NZ Post investing in Supply Chain Solutions
New Zealand’s postal provider NZPost is partnering with e-commerce specialist company Supply Chain Solutions in order to offer its customers an end-to-end supply chain.
In a statement issued today (26 July), NZ Post has confirmed that it has acquired 50% of Supply Chain Solutions which will remain a standalone business, run by its founder Brad Lindsay and its existing management team.
Commenting on the tie-up, NZ Post’s Executive General Manager Investments and Ventures, Norbert Bojarski, said: “Supply Chain Solutions is a strong investment for NZ Post, providing market leading eCommerce fulfilment services to businesses operating domestically and with import and export operations – this includes providing warehousing, picking, packing and shipping solutions for customers.
Bojarski continued: “eCommerce is the future for NZ Post, and providing end-to-end logistics and delivery to support eCommerce businesses to grow makes sense for us. Partnering with Supply Chain Solutions will allow us to provide an end-to-end supply chain for our customers. We also have strong alignment of our core values.”
Supply Chain Solutions’ Lindsay added: “We’re very proud to be partnering with NZ Post. It’s important to us that we continue to be Kiwi owned, and with NZ Post as a shareholder we know we are working alongside a trusted and historic New Zealand business, that’s been around for over 180 years. Like NZ Post, we are deeply customer centric, our customers exist at the centre of everything we do. Between us, we are looking forward to supporting local eCommerce businesses to succeed.”