Top 5 Benefits Of Sourcing Your Products (Like Buckwheat) in Poland

According to a 2019 B2B buyer survey, about 72% percent of buyers responded that they always or generally prefer to source locally.?While it is not always possible to source locally, the growing reality is that procurement actually prefer to source products closer to the source. Here is why Poland might be a good solution for you:

1. It Gives You Greater Control

For companies sourcing from local suppliers or closer to the origin, one of the greatest advantages is the possibility of having greater control over the purchasing process. Buyers can meet the suppliers of #buckwheat or #millet on regular basis, their quality teams can audit the potential suppliers without planning costly and long (overseas) trip.?

The further away you are from your product of interest, the less control you have. Face-to-face visits of your Polish supplier will allow you to address any concerns and ensure all products meet your quality standards.

2. Reduces Your Delivery Costs

Another advantage of sourcing your product in Poland is our location. We are located in the East-Central part of Europe, where deliveries to the farthest place in our continent take maximum few days by truck. Another factor is that Poland belongs to EU community where food products can move freely across the borders within Schengen zone, because they fall under?common EU rules.

On the other hand, buying products from outside of Europe is a long and very costly process. Bloomberg?reports that sea freight rate between China and the UK gone up by over 350% in the past year.

Container freight rates will remain elevated throughout most of 2022, says McKinsey.

Meanwhile, the?time?to?transport containers?in the routes between?Asia?and?Europe?has gone from an average of 55-60 days to over 100 days in 2022.

A shorter supply chain ultimately means fewer costs related to shipment and long transit time, that can potentially save you money.

3. It Makes Dealing With Problems Easier

Imagine you imported a container of some product from Asia (or any other continent) and the product you just imported and supposed to use in your production is defective and you cannot use it. Now what? Dealing with this kind of issues is never easy and very often its a long and complicated process.

Food production isn't perfect. We all make mistakes and as a result, most industries are impacted by simple human error. When you source your product locally or very close to the origin, you don't have to worry about those distance issues. Handling the potential issues from Poland is also less problematic, can be fixed faster and can result much cheaper in the potential final costs of handling the issue.

The longer and further-reaching a supply chain is, the harder it becomes to determine who and what is involved in the process.

4. It Enables You To Build Long - Lasting Partnership

Buyers and sellers both describe high levels of trust and good communication in relationships which they consider strategic. Companies involved in long-lasting collaborations understand each other’s businesses better.

However, building trust takes time and effort. Often this means starting small, with simple collaboration efforts that well developed along the years, can later turn into a great partnership. More importantly, companies should base their relationships on information sharing and transparency, and on establishing communication as a foundation of their link.

5. Sourcing in Poland Can Be Good For Your Community

After the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains across the world have been disrupted in many ways. Lots of companies that previously preferred to source their raw material overseas in order to save on costs are now seeking other cost-effective solutions. Then we had (still have) a negative impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the prices of most raw materials and its availability.

Sourcing in Poland not only contributes to the closer supply chain but ultimately helps you build consumer confidence in your products. When consumers buy with confidence, the business benefits from increasing positive brand awareness so customer will more likely choose your products.

Today, more consumers than ever before have been driving the food industry?by purchasing products that have "clean labels" and explain the origin of their products. It's important that food companies that are manufacturing products more sustainably are using marketing to effectively showcase those efforts and better communicate a?'farm to fork' strategy within their consumers group.