Critical Resources
Resource Decision: Buy or Rent?
1. Ask why you need a resource.
2. How long will it take to solve the issue?
Weeks or Months
Consulting Project
Rent a Consultant For Strategy & Improvement
Temporary Professional
Rent a Manager For Interim Roles & Program Management
Ongoing
Recruit an Executive
Hire an Executive or Outsource Logistics
Hire a Manager
For Full-Time Employment
3. How high is the cost and level of expertise needed?
High, Strategic
Moderate, Functional
Ask why you need a supply chain logistics resource.
The “talent shortage” has companies thinking differently about how they acquire and use scarce human resources efficiently.
It is insightful to think about the resourcing need in terms of expected duration and required level of expertise, differentiating between project, temporary, and full-time work. The cost implications can be significant.
Consider the resource need from two perspectives:
- How long will it take to solve the issue?
- How high is the cost and level of expertise required?
Resource Decision: Buy or Rent?
1. Ask why you need a resource.
2. How long will it take to solve the issue?
3. How high is the cost and level of expertise needed?
Consulting Project
(Weeks or Months / High, Strategic)
Rent a Consultant For Strategy & Improvement
Temporary Professional
(Weeks or Months / Moderate, Functional)
Rent a Manager For Interim Roles & Program Management
Recruit an Executive
(Ongoing / High, Strategic)
Hire an Executive or Outsource Logistics
Hire a Manager
(Ongoing / Moderate, Functional)
For Full-Time Employment
Ask why you need a supply chain logistics resource.
The “talent shortage” has companies thinking differently about how they acquire and use scarce human resources efficiently.
It is insightful to think about the resourcing need in terms of expected duration and required level of expertise, differentiating between project, temporary, and full-time work. The cost implications can be significant.
Consider the resource need from two perspectives:
- How long will it take to solve the issue?
- How high is the cost and level of expertise required?
3PLR offers flexible resource options
Roles requiring a high-level of expertise are expensive. It’s cost-effective to serve short-term roles with consultants for strategic and high-impact projects, or temporary professionals for interim operations management.
Answer long-term resource needs with full-time placement of executive hires for strategic leadership and managers for operational roles.
The right fit for consulting support. Companies experience a mismatch in hiring operations managers to handle strategic initiatives and analysis. Often managers lack the level of expertise for strategic initiatives and available time away from daily duties to spend on assessment, analysis, and project management. Leverage 3PLR’s consultants to support managers and executives with critical improvement projects