Outsourcing Your Imports and Exports
Managing complicated import, export and customs processes while complying with international regulations can be time consuming, labour intensive and very costly when businesses get it wrong. That’s why so many companies are turning to outsource partners, like ICS Global Services Limited, as they explore the possibilities for outsourcing their import, export and trade compliance activities.
Outsourcing your import and export activities will help to reduce your operational costs, allow your business to focus on its core competencies, meet customer demands more effectively, provide greater flexibility and reduce labour costs.
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What is Import / Export Outsourcing?
Outsourcing is an allocation of import and export business processes to a specialist external service provider, such as ICS Global Services Limited. Outsourcing has become increasingly popular over the last few years as companies grow and their import / export activities become more complicated. The shortage of necessary import / export expertise within the current employment market means that outsourcing is a viable resource solution.
It is a strategic decision for many companies to outsource their import and export activities to reduce costs and increase efficiency, provide services, or handle international operations that were previously done by employees without the necessary skills.
Outsourcing is a popular way for companies to lower international operational costs and streamline operations while concentrating on the company’s core competencies, rather than supporting complicated import and export activities.
Benefits of Import / Export Outsourcing
As a third-party provider, I provide the expertise to manage agreed outsourced tasks and provide benefits for your company. There are many reasons why your business may choose to outsource international trade, trade compliance, supply chain, import and export processes. For example, some of the recognised benefits of outsourcing include:
- Outsourcing your import and export processes will allow your business more time to strengthen core business activities.
- As a specialist within international trade, import and export, I have the technical expertise to complete outsourced tasks faster and with better business results.
- Outsourcing the trade compliance, import and export components of your business process will allow you to move certain responsibilities and risks to my company. As a specialist within international trade, import and export, I can mitigate your risk exposure and manage your regulatory obligations effectively.
- Outsourcing your import and export processes will reduce your operational and recruitment costs. The prime advantage being that you will not have employment costs, such as salary, national insurance, pension and bonus payments.
- Outsourcing your international trade, import and export processes will start to deliver results within the first week and enable quick wins to be identified without interrupting your core business activities.
- Your business may have a requirement for new processes to be implemented or a project that will only take place for a short time, making it more efficient to outsource these requirements for a short period. Your company can therefore outsource the work to a specialist, instead of investing time, money, and effort to train and maintain internal employees.
- Outsourcing can give your business access to international capabilities and facilities otherwise not accessible or affordable.
- Outsourcing can assist your business to be more flexible and agile, able to adapt to changing international market conditions and import / export challenges while providing cost savings and service level improvements.
