The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
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22<br />
<strong>Mainfreight</strong> Express Lines – Sylvia Tsai<br />
Logistics Assignment<br />
One afternoon, end of 2006, with big joy Aubery<br />
and I walked out lease office of that big blue<br />
building in where we just signed up the future<br />
office for Hong Kong team. Our office was so<br />
packed by now. We needed a bigger place.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new site is 100m3 bigger in space in that<br />
we can add in more or less 13-15 work stations,<br />
in the consideration of the expectation growth in<br />
the coming 3 years, excluding the future<br />
acquisition of business in America. Came<br />
along a huge bonus that we will have a<br />
panoramic view of Victoria Harbour and old<br />
airport, at no extra spending. Just nice.<br />
best to carry on business forward. At times,<br />
they stopped and contributed their time and<br />
efforts in preparing the members to adapt to the<br />
idea to move and work in a new neighbourhood;<br />
besides taking after business hours to plan the<br />
logistics for the big day.<br />
As soon as the operation server was shut down<br />
on Friday night, a major <strong>Mainfreight</strong> logistics<br />
work began. All the young leaders were given a<br />
role here or there to monitor and to help the<br />
removal plan be carried out flawlessly.<br />
And it was. By 3.00pm on Saturday, the rest of<br />
the team came in new location and happily<br />
found they could almost start working as usual<br />
except they needed to unpack their own boxes<br />
and positioned personal tools in place.<br />
<strong>The</strong> work of renovation commenced at no time<br />
as soon as the space is released to us. <strong>The</strong> big<br />
day is Saturday, 30 March. No time can be<br />
wasted. <strong>The</strong> electricians are the first group<br />
started the work, followed the carpenters. As<br />
the work moved forward, the feelings of anxiety<br />
and excitement merged in the air in the office. It<br />
was the favourite topic in everyone’s daily<br />
conversation over the weeks.<br />
Aubery and her administration team were hiring<br />
service, shopping furnitures, more printers and<br />
new phone system at the best deals; our<br />
operation teams and sales were performing their<br />
<strong>Mainfreight</strong> Express Lines (Hong Kong and<br />
Shenzhen) just released the 06/07 results, in<br />
that we made 20% growth on profit than the<br />
year before, but is 2% short on the expectation.<br />
For next round, we target to make 25% more.<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore, my dear fellow branch managers, the<br />
answer is NO to any request of more discount,<br />
rebate…<br />
Big thanks must go to our young leaders and<br />
hard working team, together they turned a big<br />
task to a simple job.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are true blue.<br />
Aubery Cheung - Administration and Finance<br />
Gary Lau - Air Freight Sales/Operation/Document<br />
Jouann Lee - Seafreight Green (Import, USA &<br />
new trades)<br />
Elton Poon - Sales team<br />
Friendy Yuen - Seafreight Red (AU/NZ/Europe)<br />
Patrick Liu, Office Manager to Shenzhen branch