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Turbomeca Establishes Logistics Hub in
Paris to Accelerate Spare Parts Delivery
Paris Air Show, 14 June 2003
A new Turbomeca Logistics Hub, now open
at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, is part of a major initiative
to speed up the delivery of critical spares and dramatically improve
the overall quality of the company’s product support.
Turbomeca’s first such hub signals a significant shift in
the company’s approach to support, which previously saw parts
distributed from factory locations in Bordes and Tarnos, both in
the south of France. The new facility, located on an airport with
non-stop flights to all corners of the globe, will reduce distribution
time to as little as 24 hours for most destinations of the world.
The company’s objective is to deliver AOG shipments from
the Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub to the international airport closest
to an operator within 24 hours. Turbomeca expects to deliver non-AOG
orders within seven days.
In establishing this new facility, Turbomeca has employed new methods
of tracking in order to reduce the time from customer order to delivery.
The company is now studying the possibility of establishing one
or two additional hubs in other regions of the world with the target
to get a world wide coverage.
The new facility is part of Turbomeca’s MORE Initiative,
an effort launched in 2002 with the objective of placing more resources
closer to operators in the field.
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Turbomeca is the leading helicopter engine manufacturer, and has
produced 49 000 turbines based on its own designs since the company
was founded. With more than 2 000 customers in over 140 countries,
Turbomeca provides a proximity service thanks to its 14 sites, 3
subsidiaries, 23 TurboSupport Centers, 32 repair centers and 90
Field representatives and Field mechanics. The Head Office is based
in Bordes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (south-west France).
Turbomeca is part of the Snecma Group, specialists in aerospace
propulsion and equipment. Microturbo, a subsidiary of Turbomeca,
is the European leader in turbojet engines for missiles, drones
and auxiliary power units.
Bettina Frey
Tel: (33) 5 59 12 55 69
Fax: (33) 5 59 12 52 00
Email: bettina.frey@turbomeca.fr
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