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What SYNC learned about Voorbeeld Logistiek B.V.

SYNC is iSyncSO’s commercial engine: it finds the companies that fit what you sell, waits for a reason to write, and drafts each message for your approval, by default. It read voorbeeld-logistiek.test and other public pages and set itself up for you. Every line below links to where it was read.

  1. 01 What you sellChilled warehousingand 3 more
  2. 02 Who buys itFood producersand 2 more
  3. 03 What SYNC scores onShips chilled or frozen goodsand 7 more
  4. 04 A reason to writeA new production lineand 3 more
  5. 05 Strong fitsProefbedrijf Zuivel B.V.4 of 5 scored are a fit
Example: an invented company

From what you sell to who SYNC would write to.

Each column is built from the one before it. Choose a company to see the rules it met and where it sits in your market.

  • Tier ATier BA fit: SYNC would write
  • Tier CTier DA near miss: SYNC leaves it
  • Met, with a source
  • Not evidenced
  • Falls short
  • Rules it out
  • Core rule
  • Supporting rule
  • Where it was read

01Offer4 products and services

What you sell

  1. Temperature-controlled warehousing and cross-docking for food and pharma suppliers in the Benelux.1,2
  2. Same-day pallet distribution from two hubs, in Tilburg and Venlo.3
  3. A customer portal with live stock levels and proof of delivery.4

Products and services

  • Chilled warehousing1service
  • Cross-docking1service
  • Pallet distribution3service
  • Stock portal4

02Market3 segments

Who buys it

Segments5,6

  • Food producers50 to 500 employees. Netherlands, Belgium
  • Pharmaceutical wholesale20 to 200 employees. Netherlands
  • Fresh produce importersNetherlands, Western Germany

Roles

  • Head of supply chain
  • Operations director
  • Logistics manager

03Rules8 rules

What SYNC scores on

  1. Core rule, 01Ships chilled or frozen goods

    Products that need 2 to 8 °C or frozen storage, stated on the company's own site.

    Met by 5 of 5from 01 Offer
  2. Core rule, 02Benelux distribution

    Delivers to retail or wholesale in the Netherlands and Belgium.

    Met by 5 of 5from 02 Market
  3. Core rule, 03No own cold store

    No sign of a company-owned temperature-controlled warehouse.

    Met by 2 of 5from 01 Offer
  4. Supporting rule, 04Volume that fills pallets

    Ships in pallets, not parcels: wholesale or retail supply.

    Met by 4 of 5from 01 Offer
  5. Supporting rule, 05Growing range

    New product lines or private-label work announced in the last year.

    Met by 2 of 5
  6. Supporting rule, 06Certified quality system

    Holds or is working towards IFS, BRC or GDP certification.

    Met by 4 of 5from 02 Market
  7. Supporting rule, 07Within 150 km of a hub

    Production or import site near Tilburg or Venlo.

    Met by 3 of 5from 01 Offer
  8. Core rule, 08Outsources today

    Mentions a logistics partner, or hires for 3PL coordination.

    Met by 1 of 5from 02 Market

A filled square is a core rule, a hollow one supports it. The dots show how many of the example companies met it. In your account, you can reword, weight or strike any of them.

04Reasons4 reasons to write

What gives SYNC something to say

  1. 01A new production line

    More volume than the current warehouse can take, usually within six months.

  2. 02A retail listing

    A new supermarket contract brings strict delivery windows.

  3. 03A hire for supply chain

    A new head of supply chain often reviews logistics partners in the first year.

  4. 04A site move or expansion

    A permit or a new building changes where goods have to be stored.

05Accounts5 companies

Real companies, scored

Example companies, each scored against the 8 rules in column 03, in the same order. For each rule: met with a source, not evidenced, falls short, or rules it out.
Ships chilled or frozen goodsBenelux distributionNo own cold storeVolume that fills palletsGrowing rangeCertified quality systemWithin 150 km of a hubOutsources today
met, with a sourcemet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcenot evidencedmet, with a sourcenot evidenced

Opened a second cheese line in June and lists three supermarket chains as customers; no cold store of its own.7

4 sources read
met, with a sourcemet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcenot evidencedmet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcemet, with a source

Imports fresh produce through Venlo and is hiring a logistics coordinator for 3PL partners.8

3 sources read
met, with a sourcemet, with a sourcenot evidencedmet, with a sourcenot evidencedmet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcenot evidenced

GDP-certified wholesaler within 60 km of Tilburg; the site does not say who handles storage.9

met, with a sourcemet, with a sourcenot evidencedfalls shortmet, with a sourcemet, with a sourcenot evidencednot evidenced

Chilled ready meals for retail, a range that grew by 14 products this year.10

3 sources read
met, with a sourcemet, with a sourcerules it outmet, with a sourcerules it outmet, with a sourcerules it outrules it out

SYNC would leave this one alone.

Runs its own cold stores in three places: a competitor, not a buyer.11

2 sources read

The work behind these five companies.

How much SYNC read, and how many companies it judged and dropped, before it showed you anything. Bars are on a log scale. It took 34 minutes.

  1. Pages read23
  2. Sources41
  3. Companies in your market found18,400
  4. Shortlisted and judged for fit212
  5. Dropped as a poor fit204
  6. Scored on your rules8
  7. Shown here5
06

What we could not find.

Said plainly, so you know what to check.

  • We could not find how many pallets a day the Venlo hub handles.
  • No customer list is published, so the sectors are read from the three case studies only.
  • The pricing model (per pallet, per month or per contract) is not on the site.
07

What happens next.

  1. 01Tell us what we got wrongWrite to innovate@isyncso.com. A person reads it.
  2. 02In the early betaYour account starts with this in place. You check it, change what is off, and SYNC starts on your first companies.
  3. 03Approval on each messageEvery account starts with approval on each message, and a message goes out from your own mailbox. The rules SYNC works by