GE Supply Logistics Opens New Irving, Texas Headquarters.Business/Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.020603/bb7 SHELTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2003 GE Supply Logistics, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of GE Supply, the electrical products distribution business of the General Electric Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : GE), has opened its new headquarters, sales and distribution center in Irving, Texas. The GE Supply unit provides supply chain management solutions and inventory logistics management programs for "C" class commodity parts to the aerospace industry, and commercial and industrial OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and users. It employs nearly 400. According to GE Supply Logistics President and General Manager Jason Jones, the Irving headquarters consolidates operations from Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. , and Carrollton and Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. . The 82,000 square foot facility is located in Freeport Industrial Park, adjacent to Dallas/Ft.Worth International Airport, off Interstate 635. The new headquarters consolidates GE Supply Logistics' Business Leadership Team, Aerospace Distribution "Center of Excellence" (COE See common operating environment. ), and an Industrial & Commercial Branch. The Irving warehouse features 30-foot high racking with advanced product put away and picking processes, helping to maintain inventory accuracy and expediting customer shipments. Its quality department has also been redesigned and expanded, enhancing the efficiency and precision of incoming material inspections and expediting customer shipment turnaround. "With our Aerospace COE in Irving and Industrial COE in Chicago complementing 30-plus full service branches across North America, we offer customers unmatched value and service," Jones says. "The additional space in our new Irving facility will also allow us to support significant growth in the aerospace industry." About GE Supply Logistics GE Supply Logistics provides supply chain management solutions and inventory logistics management programs for small commodity parts to the aerospace industry, commercial and industrial users, and OEMs. It is an operating unit of GE Supply, the international electrical, voice and data products distribution business of the General Electric Company. Based in Irving, Texas, GE Supply Logistics can be reached at 972-915-0800 or via its Web site: www.gesupplylogistics.com Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.020603/bb7 |
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