A global leader in agriculture, construction & forestry equipment manufacturing, John Deere has facilities in over 30 countries worldwide.
John Deere
Industry:
Equipment Manufacturing Function:
Manufacturing Center and Eurasian Spare Parts CenterSpace:
36,000 m2Occupancy:
Long-term leaseCorporate HQ:
South Gate serves as one of John Deere’s four strategic worldwide spare parts depots, which is co-located with a national manufacturing center serving Russia’s major economic areas.
Customer Challenge
- Lease of dedicated manufacturing center and external storage yard
- Lease of a consolidated Eurasian spare parts depot.
- Alignment with global corporate building specifications for manufacturing and spare parts divisions
- Achieve Global insurance underwriting compliance standards (FM Global)
- In 2015, Deere needed to re-align their real estate needs to reflect their process of continuous improvement
Radius Group Solution
- A turn-key combined manufacturing & spare parts facility with phased expansion designed to limit start-up risk & balance sheet exposure
- High security storage yard on a rolling lease basis enabling forward manufacture of buffer stocks.
- nclusion of a national training center catering to the nationwide network of dealer engineers & sales organisations.
- In 2015, Deere moved their Moscow Head Office to expanded administration facilities at South Gate and extended their lease agreements
Result
John Deere co-located multiple divisions in the fastest start up achieved from Board approval to opening in the company’s history. The state of the art spare parts depot supports the imperative of single day Russia-wide delivery. As of 2015 Deere’s head office management functions now sit side by side with those for manufacturing and spare parts