MANUFACTURING for product delivery . However , one of IVECO ’ s competitive advantages is their superior product time to client .
“ There are two critical advantages that we can offer to our clients through local manufacturing . The first is shorter lead time to our clients . Having the factory here with readily available components , mostly sourced locally , we are able to deliver a truck to a client in two to three months , compared to an imported truck , where the time to client could be six to nine months . Our second major advantage that we have is the customisation of our products ,” explained Bozzola .
Bozzola also went on to explain that the larger size of the Company ’ s products actually help protect their competitiveness : “ The truck industry is actually quite different from the car industry in this regard . For one thing , the size of our products definitely differentiate us . This gives us a degree of protection from imported products because of the high import costs for similar products .”
“ Basically , for every truck we make , we build to order . We rarely see the same kind of truck go through our line twice in one year . Every single truck is something different , something special . This is only possible because we customise all the orders we receive locally . If you were to import trucks at this level of complexity and personalisation , the truck wouldn ’ t be sustainable . Having the plant here allows us to do that ,” said Bozzola .
Company Information
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing
HEADQUARTERS
Dandenong South Victoria , Australia
FOUNDED
1912
EMPLOYEES
1,000
REVENUE
$ 500 Million
PRODUCTS / SERVICES
IVECO Trucks Australia manufactures and distributes light , medium and heavy commercial vehicles for the Australian road transport industry . Formerly International Harvester and International Trucks , the company has been part of Australia ’ s way of life since 1902 . IVECO Trucks Australia is wholly owned by IVECO SpA which is part of the Fiat Group based in Turin , Italy .
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