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EUROPE with the strong eagerness on driving process improvements . You need to also remember to be reliable when collaborating with your vendors .
“ The biggest advantage for LPP is that we can react at a fast pace to cope with any environmental changes . When expansion was booming in Russia three years ago , we set up a distribution centre in Moscow and created a separate supply chain model for the reason of strengthening reaction against the market demand and to bring stock closer to the end customer .”
“ A year and a half ago , when the political and economic situation in Russia deteriorated , we were able to very smoothly balance what we were bringing out in the Russian market directly , and what we bring to the other countries . So we were just very dynamic with goods between the countries where we operate .”
Jacek Kujawa , Vice President of the Board at LPP , adds : “ More than ever before , excellence in supply chain and logistics is about bringing the real contribution into the revenue growth and enhancing customer
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