MCALPINE HUSSMANN
Supply Chain Digital talks to Calum Laird , Supply Chain Transition Manager at McAlpine Hussmann , about the company ’ s bold supply chain evolution
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T he modern company is only as good as its supply chain . Once the province of a monthly meeting by the accounting department - and otherwise left to the attention of a warehouse manager or individual department heads – supply chain management has undergone a radical transformation over the past decade . Driven by a global rise in ecommerce demand , a heightened need for efficiency and the increased potential for technology like AI and cloud computing , the supply chain space has rapidly become a key differentiator between successful companies and those destined for obsolescence .
Founded in the mid 1930s , New Zealand-based commercial refrigeration solutions provider McAlpine has been providing industry-leading services to the region for more than 85 years . Now a part of Hussmann Inc and owned by Panasonic , McAlpine Hussmann is undertaking a series of bold initiatives to digitally transform and radically modernise its supply chain .
AUGUST 2020