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FM Logistic sets up base in Vietnam to reinforce its position in Asia
True to its "Ambition 2022" strategic plan, FM Logistic confirms its development strategy in Asia’s developing countries by setting up base in Vietnam thereby supporting its historical customer, Auchan Retail. This new set up confirms its established strategy of long-term investment in emerging countries, following China in 2004, in 2013 in Brazil and India in 2016.
Geographical development to support Auchan Retail group international development
In order to support its customer’s ambitious development plan in Vietnam, FM Logistic has launched a 5 000 m² tri-temperature logistics site in Bắc Ninh - 20 km from Hanoi. This site will supply all Auchan stores in the northern half of the country (hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores).
In parallel, the local team is preparing the setup of a new site in Ho Chi Minh City planned in 2018.
"Setting up a modern logistics system will allow us to have products more readily available in our stores and guarantee a high-quality cold chain" states Christian Autié, Efficiency Director of Auchan Retail in Vietnam.
A long-term development plan in Vietnam
"In line with group strategy, our objective is to become one of the leading logistics providers on the Vietnamese market by 2020 and to develop collaborative solutions, creating added-value for our customers" explains Stéphane Descarpentries, Director of Operations in Asia for FM Logistic.
Vietnam has over 90 million inhabitants and one of the strongest economic growth rates in South-East Asia. Urbanisation, the development of retail and e-commerce will accelerate the professionalization of logistics.
Following its strategy of accompanying the market shifts and leveraging future growth, it was key to FM Logistic to enter the market and set the foundations of the “FM Model” ahead of time: ““class A” multi-client distribution centres pooling infrastructure and resources to bring flexible and secure solutions to the Vietnamese market.
This first FM-standard structure is planned for 2019 in Hanoi with up to 50 000m² of warehousing space.
À propos de FM Logistic
1967-2017 : in 50 years, FM Logistic has become one of the international Supply Chain leaders (warehousing, transport and packing). As an independent and family-run Group, it is recognised as being expert in the consumer goods, distribution, perfume/cosmetics, manufacturing and health markets. FM Logistic is present on 3 continents and in 5 business-activity zones (Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America) with over 23 300 staff members and over a billion in revenue, 63 % of which is made internationally. The Group is a pioneer in effective solutions for the future of the supply chain, spearheading concepts such as “pooling” (shared management of transport and logistics resources) and Collaborative Routing Centres (multi-client and multi-supplier flow pooling). In partnership with manufacturers, FM Logistic has also developed innovations for the warehouse of tomorrow (AGVs, drones, robots, the utilisation of Big Data…) and supports start-up incubation projects that are inspired by the collaborative economy and applied to warehousing and transport. Being attentive to new consumer patterns, FM Logistic developed CityLogin, the green solution to logistic requirements for the last mile of delivery in Rome, Madrid and Paris, and soon to be in Milan, Warsaw and Moscow.
For further information: www.fmlogistic.com
