General Motors Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil Parts Distribution Facility

The General Motors Sorocaba logistics center, officially known as Centro Logístico Chevrolet (Chevrolet Logistics Center), is a parts distribution facility located in the Sorocaba municipality, in São Paulo, Brazil.

• Year opened: March 5, 1995
• Operations:
  • Warehousing
  • Packaging
  • Shipping
• Facility size:
  • Physical facility size: TBD
  • 25 million individual pieces across 50,000 items
  • 49 million pieces shipped in 2014
  • Export to over 20 countries
• Address:
  Av. Gen. Motors, 129
  Sorocaba – SP
  18087-165
  Brazil
• Telefone: +55 15 3325-3932
• Employee information: TBD
• Production capacity: TBD

Operations

The GM Sorocaba facility receives, packages, segregates and dispatches Chevrolet parts produced by GM Brazil and its suppliers to the network of GM dealers, distributors, authorized service centers/workshops and other locations around globally.

The Sorocaba facility supplies both the Brazilian domestic market and countries such as Argentina, South Africa and Mexico.

According to Global Director of General Motors Post-Sales Warehouses, Renato Costa, “the mission of the Chevrolet Logistical Center is to deliver to the Chevrolet Dealership Network, the right piece, in the right time, in order to assure total customer satisfaction and sustainability.”

Awards & Recognition

The GM-Chevrolet Logistics Center at Sorocaba is recognized internationally for its excellence in the logistics area. Despite the high volumes of daily shipments, the Logistics Center maintains an expressive quality of delivery index and operates with an excellent safety index for its employees.

The modernity of the Chevrolet Logistics Center at Sorocaba can be seen in such items as the ‘Catalyst’ system and barcode scanning, which enable efficient inventory management in real time. When an in-stock part leaves the warehouse, inventory is immediately updated accordingly.

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