CLICK TO WATCH:‘ INNOVATION AT THE HEART- ABHY MAHARAJ, NEWCOLDS GLOBAL CCO & COO’
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Speaking to Supply Chain Digital at the company’ s Wakefield site, Abhy Maharaj, Global Chief Commercial Officer & Chief Operating Officer, stresses just how vital technology has become to NewCold.“ At the heart of NewCold is technology and we always operate with the customer in mind. What makes us different is the way in which we leverage technology to deliver solutions for our customers,” he explains.“ Take Big Data for instance, when NewCold thinks about automation or about its customers and services— that starts with data. We understand
the data, its value and how to build the logistical business around it. All of our sites are 80-90 % automated and you won’ t find anything else close to that all over the world.”
Maharaj lives and works at NewCold’ s Asia Pacific headquarters in Melbourne. Still relatively fresh into the role having joined in July 2019, Maharaj believes that NewCold’ s key focus on customercentricity was an important factor on his decision to join the firm.“ When I looked at the model, it was breath-taking because it centered around automation and getting large volumes of product
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