Procurement and inventory management
We are an authorised distributor and integral supply chain partner for the leading mobile handset and accessory manufacturers in the telecoms industry. As a result of these established relationships, our clients are able to benefit from our privileged access to vendors’ product roadmaps, secure product allocations and flexible response to demand fluctuations.
We buy products both to forecast, supporting clients’ sales plans; and at our own risk, providing a buffer to un-forecasted shifts in demand. Typically, SLAs for product availability are set at 99% of forecasted sales, a performance benchmark that we routinely exceed. But beyond that, we are able to solve overstock situations for our clients, profitably disposing of excess inventory via alternative channels. As we invest in “free stock” that is available-to-promise, we provide our clients with unique portfolio opportunities and product prices and we are able to satisfy many unexpected spikes in demand.
Logistics and product transformation
20:20mobile can host and manage all aspects of the logistics lifecycle from stock receipt to warehousing, inventory management, quality control and dispatch. We have an exceptional breadth of capability in product transformations ranging from software upgrades to complete customisation of packaging and electronic configuration of devices. Where customer experience and brand is priority we can deliver the optimum experience from bespoke packaging to welcome documents, branded products and configuration of start-up screens, shortcuts and wallpapers.
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
In compliance with the procurement requirements of retailers’ supply chains, 20:20mobile extends VMI into the distribution centres of our clients. VMI leaves inventory management, ownership and risk in the hands of the supplier, so it makes a logical set-up for engagements where 20:20mobile controls or strongly influences the product assortment. Our VMI service is widely used for mobile accessories, where network operators entrust the management of their product range to 20:20mobile.
