Volvo Construction Equipment expands parts distribution network in US

Volvo Construction Equipment has announced that it completed a 75,000-square-foot expansion of its Reno, Nevada, regional parts distribution center. 

According to a news release from Volvo, with North American headquarters in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, the expansion increases floor space by 125 percent and brings parts closer to construction equipment customers with increased delivery times and reduced shipping costs. A new Dedicated Delivery Service (DDS) now operates out of Reno as an exclusive carrier to expedite overnight shipments to western U.S. dealers, arriving at dealer branches by as early as 4 a.m. the next day, according to the company. 

As a result of the expansion, Volvo says that ground orders for California and the Pacific Northwest are arriving two days faster compared with shipping from the Volvo Group’s central distribution center in Byhalia, Mississippi.

“Through substantial investments, we expanded our Reno facility and refined workflows to extend this strong level of service and support to another Volvo Group brand, Volvo Construction Equipment,” says Bob Hochwarth, vice president of Volvo Group Service Market Logistics for North America.

The regional distribution center offers additional benefits:

• inventory of critical machine parts on the shelf in Reno for overnight shipping;
• parts order cut-off time extended to 4 p.m. PST; and
• cost savings to customers because more deliveries can ship via ground versus air.

“By pooling the resources of the Volvo Group, these improvements to our North American logistics network increase efficiency and provide faster response times,” says Stephen Roy, president of Region North America, Volvo CE. “Our commitment is to ensure we support machine uptime for our West Coast customers and moving parts closer to where they do business is one of the major steps.”

The expansion follows the opening of the Toronto Distribution Center in 2019. The Volvo Group parts distribution network spans eight locations in the U.S. and Canada.