AirLiance Materials has announced today that it is in the process of moving its operations into two new locations: a state-of-the-art headquarters, sales, customer support and fulfillment facility in Chicago and an additional sales and customer support facility in Jupiter, Fla. The Florida facility is scheduled to go on-line in late July and the headquarters facility is slated to begin operations in August.
According to David Sisson, CEO of AirLiance, both the headquarters move and new facility addition was necessitated by the company's consistent growth over the last six years. The company has reported double-digit growth year over year since 2002.
“Concurrently, we've seen the need for greater and more 'specialized' program and inventory provisioning strategies and support," said Sisson. "By expanding our operations into interdependent centers, we're confident that we'll be in a better position to meet our customers' future needs and help them further improve efficiencies over time."
One of the main benefits of moving its headquarters and warehousing facility to a new, specially modified facility (it remains in the Chicago area just minutes from O'Hare International Airport) is a significant gain in space efficiency. The new multi-million dollar facility, which has 161,000 square feet of warehouse space, is being equipped with high density stocking capability that will increase the company's available space for stocking support by nearly 35 percent.
Serving as the fulfillment center for AirLiance's global operations, the headquarters facility will link 100 percent of its certified and ready-to-ship inventory to its industry leading e-commerce system, allowing customers true visibility into exactly what is on the company's shelf any given minute 24/7.
Currently, the world's leading airlines utilize AirLiance to meet a number of parts provisioning challenges, ranging from AOGs to long-term fleet-specific provisioning strategies.
The new Florida based facility will enlarge the sales and sourcing organization and will initially focus its efforts on engine products and services. Headed up by AirLiance COO Roscoe Musselwhite, the Jupiter, Fla., based facility will concentrate on further developing the company's offerings in support of virtually all engines commonly flown on regional, standard, and wide body aircraft. In addition to strengthening the organization's support of engine parts and regional sales activities, the new facility will also be involved in developing a whole asset acquisition and disposition portfolio to enhance core supply chain strategies.
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