SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT

New Perth RDC brings teams together

By Trevor Matz | Regional HSE Manager, Western region

Parminder Singh Pannu in the purpose-built Perth facility.

Following years of planning and months of building, the Perth team took just three days to move the entire store from its existing building into the new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC).

The move was coordinated on the ground by Courtney Tucker and Stacey Latter, Warehouse Supervisors, under the leadership of Francis Blackburn, Parts Manager, and supported by a cross-functional team led by Paul Anscombe. They were assisted by Jayne Matthews, Parts Administrator, and needed the help of many others for the move to be successful. Over a three-day weekend, team members made themselves available to assist, ranging from technicians, MRC staff and service team members to Karratha regional office staff. Full-time RDC staff showed everyone the ropes, teaching others how to locate products on the shelves and get them through to the dispatchers – all while working to continue to meet customer demand. Bill Parker, Service Manager, worked multiple night shifts, Danni Pietsch, Branch Manager, became familiar with the pallet wrapping machine, while Paul Jackson, Area Director, and Trevor Matz, Regional HSE Manager, assisted following the transition, picking and packing products needed to keep the business running smoothly. It was a significant achievement, and the RDC team is grateful to all those who gave up their time to play a vital part of this critical effort to bolster parts availability in the Western region. The business is enormously grateful to the RDC team, which is the backbone of parts distribution in the Western region. The facility is impressive, showcasing a state-of-the-art loading bay and new electric vehicles to transport parts between the two sites.

The safety, health and wellbeing of our people was at the forefront during the entire build and transition.