Driven by the need to source product and parts competitively, more and more of our client's product or supply-sources are located in foreign and increasingly remote countries. Interactive's associates and the network of global partners are experts at navigating the maze of issues, documents, government processes, and systems enabling smooth shipment flow. With over 20 years of direct International living/operating experience, Interactive provides superior solutions in the following areas:
Cross border-compliance process and systems - scope, design and implementation
International shipment visibility- ties to purchase order, lot, serial and SKU
Mode optimization - air, parcel, ocean
Carrier rate and space negotiation
Peak season services
JIT, Kanban, sequencing and component assembly strategies
Outsourcing of freight forwarding, customs and consolidation
Multi-country consolidation
Commodity classification, Harmonization
Operating, customs and visibility software systems
Deconsolidation at destination - transportation to consumption
Optimal placement methodologies
Postponement
Parcel Pre-labeling and zone skipping
Low cost country sourcing - design and implementation
Kitting, store ready packaging, retail specific processes
International logistics systems, and ties to domestic systems