January 9, 2019
MES, Inc. has established a new business unit to facilitate its supply chain and inventory management services for European customers. The new company, Euro Metrics Sp. z o.o., is headquartered in Zielona Góra, Poland. It will operate initially from a third-party warehouse located in Chociule, Poland and managed by Schnug Polska Sp. z o.o. “The selection of this warehouse represents the next stage in a strategic plan by MES to extend its supply chain services to European customers and to North American customers doing business in the Euro marketplace,” according to Hiten Shah, Chief Executive Officer for MES, Inc. “The Schnug warehouse facility meets all of the capabilities we need for warehousing, IT system support and transportation,” Shah stated. “In addition, Schnug has proved to be very flexible and quick to react, which is aligns with our core value of meeting our customers’ expectations for fast turnaround in inventory management.” […]
December 31, 2018
Fast sourcing turnaround by Euro Metrics Sp. z o.o. allowed a lighting manufacturer, LUG Light Factory Sp. z o.o., to showcase its new lighting product at the 2018 light + building Exhibition in Frankfurt. With operations located in Zielona Góra, Poland, LUG Light Factory was seeking to launch its AVENIDA line of aluminum die cast lighting parts at light + building. These aluminum parts are used for products lighting a variety of residential and public spaces including avenues, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, promenades and residential roadways, among other applications. LUG chose Euro Metrics as the supplier in this project based on the company’s global sourcing capabilities and its proven history of short lead times for tool building. Euro Metrics managed to deliver the first AVENIDA samples within 55 days. That allowed LUG to assemble the lighting samples it needed to launch the AVENIDA product line at the Frankfurt show. The AVENIDA […]
December 27, 2018
It is that time of the year again! Along with some other charity activities and donations, MES started to prepare the list of the employees’ associated charities and the food drive to the Columbus Foodbank since the beginning of October. With the effort of MES family and the support from our CEO and CPO, we gathered 38 non-profit organizations’ information and delivered our supports successfully. MES has actively involved in various good causes and charity activities for 11 years. Charity activities and giving have been an integral part of the company culture. We will keep our good tradition and try our best to make more contributions to the community. Following are some of the charities who benefited: MyChildFund.org; Canine Companions for Independence; Nationwide Childrens; American Diabetes; Association; St Judes; James Caner Research (same as St Judes); The Wounded Warrior Project; Pets Without Parents; OSU (Learn Fund for Livescribe Learning Tools); […]
December 12, 2018
On September 23rd, President Trump initiated third set of tariffs which increased prices on almost $150 Billion worth of products in a variety of industrial sectors. There was also some military action in South China Sea which shows belligerent Chinese naval ships engaging in skirmishes with US vessels. These military actions as well as stubborn attitude by the leaders of both countries have made many executives uncomfortable with their existing supply chains. MES is continuing to receive numerous inquiries from its customers asking for solution to: 1] Avoid tariffs and costs 2] Develop temporary solutions to reduce or nullify tariff costs 3] Develop a longer-term supply chain strategy to offset impact from China based supply chains MES offers sourcing solutions from three countries to help its customers diversify supply chains away from China. These are: A] India MES has had a sourcing office in India since Oct’ 2010. It buys […]
