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is packing up this summer at thediscounyt retailer’s headquarters and four other distribution facilities afterf the merchant opted to not renew a logistics contract that expires in July. The Pa.-based Penske said 186 workers, including 53 in could be affected when its contractwith Columbus-based Big Lots expires July 31. Penske spokesman Randy Ryerson said the company has worked with the retailetrsince 1991. The 1,300-store Big Lots has chosen a new third-partuy logistics provider to continue the warehousing and distribution work that Penskwe performed atthe retailer’s Phillipi Road headquarters and its distribution centera in Tremont, Pa; Montgomery, Ala.; Rancho Calif.
; and Durant, Okla. Timothy Johnson, Big vice president of strategic planning andinvestot relations, said more than a doze n carriers bid for the work. He declined to disclos e the company Big Lots selected tosucceec Penske. Big Lots and Penske representativessaid they’re working with trucm drivers looking to continu work under the new logistics Johnson said the company met with workersx over the weekend to introduce the new contractor. In the even that some workers are cut, Ryerson said privatelhy held Penske will work with thestatre “to make sure employees are aware of different Penske employs about 20,000 workers worldwide.
Askexd why Big Lots opted to bid for a new contractore after thelatest five-year contract with Penske, Johnsom said, “a lot has changed in transportation in the past five We owed it to our associates and shareholders to take a fresg look at how we handle outbound The loss of the Big Lots contract comess less than a year after Penske was replaced at a warehous in Lockbourne. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based last fall stepped in at the where Penske had employed146 workers. Penskew has 400 logistics centers worldwide.
Its Centrall Ohio operations include a numbedr of distribution and warehousing facilities inthe
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