Capture savings, fulfill orders on demand, and maximize cash flow.

Limiting risk within your supplier network often requires relying on a smaller number of trusted partners. Reducing your total number of suppliers can mean reduced complexity — leaving more time to invest in the right relationships, ensuring both parties receive the highest possible value.

Leverage the buying power of RRD and put our global relationships to work for you. Our material sourcing and inventory solutions include:

  • Supplier evaluation and selection
  • Material sourcing and planning
  • Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) programs
  • Continuity of supply
  • Supplier quality
  • Warehousing

Optimized commodity sourcing

Our global procurement team leverages a proven framework for rigorous supplier evaluation, selection, and monitoring. By progressively building a high-quality, approved vendor listing (AVL), our VMI program and daily execution deliver the flexibility for supply to meet demand.

Component supplier evaluation

Working capital enhancements to extend the cash-to-cash cycle and ensure scalability

Material sourcing and planning

Uniform quality for critical product and kit components with rapid deployment

Procurement and inventory ownership

Ensures product and kit performance meet published standards

Inbound shipment and warehouse delivery

Confirms quantity to meet production demand within specific geographies

Materials management in complex environments

RRD’s integrated software suite manages everything from inventory and product planning to procurement, logistics, and fulfillment. Our proprietary demand planning ensures precise forecasting and steady supply through:

  • Globally integrated systems for supply chain execution, order management, and any-channel fulfillment
  • End-to-end visibility of inventory, working capital, and transit logistics
  • Comprehensive traceability with lot integrity, expiration date control, and SN/ESN tracking
  • Global ODM network supporting multi-geography production
  • Recalls, RMAs, quarantined products, and inventory balancing

Warehousing and inventory management

Leverage RRD’s national and international distribution and warehousing network to save space and reduce warehousing costs. We house items with full carton storage, materials management, and logistics support.


Manage global inventory and fulfill custom orders based on individual site or customer needs with:


  • Pick and pack
  • Full carton
  • Print-on-demand items

Your sourcing opportunity roadmap

RRD deploys proven models to help capture program savings while supporting open-market bidding, maintaining supplier profiles, and leveraging analytic insights.

We help you answer the big questions:

  • Where are my biggest cost-saving opportunities?
  • What items are best suited for conversion to on-demand vs. in-stock?
  • What materials should be standardized?
  • Which materials have alternatives with greater availability?
  • Which items can be ordered together to reduce production costs?
  • Who are my highest performing suppliers?
  • What items require regulatory or compliance approval?

Case Study

Smartphone Accessory Manufacturer’s Seamless Coordination Across Global Supply Chain

RRD’s vertically integrated services improve client’s flexibility in responding to channel demand.

READ THE CASE STUDY

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