Eaton names CEVA Logistics as Lead Logistics Provider in Asia Pacific
25 April 2007 - 08:40 CET
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today awarded CEVA Logistics a contract to act as Lead Logistics Provider for all of Eaton's businesses in the Asia Pacific Region. Under the agreement, CEVA will manage Eaton's supply chain in the region, including warehousing in the various Asia Pacific countries, domestic road transport networks, as well as Pan-Asia Pacific distribution solutions managed from a control tower in Singapore.
"The Asia Pacific selection of a Lead Logistics Provider is the next step in our global program to nominate Lead Logistics Providers to manage our logistics globally,"said Mario Hegewald, Eaton global logistics director. "We began an intensive selection process a year ago and we look forward to working closely with CEVA as our partner in this important region."
James W. McGill, Eaton vice president - Asia/Pacific, said, "Selecting CEVA as our Lead Logistics Provider will allow us to focus on our ambitious growth plans for the region while keeping supply chain costs in control. Additionally, this partnership will allow us to reduce waste and minimize the impact of our supply chain on the environment."
"We are very pleased to be selected by Eaton for this prestigious contract in the industrial market sector," said Howard Critchley, CEVA's Managing Director for China, Australia and Southeast Asia. "The Eaton contract represents an important step in our ambitious growth plans in the Asia Pacific region and demonstrates our capability to offer complete supply chain solutions to our customers. In the last months we have started the implementation of this new contract and we will have an aggressive rollout plan to coordinate warehouses and transport networks in order to provide Eaton end-to-end visibility of their supply chain."
