SUPPLY CHAIN for our people , ensuring a career path for them . There are many more development opportunities now .”
Thanks to the owners of the company remaining the same , integration proved less difficult than for many other companies . The family owned the land , built property upon it , and the business – and client base – grew around that . The development of the business came from customer demand ; if a valued customer requested something that MON Logistics didn ’ t previously offer , the company simply added a new branch of the business .
“ For example , clients were supportive of the idea of us introducing a container yard , and consequently , we did that ,” explains Thrane . “ Same thing with the warehouse business . We were asked if we had property in a specific place that a customer wanted to build a warehouse on , we said yes , and it grew from there .
“ The only element that was truly planned is the brokerage business , which was a necessary go-between for full integration . Offering that service now as an integrated part of an asset-based provider opens up the opportunity for us to have less waste and create a greater client experience .”
Thrane ’ s company operates under the core values-acronym SAFE – Safety , Accountability , Focus , and Excellence . It has been running beneath this banner since 2011 , but relaunched this year with a more defined interpretation of those values . MON has around 1,000 lorries on the road at any given time , making
1850
Number of employees at Mon Logistics Group
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