LDV puts vans on a short lead VAN MANUFACTURER LDV
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aims to win more business by cutting delivery time from six weeks to four.
The company has spent £48m on its Birmingham factory since it was bought by Russian manufacturing giant GAZ last year (CM 3 July 2006). Production has doubled to 300 Maxus vans per week, with sales matching this as the vans are only built to order. The factory has taken on 75 extra staff and a spokesman reports that productivity (calculated on vans produced per employee) has increased by 38%.
Delivery times have been cut following customer research which, according to the spokesman, showed that one thing that annoys both retail customers and fleets is the long wait for delivery once an order has been placed".
LDV sales of vans increased from 2,078 for 1 January-25 May 2006 to 3,028 in the same period of 2007.
GAZ International is owned by Moscow billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who made his initial fortune with the acquisition of Russia's biggest aluminium manufacturer.