Kuehne + Nagel lands John Deere China deal

John Deere (China) Investment Co. Ltd., one of the world's leading manufacturers of farm equipment, has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract for the management of its national service parts distribution centre in Tianjin.

With the objectives of better serving its dealers and optimising service parts management in China, John Deere has centralised all the after-sales services in a national distribution centre in Tianjin.

In the past, its three factories located in Tianjin, Jiamusi and Ningbo, producing different types of agricultural machines, offered after-sales services to the dealers in the country separately.

In the dedicated 5,500-sqm facility, Kuehne + Nagel is responsible for the management of around 10,000 SKUs and 170,000 units of John Deere's products. Kuehne + Nagel's services include inbound transportation from the three factories to the distribution centre, inventory management, domestic distribution to the manufacturer's dealers in China as well as a series of value-added services, such as inbound receiving, quality control, labelling, pick and pack operations and order processing.

"Based on its efficient set-up, the facility will serve as the regional distribution centre for other countries in the Asia- Pacific region," Luke Gakstatter, John Deere's director of China operations.
(Source:www.cargonewsasia.com)