As the biggest Parts Distribution Centre for JLR in Asia Pacific, it will facilitate the expansion of sales and service network in the Chinese market and rapid response to the dealers and customers' parts ordering in China. JLR China management members, government officials, representatives of partners and JLR dealers attended the event.
Located in Suzhou, the Parts Distribution Centre covers a combined total of over 11,000 m2 across the bonded and non bonded sites and houses the parts aftermarket Customer Service and Finance teams in addition to the inbound, warehousing, scheduling and distribution functions of the business. The Distribution Centre is capable of supporting 2,000 outbound lines per day. The business will support approximately 42,000 part numbers across the sites.
"Sales of our vehicles in China have been growing rapidly over recent years. For Land Rover, China is now established as our fifth‑largest market in the world. The facilities have been developed to incorporate the projected growth in the China market over the coming years. " said Mr. Chris Brown, Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover China at the opening." We will continue to expand the network in the future and enhance service quality and customer satisfaction. The establishment of JLR Parts Distribution Centre demonstrates our long‑term commitment to the Chinese market. " The Parts Distribution Centre is the sole import point for JLR aftermarket product into China. The bonded warehouse will also become the Asia Pacific hub from later this year capable of supplying multiple other JLR Asian markets including Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand and others.
JLR achieved strong growth in 2008 in China. JLR set record sales of 12，456 vehicles with a growth rate of 63%. China now operates on a fully integrated global system that includes the UK, US, Japan, Australia and South Africa allowing a high degree of coordination among the distribution centres.