John Deere's European Parts Distribution Centre has officially inaugurated its new deconsolidation and packaging facility at Bruchsal, Germany, that will help to streamline parts logistics and further enhance the supply of parts to John Deere dealers and customers throughout Europe, the CIS, Northern Africa and the Near and Middle East.
    "In light of the rapidly growing range of John Deere machines in all equipment divisions, we must continue to improve our supply of parts and merchandise," parts operations director Fritz Rheindorf said. "Against a background of increasing freight tariffs and environmental considerations, this new facility will significantly improve the flow of parts and help to avoid unnecessary parts detours."
    The new 16,000 square metre deconsolidation and packaging complex at Bruchsal will serve as a hub for incoming parts that will either complement outgoing parts shipments or be forwarded to storage areas at the facility. Due to logistics and handling improvements, the Deere expects to reduce delivery times, especially in peak harvesting seasons. The Bruchsal Parts Distribution Centre currently stores more than 200,000 part numbers in a 62,000 square meter area.
   During the past two years, Deere has invested significantly in its parts operations worldwide. In addition to establishing the new deconsolidation and packaging facility in Bruchsal, it recently opened two regional parts warehouses near Stockholm in Sweden and at Domodedovo in Russia.

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