Thursday, October 26, 2006
Warehouse promises improved Eastern service
In a move to better serve its customers in the Far East and support its own global expansion, Premier Farnell has opened a warehouse in Shanghai, in one of China's Free Trade Zones.
In a move to better serve its customers in the Far East and support its own global expansion, Premier Farnell has opened a warehouse in Shanghai, in one of China's Free Trade Zones. Branded Farnell/Newark InOne (which represents the combined efforts of Premier Farnell's European business, Farnell InOne, and US business, Newark InOne), the new warehouse will help drive a major customer service level increase for the region. John Winkie, Regional Director, Asia, Premier Farnell, explains: "The opening of the Shanghai warehouse is a crucial milestone in Premier Farnell's expansion into China, strengthening its market position and increasing its global reach still further.
On a day-to-day basis, we will see the most immediate and significant benefits of operating a warehouse from Shanghai as a result of the reduced import procedures which will enable faster and more efficient delivery of product to our customers".
The opening of the warehouse in December 2003 demonstrates how Premier Farnell's InOne businesses work together across geographic and business boundaries, to provide all customers, large or small, with the impressive back-up and support which can only come from a large, sophisticated global organisation.
It follows expansion by the Group in 2001 into Beijing and Mexico, and a Queen's Award for International Trade in 2002.
With some major blue chip clients already in the Shanghai region, such as Philips and General Electric - and many more expected to move there - Premier Farnell is now even better positioned to serve them in China, as it does elsewhere in the world.
Lynn Xu, Supply Manager at Agilent Technologies, Shanghai, comments: "Agilent gets very strong support from Farnell-Newark InOne Shanghai and with the establishment of a warehouse in the Free Trade Zone, which is just a few door steps from us, delivery is even easier and faster, and opened the possibility of implementing a VMI solution".
In a move to better serve its customers in the Far East and support its own global expansion, Premier Farnell has opened a warehouse in Shanghai, in one of China's Free Trade Zones. Branded Farnell/Newark InOne (which represents the combined efforts of Premier Farnell's European business, Farnell InOne, and US business, Newark InOne), the new warehouse will help drive a major customer service level increase for the region. John Winkie, Regional Director, Asia, Premier Farnell, explains: "The opening of the Shanghai warehouse is a crucial milestone in Premier Farnell's expansion into China, strengthening its market position and increasing its global reach still further.
On a day-to-day basis, we will see the most immediate and significant benefits of operating a warehouse from Shanghai as a result of the reduced import procedures which will enable faster and more efficient delivery of product to our customers".
The opening of the warehouse in December 2003 demonstrates how Premier Farnell's InOne businesses work together across geographic and business boundaries, to provide all customers, large or small, with the impressive back-up and support which can only come from a large, sophisticated global organisation.
It follows expansion by the Group in 2001 into Beijing and Mexico, and a Queen's Award for International Trade in 2002.
With some major blue chip clients already in the Shanghai region, such as Philips and General Electric - and many more expected to move there - Premier Farnell is now even better positioned to serve them in China, as it does elsewhere in the world.
Lynn Xu, Supply Manager at Agilent Technologies, Shanghai, comments: "Agilent gets very strong support from Farnell-Newark InOne Shanghai and with the establishment of a warehouse in the Free Trade Zone, which is just a few door steps from us, delivery is even easier and faster, and opened the possibility of implementing a VMI solution".
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