Sanitary ware and tile sourcing for Senegal
LIFA coordinated a consolidated building-material shipment to Senegal, reducing breakage from 6% to 0.8% and maintaining the project budget.
- The buyer
- A Senegalese developer in Dakar completing a 96-unit mid-range residential complex.
- The product scope
- Bathroom sanitary ware (96 bathroom sets) and ceramic wall/floor tiles (~9,500 m²).
What needed to change?
Breakage in transit averaged 6% on prior imports; quality varied between batches; fragmented suppliers complicated logistics and inspection.
How LIFA managed the work
We shortlisted 10 suppliers with quality-grading criteria separating firsts from seconds.
We specified export packaging: corner guards, foam interleaving, and wooden crates for sanitary ware.
We planned a consolidated 3-container shipment via Dakar port with transshipment handling.
We arranged third-party inspection at loading.
Consolidated shipment delivered; breakage 0.8% versus 6% prior; project completed on budget with a 2-week schedule buffer; replacement orders eliminated.
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What this project shows
Product grading alone could not solve transit losses. Export packaging and inspection at loading were essential parts of the buying specification.
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