Brightstar Raises The Bar On Third Party Logistics Services

March 27, 2013 - PRLog -- Brightstar started operating in New Zealand in April 2008, after winning the contract to outsource Telecom’s retail product supply chain (mobile phones, broadband routers and home phones etc.). Since then they have expanded their services across multiple industries. Brightstar New Zealand employs over 80 full-time staff, plus temporary contractors to assist with seasonal demand and their warehouse facility provides 5,000 square metres of capacity, strategically located near Auckland Airport. On average, Brightstar fulfils 35,000 business to consumer and 80,000 business to business units per month with their busiest day topping 40,000 units. Brightstar’s goal is to bring world class supply chain solutions and services to the New Zealand market place, raising the bar on supply chain performance and driving increased value for their customers at highly competitive pricing.

At Brightstar they offer services stretching right across the supply chain, from product sourcing, third party logistics, retail marketing and customer care and they believe that they are the best end-to-end supply chain solutions provider in New Zealand. They are a subsidiary of Brightstar Corp, a Miami, Florida based, privately held company with USD $6 billion in annual revenue and presence in 53 countries across six continents.

Brightstar New Zealand has a specialised IT team of eight people who support, develop and configure solutions to customer requirements, as well as further development hubs based throughout the Asia Pacific region. Centralised Production Support is strategically based in Melbourne, Australia. This enables them to provide efficient delivery of new solutions and innovations for their customers, whilst serving to lower costs.

Brightstar’s technology platform is based on carefully selected best-in-class systems, using globally standardised infrastructure and applications that are then tweaked for local requirements. This allows them to develop best practices and shared learning’s whilst having local market flexibility and customisations.

As a market leader with global operations, the team at Brightstar accept the responsibility that comes with their position and believe that it is important to give back to the local, national and global communities in which they operate. To this end, Brightstar supports communities through partnerships, sponsored programmes and corporate giving. They also see the potential for using mobile technology as a platform for providing access to knowledge and therefore enabling richer and more fulfilling learning experiences. The primary focus of Brightstar’s corporate social responsibility programmes has been children’s education initiatives and the betterment of communities in terms of social issues, such as AIDS, literacy and other causes. They are committed to advancing education, strengthening communities and improving peoples’ lives.

For more information on Brightstar, visit their website at http://www.brightstarcorp.co.nz