AN invites haulage tenders
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MAN has invited leading log,is:is companies to tender for a rehousing and distribution lution for the combined ERF id MAN parts operation.
Jurgen Knorpp, chief execute of MAN/ERF (UK), explains at the German truck maker is centralising its European iris operation. This entails ducing the central parts ock It holds in Germany and ttIng up regional warehouses roughout Europe. The UK will come the main regional parts ntre for north-west Europe. "This is the starting post— we have to build on this," says Knorrp. "Today we have two parts warehouses, at ERF and MAN, both separate and also differently operated."
MAN's parts distribution is currently handled by TNT. while ERF's operation remains an inhouse function based at Middlewich. Knorpp plans to centralise the two brands into one warehouse.
The entire operation could eventually be handled by a third-party contractor.