Huawei
CLIENT PROFILE
Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Driven by responsible operations, ongoing innovation, and open collaboration
LOCATION
Grayston office park, Vunani park, Bryanston, Constantia, Centurion and throughout Africa
PROCESS
Cecil Nurse was requested to space-plan, design and furnish 6 Buildings based in Johannesburg, more importantly we were requested to please assist in providing the same chairs as what had been provided at their HQ in China, Shenzhen. Cecil Nurse was up against a few other office furniture suppliers, We came out on top, we were given the contact as we are the leading office furniture suppliers in Africa. We have signed a 5 year contract with Huawei South Africa.
SOLUTION
When we started the project they initially wanted a ergonomic chair with head and foot rest, we suggested the Enjoy, Vivo or DHL. The client came back to us with a picture of the IOO, as they have this in their HQ in Shenzhen, and the journey of the IOO chairs began. It took us a while to get the deal from Huawei, once the deal was secured it was a very long process from ordering the chairs in China Shenzhen, waiting for them to be manufactured and then transported to Guangzhou to the harbour for the long trek to South Africa, once the chairs arrived at Durban harbour, they were collected by trucks and the 9 containers made their way by road to Johannesburg to be delivered to Cecil Nurse Head Office in Germiston. Once the containers were offloaded, the project took off, Cecil Nurse’s warehouse staff were super excited to learn how to assemble the new chair on the block that everyone is talking about, The novelty wore off very quickly after assembling +/-500 chairs but still pushed through, 2400 chairs made their way from our Head Office to the various locations.
RESULT
Due to the hard work put into this project, from Melanie going back and forth with China and Herbert on the phone to comfort in China every day, to our planning department, admin, service, assembling team and the delivery team the result has been tremendous, the team work put into this project was absolutely phenomenal, This volumes that we handled passing into and out the warehouse was a huge success and to get the chairs to their various locations day in and out, All of this was done with no hiccups thank you to The two Thomas’s in our service team, an absolute honour to have gentlemen like that working with your clients and sales consultants daily and absolutely none of the above would of been possible without Mr Juan Koen, his OCD tendencies were really appreciated, he has kept absolutely everything under control, from my nerves to all the paperwork to all the planning, e-mails, making sure all the assembling was going to schedule to absolutely everything and still try to keep a team going. I really appreciate everything he did to assist and to guide me every step of the way. I have learnt so much through this project and honestly could never have done it without HIM!!!!!
We are currently working on their offices now and hoping to place the order soon for 935 workstations.
