The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight

7Area Old Building New Building – YarrawaTotal Site 9,952m2 48,000m2Warehouse 2,766m2 14,000m2Hardstand /Canopy1,500m2 13,000m2Office 500m2 1000m2The positives about this tin shed are many:• Better, cleaner working conditions – mothernature is not an issue anymore• Cross dock – better loading efficiency and lesshandling of freight• Canteen – our cooks (Mary, Mairie and Jo) havea spanking new canteen – as our expandingwaistlines can testify to!• Office team together on the same floor givingthe “one family” atmosphere• Parking – parking fines are a thing of the past –at last• Logistics – it’s great to have our brothers andsisters from Logistics on site.Of course the expectation now is to fill the shed,and the sales team are ready to step up and makeit happen. We have several recently signed newcustomers with many more in the negotiationstage.Our focus at this time is back to basics andquality – the main principles that made us whatwe are today.We have really beefed up our investment in thetraining and development aspect of our businesswith the very experienced Shona Taylor nowworking exclusively with our training team in thisimportant area. We have been focussing heavilyon ensuring that our operation and owner driverteams are in no doubt about the expectation thatour business has in relation to our depot systemsand the need to improve the quality of ouroperational service.Looking ahead, all over Australia we must allcontinue to strive to improve the level of servicewe provide our customers. The next year maywell prove to be a very tough one for businessesin lots of industries. One thing we are certainof though is that because of the leading level ofquality that we provide, all challenges presentedto us here at Mainfreight will be overcome.Quality and growth are our focus and with ourfantastic team and with many new servicesto offer, we are more excited than ever at ourprospects for the coming year.