Compiled by Patrick Avenell
Built around streamlined processes and modern technology, Electrolux's spare parts facility in Adelaide gives real insight into what goes on behind the Australian operations of this mammoth global brand.
Current.com.au went inside the blue and white walls to take a look…
Electrolux’s Beverley warehouse and spare parts facility is unmistakable for the signage and blue and white motif on the exterior.
A worker at the vertical carousel picking parts from one of 50,000 locations.
Every part is logged in the computer system: this image shows both a worker looking up a part and the enormous size of the facility.
Chris Chilcott, Electrolux national logistics and spare parts manager, demonstrating how a part is logged through the system for shipment to the consumer, via the retailer or technician.
These boxes are for Electrolux’s mid-size approved after sales service groups – they ship daily with parts and accessories for their customers.
Within this cage is Electrolux’s repairs division, where appliances are fixed for return or resale on the seconds market.
Chilcott was particularly proud of these two forklifts: the one on the left is for reaching storage 8 metres high, the one of the left is a bespoke appliance carrier.
Walls of packed up washers and dryers ready for shipment to the several states.