SupplyChain Magazine July 2015 | Page 101

AUSTRALASIA better year-over-year by leveraging its lean set-up and exposure to high growth industries such as fashion , retail and technology , to name a few . In general , supply chain management tools are designed to be the best possible fit for Damco ’ s customers . “ Everything we do is driven by the customer ’ s voice always being the centre of our attention ,” Mr . Civardi added .
What the future holds The future looks very prosperous for Damco . The company has a five-year development plan that will expand into areas of air , ocean and domestic services including VAS ( value-added
services ) and contract logistics in order to increase its market share and overall volume of services .
“ Damco in 2020 will be a firm even more lean and balanced than today , as we aim to have equal weight in air and ocean business as we have in supply chain management products today . To progress on this route , VAS and contract logistics are key domestic products which will help to enable our strategy of serving customers from an end-to-end perspective ,” said Mr . Civardi . So far , the company is managing this goal quite well .
“ It ’ s very important for us to crosssell air and ocean services to our
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