17.06.2011

Lavendon sets up new product group

UK based Lavendon Access Services, which includes Nationwide Platforms, Panther and EPL Skylift, has established a new product committee to evaluate new products for its fleet.

The company’s UK fleet currently includes around11,500 aerial lifts with plans for significant capital expenditure planned for 2012. The committee is made up of a cross section of Lavendon’ s management team and has the aim to “offer potential suppliers a clear path into Lavendon Access Services”. The new product committee will meet on a quarterly basis and suppliers will be invited to the meetings in order to demonstrate their new powered access products.

Richard Miller, managing director for sales and marketing, said: “We’re intending to significantly increase our investment from 2012, therefore forming this NPC is the first step in preparing us for this increased capital expenditure. We believe this approach will enable us to specify the best and most appropriate powered access products available to us today in the market place.”
If you/your company have any new powered access products you feel would be of interest to Lavendon, you can email Jayne Shelton [email protected] If the company feels that the product could be suitable for its future procurement plans you will be invited to the next scheduled meeting in order to showcase/demonstrate your product.

Vertikal Comment

This idea is not new, several of the large general rental companies hold similar meetings to which they invite possible suppliers. However many of those tend to be hard for new suppliers to get into and often lack a clear focus or clear decision making process.

Lavendon only concerns itself with aerial work platforms and it sounds as though the committee will not be overall large or unwieldy. It could therefore prove to be a very useful tool for the company and potential suppliers, especially smaller ones who may daunted by the size of Lavendon.

It will be very interesting to see how it develops.