Why ASBIS?
Broad geographic coverage combined with local presence
Unlike most of our international competitors, we operate with active local presence in a number of countries across different regions. Since many of our competitors target the same markets from a number of different locations in Western Europe, we benefit from increased logistical cost efficiencies.
In particular, our broad geographic coverage, combined with our centralized structure and automated processes, results in reduced shipping costs and lower revenue collection expense, as well as a consistent marketing approach, as compared to our competitors. As a result, we have become an authorized distributor for leading international suppliers wishing to penetrate a number of fast-growing markets served by us, offering them the ability to penetrate these markets in a cost-efficient manner and through a consistent marketing approach.
Our experienced management team, combined with local expertise
Our management team consists of experienced executives. Our Chief Executive Officer has been with the Company since inception in 1990, while all of our key executives have served for longer than eight years. In addition, our subsidiary operations are managed by teams of mainly local experienced managers, which provides us with strong expertise and understanding of the diverse markets in which we operate. The Directors believe that local presence represents a significant competitive advantage for us over our multinational competitors.
Critical mass of operations
Having repeating revenues exceeding one billion U.S. Dollars and with sales in approximately 75 countries and facilities in 26 countries, we believe that we have become a strong partner for, and has improved our position with, leading international suppliers of IT components, including Intel, AMD, Seagate, Samsung, Microsoft, Hitachi, Dell and Toshiba, Acer and Lenovo in most of our regions of operation.
Thanks to our size and the scope of our regional reach, we have achieved authorized distributor status with leading international suppliers, either on a pan-European, regional, or on a country by country basis, thus enjoying a number of beneficial commercial terms and achieving agreements with respect to the distribution of products offering higher profit margins.
Price protection and stock rotation policy for inventory
As an authorized distributor for a number of leading international suppliers of IT components, we are able to benefit from certain beneficial contract terms that provide protection from declining prices or slow moving inventory. In particular, such terms allow us to return part of the inventory to the respective distributors in the event market prices decline or such inventory becomes obsolete.
In contrast, in some of the countries in which we operate, many of our major competitors tend to buy from the open market, which leaves them exposed to the risk of price changes and obsolete stock.
One-stop-shop for producers and integrators of IT equipment
We distribute a broad range of IT components, blocks, peripherals and finished products supplied by a large number of leading international suppliers. As a result, we serve as a one-stop-shop, providing complete solutions to producers and integrators of server, mobile and desktop segments in the countries in which we operate. The Directors consider this to be a significant advantage over competitors with more limited product offerings.
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We are serving over 32 000 active customers around the region of Europe, Middle East and Africa. You are kindly invited to become an ASBIS customer and benefit from the highest level of service and support.