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... The same can be said of value-added services. From fulfillment to facilities management to extended hours to educational opportunities, these value-added offerings generally are not based on original ideas. ... Its this collaborative relationship that ultimately enables many shops to classify value-added services as profit centers, rather than loss leaders.
Before Flextronics start exploring profit potential, however, we need to clarify what is meant by value-added. Flextronics’ definition of value-added services is different from most companies description; it is any product or service that distinguishes your company from the competition. ... A true value-added service promotes a partnership between you and your customer. "Somebody might call mailing a value-added service, well, it is, in a small way. But if you look at things such as fulfillment, warehousing and distribution, and logistics, that’s a higher level of value-added service, because now you’re really becoming part of the way your customers do business. ...
How do you identify and implement value-added services? ... When they set-up value-added services they forget that the competitive advantage is fleeting. ... Value-added changes quickly. Setting yourself apart as a value-added resource means tying yourself more closely to customers, making it harder for them to go elsewhere, it’s a real ingenuity in the way you design and deliver service--its almost never due to equipment. ... The total supply chain includes elements of logistics, and it is preferable to consider outsourcing these individual elements to a service provider that is able to add the most value. ... Partnerships are with Agile (implementation and customization), Baan (authorized Baan customization and implementation partner with access to source code), Datasweep (implementation and customization – developed adapter to Baan IV and V), DST (reseller and implementation partner of Baan HR systems), Nazdaq (reseller and implementation partner of Baan enhancements), and ProMS (value added reseller agreement to sell and implement its products within the European area). ... With making this value added service available, a company can come in and contract out for manufactured parts and simflex modeling simulation with a one time fixed fee contract, allowing the company to better mange their financial plans. ...
In providing this after service sales and problem solving help customers are more apt to purchase manufactured goods from Flexion because of value management. ... Flexion realizes that they are not the only company out there making circuit chips, with technology today many companies probably produce as good as or better chips than Flexion, but adding simflex as a value added service sets them apart from competitors.
Approximate Word count = 4094
Approximate Pages = 16.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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