KYIV. Feb 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Ukrainian representative office of GEFCO Group, one of the leaders in the field of international logistics, has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Konica Minolta in Ukraine for providing logistics services for a three-year period.
According to GEFCO, partnership relations between the two companies began in 2016 with a pilot project on warehouse logistics.
“A dialogue between the companies began with the issue of providing storage facilities in Kyiv. Later it turned out that the solution of this problem was considered by the management of Konica Minolta Ukraine as part of the strategy of transforming its supply in the market. The detailed analysis revealed those parts of the supply chain, the improvement of which would enable the company to enhance efficiency in future,” GEFCO Ukraine CEO Oksana Yakovleva said.
GEFCO Group has more than 300 sites in 150 countries with a staff of 12,000 employees. In 2015 the group’s turnover was EUR4.2 billion.
Konica Minolta Ukraine is a subsidiary and an official representative of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. The company specializes in business consulting, implementation and management of workflow systems.