How to build resilience against supply chain uncertainty
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We live in challenging times, with conflict abroad and an unpredictable global economy. Supply chain disruption is now the norm, so businesses need the flexibility to quickly adapt to circumstances as they happen.
Whether you need last-minute storage or a long-term warehousing solution to build resilience into your supply chain, Pallet Hotel® can help you respond to disruptions as they arise.
Navigating global supply chain disruption
Global events are putting unprecedented stress on supply chains. Brexit red tape, the conflict in Ukraine, attacks in the Red Sea, trade tensions between the USA and China, strikes at ports and a drought impacting the Panama Canal are all creating a crisis that’s driving up costs and causing significant delays.
Companies who rely on the smooth international trade are left with uncertain delivery schedules and potential shortages – leaving them with difficult decisions about how to manage the seemingly never-ending crisis. While securing more storage space could offer a buffer against disruption, this traditionally comes at a significant cost and can leave businesses with an unwanted financial liability on their books.
How Pallet Hotel® can help
As an on-demand warehousing service, Pallet Hotel® allows you to quickly scale your storage up or down as you need.
This flexibility can be crucial in times of disruption. Without unnecessary fixed storage assets on your book, you’ll have the freedom to either stockpile products as an insurance policy against disruptions, or cut back your operations to reduce costs.
It’s a Pay As You Need service, so you’ll have complete control over your warehousing capacity, strengthening your supply chain with some much-needed agility.
Nearshoring & reshoring
Global events like the pandemic and the Red Sea crisis have exposed the fragility of supply chains that rely on goods coming from Asia. Many retailers are now nearshoring by shifting production to Northern Africa or Europe to mitigate the risk of disruption. Some are even looking to reshore their manufacturing operations to the UK.
To make this strategy cost-effective businesses often scale up their production to reduce the cost per item, increasing the need for storage space. But investing in new facilities or committing to a new warehousing lease can weigh businesses down with an unwanted financial burden.
How Pallet Hotel® can help
For those looking to bring their production operations closer to home, Pallet Hotel® provides readily available warehouse space without the need for costly construction or inflexible leases.
But it’s not just a short-term solution. Pallet Hotel® offers long-term storage options without long-term contracts.
You can book as much space as you want, for as long as you need. There’s no large upfront investment, meaning you can substantially expand your storage capacity without making any expensive commitments.
Avoiding demurrage & detention charges
Port congestion has surged in recent years, and it’s a problem that seems to just be growing. Container prices are at all-time high, which is having a knock-on impact on demurrage and detention fees.
No only is this costly for retailers, it’s disrupting operations for logistics and freight forwarding companies, who are often left to deal with the delays.
Off-dock storage is one solution, but space is becoming scarce, prices are rising, and goods can end up far from their final destination. There’s also the problem of detention charges, which can accumulate while containers sit idle at off-dock facilities awaiting processing and onward transport.
How Pallet Hotel® can help
With a network of over 200 warehouses, Pallet Hotel® allows you to find last-minute storage space whenever it’s needed. This means that there’s always an opportunity for goods to be moved on from ports so that you can avoid paying demurrage fees.
Not only this, Pallet Hotel® can process arrivals and prepare stock for sale, quickly freeing up containers to avoid detention fees.
