Advanced Retail

Reduce costs and improve cashflow with Advanced

Advanced can manage the supply chain from the port of origin onwards. A partnership approach allows our retail customers to reduce their back-office headcount, providing an instant reduction in fixed and ongoing costs. We can also improve our customers’ cashflow. Using Advanced as your nominated supplier allows retailers to schedule supplier payments according to the arrival of good in-store.

We have already developed such a scheme for our customers and they are already seeing the benefit in terms of cashflow - something that would enhance any business. In addition, we can also improve your suppliers’ cashflow thanks to a new IT system developed in conjunction with HM Customs, which allows companies to pay duty charges and VAT when the goods leave our site.

Gain economies of scale

Advanced believe that working in partnership is the best way to do business and that the gains should be shared - that’s why we have developed our new service plan for retailers. The way it works is that retailers nominate Advanced as their preferred logistics provider for their suppliers. Work undertaken for these suppliers is then recorded and a cash discount dependent on scale will be returned to the retailer at the next period review meeting.