Ford opens large parts distribution centre in Bangkok

Ford Motor Company on Friday announced the official opening of a new Bt100 million parts distribution centre (PDC) on Bangkok’s Bangna-Trad road to help support the company’s servicing of customer vehicles more efficiently and effectively.
Leveraging advanced technology, including Ford’s proprietary PANDA Warehouse Management System (WMS), the new PDC has full access to Ford’s parts inventory across all nine Asia-Pacific markets to locate and retrieve parts, enhancing the availability of any service part needed, the company said in a press release.
Boasting a modern, rectangular design that fully optimizes the PDC’s operational area for logistics efficiency, the new facility stocks over two million parts and over 38,000 stock-keeping units within its 26,000 square-metre storage space. The area can be extended to 79,000sm in the future to support growth.
The PDC optimises parts storage and distribution to Ford’s growing nationwide dealer network and their customers.
“This new Parts Distribution Center further enhances our ability to efficiently service customer vehicles at Ford dealerships across the country by storing a vast amount of parts that are required for both preventive maintenance and general repairs and service for all models,” said Narong Sritalayon, deputy managing director, Ford Thailand.
“Being fully integrated into our Asia Pacific parts inventory network helps ensure the seamless delivery of any required parts.”
Enhanced design features of the new PDC also include a 9-metre-high selective racking system, a multi-level mezzanine to enable efficient storage across the bin shelf, and optimal facility floor space providing quick access to spare parts.
Multiple loading docks across the facility enable a consistent flow of trucks and containers that keep the new PDC fully stocked and able to meet customer demand both in Thailand and throughout the ASEAN region, said the press release.