The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
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24<br />
Floods seem to follow the Owens Auckland<br />
team around. At the time of writing the<br />
Auckland team are recovering from what<br />
can only be described as close to tidal wave<br />
proportions (600,000 litres rushing into<br />
Southdown Lane in one hour).<br />
and urgency to get things done or just plod<br />
away. In typical <strong>Mainfreight</strong> fashion the Owens<br />
Auckland team pulled together to ensure that<br />
their business continued to function as normal<br />
despite operating out of two buildings. Well<br />
done Kevin Babbington and team.<br />
On 24 April our small Ashburton team moved<br />
from the shed they had occupied for a number<br />
of years to brand new facilities in Tinwald, a<br />
suburb five minutes south of the old depot.<br />
This, again, reinforces the <strong>Mainfreight</strong><br />
commitment to our customers, especially in<br />
mid-Canterbury, to provide the best facilities<br />
possible to move freight quickly and without<br />
damage.<br />
Kate Woolley and her team are excited about<br />
the possibilities the new building brings in terms<br />
of quality and growth.<br />
Special thanks to Ruka Kahaki, Gary Potatu and<br />
Darryl Reid who, with very little time to react to<br />
the flood, managed to save a huge amount of<br />
damage to freight and forklifts. Unfortunately a<br />
number of cars and trucks couldn’t be moved in<br />
time.<br />
Thanks also to Paul Wright and the Daily Freight<br />
Auckland team for helping out at the drop of a<br />
hat. This allowed Owens to continue operations<br />
without missing a beat.<br />
Reaction to events like these will tell you how<br />
good a team is, whether they have the passion<br />
We are already through the first half of the<br />
calendar year with all of us commenting on<br />
how fast the year is going. We all need to be<br />
conscious of moving at pace, making decisions<br />
quickly and working with the intensity that our<br />
business demands.<br />
In tough times we need to focus on the basics<br />
of reviewing our costs and finding efficiencies in<br />
everything we do.<br />
Above all is our commitment to the continuing<br />
process of doing it better today than we did it<br />
yesterday.