Private label e a vantagem competitiva que vale a pena

"One alcoholic beverage company we worked with had a highly complex product portfolio and sales of the different products varied. However, a small proportion of its products represented a surprisingly large and stable volume of sales. So we designed an efficient supply chain purely to handle this stable segment and a second, more responsive one to deal with less predictable demand. These two supply chains worked in tandem, but didn’t get in each other’s way. (Moi ici: A velha lição de Skinner e de Hill. A velha incompatibilidade entre mosaico de bolas azuis versus mosaico de bolas vermelhas)
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Multiple supply chains can also customize service levels. The efficient supply chain seeks to maintain the expected service level at the lowest possible cost, whereas the goal of the responsive supply chain is the reverse: to improve service to the customer at a somewhat higher, but still acceptable, cost. Sensitive to peaks and troughs in unpredictable demand, it avoids tying up valuable capacity in the supply chain and gets the product on the shelves before it loses its appeal to the consumer.
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We also worked with a large apparel company that found it needed three supply chains—one for basic goods always in demand, one for seasonal styles updated four times a year, and one for the latest fashions. Each supply chain had a different lead time, inventory size, and mode of business planning. Basic items perpetually in demand—T-shirts and socks—were sent cheaply on slow freighters, whereas the latest fashions were whisked to the stores while demand was at its peak and they commanded the highest price.
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The much shorter interval between production and sales for seasonal and fashion items reduced storage and redistribution costs. The results were exceptional: The company was able to reduce its working capital by about 30 percent, while the gross profit margin increased by almost 6 percent."

Os empresários portugueses que apostam no private label deviam reflectir sobre o significado desta mensagem. A nossa vantagem competitiva é a nossa geografia!!!
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Não faz sentido competir com os custos asiáticos! Como é o seu cliente de private label? Tem produtos maduros, estáticos, simples, com grande saída? Se calhar não dá para ganhar dinheiro com eles.

E se forem para entregas rápidas, reposições rápidas, pequenas quantidades, muita flexibilidade?

Trechos retirados de "Why You Should Create Multiple Supply Chains"