Streamlined Coordination from Procurement to Delivery
Navigating the robust dynamics of the restaurant and retail industries can be complex and stressful. With greater efficiency and project management expertise from NXTPoint, build sustainable and scalable supply chains that help you proactively anticipate shifts in the marketplace and rising customer expectations. From sourcing long-lead-time equipment like digital menu boards and roof top HVAC units (RTUs), to managing the sequencing and delivery of OS&E and furniture, fixtures and equipment, NXTPoint Logistics enables restaurants and retail establishments to meet customer demand and ensure high quality experiences.
When you partner with NXTPoint Logistics, we seamlessly manage inventory, streamline purchasing, and coordinate deliveries using our industry leading WMS and TMS technologies. This enables you to reduce the amount of service providers, streamline communication and ultimately allow you to serve your customers in a timely and consistent manner. We are flexible enough to adapt to your business’ unique needs, whether you are opening a new location, remodeling 100 locations regionally or have special roll-outs across the country, we have the expertise and resources to deliver a consistent and dependable solution that reduces cost and risk to your business.
We offer a variety of 3PL supply chain solutions featuring:
- Streamlined operations that deliver end-to-end optimization of your supply chain, reducing costs through improved efficiency
- Customizable restaurant FF&E services to fit your restaurant's specific needs, with best practices refined through work with leading brands
- Scalable and repeatable services for retail furniture, fixtures and equipment projects
- Transportation and freight brokerage services to streamline your supply chain from first mile to middle mile to final file
- Tier-1 WMS logistics technology enabling real-time visibility, tracking and exception management
- National footprint and global reach with 30+ owned and operated facilities, we have the distribution network to reliably serve restaurants across the country
Case Study
A national sandwich chain partnered with NXTPoint Logistics to execute a time-sensitive, six-week rollout of new kitchen equipment to 2,400 stores across 45 states. Despite major disruptions from port strikes, winter storms and wildfires, NXTPoint delivered 5,178 units using a fully integrated solution, including warehousing, final-mile delivery and proprietary QR code technology for real-time tracking. Acting as a single-source project manager, NXTPoint ensured seamless execution, clear communication and on-time delivery despite nationwide challenges.
Restaurant Logistics FAQs
At a high level, think of a triangle. One point is the restaurant or restaurant chain, which has needs for equipment, materials and supplies. One of the other points applies to all suppliers that manufacture or otherwise provide what restaurants need. The third point represents restaurant logistics, which involves the transportation of desired goods from the suppliers to the restaurants in optimal ways and also includes services like warehousing, inventory management and distribution. NXTPoint Logistics offers third-party logistics services, allowing restaurants to outsource their logistics needs to our experts and freeing them to focus on their business growth.
Restaurant logistics refers to the process of managing the flow of goods along a restaurant’s supply chain, from manufacturing or sourcing needed equipment and supplies to warehousing them in appropriate facilities and transporting and distributing them for timely deliveries.
Restaurant logistics also encompasses inventory management within warehousing facilities and its pick/pack/ship functions. If you hear people talk about the 7Rs of restaurant logistics, they include the following:
- Right product
- Delivered to the right customer
- In the right quantity
- In the right condition
- At the right place
- At the right time
- At the right cost
At NXTPoint, we add an eighth factor to our restaurant logistics, providing the right customer service to serve as an extension of your brand.
This question can be answered in multiple ways. For example, some approaches divide logistics into these four categories:
- Inbound logistics: This serves as the procurement umbrella as the supply chain flows inward to the restaurants or to facilities storing what they need.
- Internal logistics: This can include supply chain movements to various locations of a restaurant chain.
- Outbound logistics: Completed products can flow to other locations, perhaps to hotels that use a restaurant’s services.
- Return logistics: From recycling to returning unwanted products, this is a key part of restaurant logistics.
As another way to look at restaurant logistics in four categories, goods can be transported by road, rail, air and water.
Overall, what matters most is having a customized program for your restaurant’s specific logistics needs. After talking to NXTPoint experts on a consulting call, we’ll design a personalized plan for your business. Schedule your call online or call (833) 835-1201.
Procurement is a key part of restaurant logistics, a process that needs to be managed in a strategic, structured way. Steps include determining what is needed, when it is needed and how it should most efficiently and cost-effectively be shipped, warehoused and more. NXTPoint specializes in procuring long-lead-time equipment that ranges from rooftop HVAC units to digital menu boards and expertly coordinates the procurement and delivery of restaurant furniture, fixtures and equipment.
Quality procurement allows restaurants to get the equipment they need in timely, cost-efficient ways. When rebranding a restaurant, for example, a chain may require furniture, fixtures and more from numerous suppliers while requiring each shipment to be delivered in precisely the right order to streamline processes. Conversely, when procurement processes are not optimally managed, this can lead to delays, unnecessary added expenses, dissatisfied customers due to extended store closures and lost sales.
Because of the differing needs of restaurants across the country, procurement isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Procurement processes must mesh with restaurant needs, budgets and timetables, which is something that NXTPoint specializes in handling. Our advanced technology also gives restaurants high visibility and real-time status updates for well-informed, efficient, cost-effective solutions.
We provide outstanding services to some of the globe’s most well-known restaurant brands, leveraging more than a century of logistics experience to ensure exceptional results. NXTPoint combines the best of two worlds: the in-depth resources and broad reach of large logistics firms with the responsiveness and personal touch of smaller ones. The result: truly scalable restaurant logistics programs that are custom-tailored to each customer and give businesses the agility to respond to rapid market changes.
NXTPoint accomplishes this through specialized expertise provided by niche experts that include engineers, compliance professionals and more alongside high-level project management services.
We’ve developed and continue to nurture robust partnerships to maintain a top-quality supply chain network that’s fueled by world-class technology. When your restaurant chain contacts NXTPoint Logistics to discuss your restaurant logistics needs, we’ll listen carefully and then design a customized program that meets or exceeds your requirements, serving as a positive extension of your brand.
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