee data across various verticals. The integration also reduces the burden of manually entering and updating necessary information and offers consistency and accurate tracking across multiple systems.

Buyers should engage with suppliers that automate the process of handling any claims or requests through cloud-based software. Once initiated by an employee of buyer organization, suppliers' staff or the system itself can provide guidance for next steps. All necessary stakeholders can check the real-time status through web-based platform and take actions accordingly.

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