Accu has reinvested a significant proportion of its 2020 profits into a new logistics system, to help customers bring innovations to market more quickly.
By offering a premier next day delivery service – named AccuPro – for orders made before 7.15pm Accu is improving the reliability of its delivery as part of plans to create a more sustainable supply network.
Speaking about the reasons behind the changes, Martin Ackroyd, co-founder of Accu, said: “During the pandemic, many manufacturers around the world ‘pivoted’, which led to an exponential increase in innovation. Engineers were able to cut through needless red tape and move much more quickly than they ever had before.”
“Now, manufacturers appreciate that such speed is key to embracing new opportunities and bringing things to market profitably. Rapid prototyping is therefore crucial to the development process of new products – which is why we’ve invested in our shipping service. We aid manufacturers in bringing new innovations to market quickly. During prototype phases, clients lean on our inventory of 500,000 specialist parts, which can be shipped by the next day, ready to be engineer tested.”
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