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• SERVEONE Invites Best Staff of Vietnam Subsidiary to Headquarters

  SERVEONE Invites Best Staff of Vietnam Subsidiary to Headquarters n  13 of the best staff members from the Vietnam subsidiary are invited to the headquarters in Korea to participate in training programs from Feb. 5th–10th.n  Sharing core values and vision of SERVEONE and enjoying various cultural experiences in Korean  Communication and competency-enhancing programs to be offered to key overseas subsidiaries such as China and Indonesia subsidiariesKing Dong-chul (Second row, right), the CEO of SERVEONE, took a photo with 13 best staff members invited from the Vietnam subsidiary at the headquarters of SERVEONE located in Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul. SERVEONE, the Number 1 MRO (maintenance, repair, and operation) company (CEO: Kim Dong-chul) invited 13 of its best people from its staff from the Vietnam subsidiary to company headquarters for the “SERVEONE Vietnam Incentive Trip in Seoul” program that ran from February 5 until the 10th. Staff members who showed the best performance in customer sales and purchase management in the past year were invited to visit SERVEONE headquarters in Gwanghwamun, Seoul and key facilities of the company, such as the logistics hub in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do. They also participated in diverse competency-enhancing training programs that share the core values of SERVEONE and cultural understanding workshops, etc. SERVEONE entered the Vietnamese market by establishing a logistics hub center in Haiphong, a major industrial city in Northern Vietnam, in 2014. Now it has 166 members on its staff, including 153 local staff members and 13 expatriates working in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City subsidiaries. The Vietnam subsidiary reached annual sales of KRW 320 billion last year, which is a staggering 30 times growth from KRW 9.8 billion in 2015. It is actively serving about 50 corporate customers, in which include local international corporations and Vietnamese businesses, as well as Korean companies that made inroads to overseas markets, such as key affiliated companies of LG, Kolon, Lock and Lock, etc., in Chang Che Industrial Complex in Haiphong, Vietnam. SERVEONE plans to expand its business bases to Da Nang in Central Vietnam to provide MRO solutions throughout Vietnam. Bui Ngoc Cuang from the Vietnam subsidiary, who participated in this program, said that “the visit to the headquarters increased our pride in working for the No. 1 MRO specialist company in Asia.” Cuang explained that “Meeting Korean colleagues in person to communicate and experience their culture helped us to gain a deeper understanding of the company’s vision.” According to a personnel member from SERVEONE, “The average age of the Vietnam subsidiary is 30. We had a young group of staff from Vietnam visiting Korea this time, all in their 20s or 30s. They are the crucial members who will lead the industry and market of Vietnam that is growing at a fast pace.” This member then added, “I hope it was a meaningful time for them as a member of the SERVEONE family who contributed to the growth of the Vietnam subsidiary with their strong sense of responsibility and diligence.” SERVEONE became the first MRO company to establish an overseas subsidiary and logistics hub in Nanjing, China, and now operates in six countries, including the U.S., European countries, Indonesia, and Vietnam. As of 2022, sales from overseas subsidiaries grew to take up about 35% (KRW 1.9 trillion) of the entire annual sales of SERVEONE (KRW 5.4 trillion). SERVEONE plans to increase its communication with global subsidiaries and overseas staff and expand its competency-enhancing programs.

  2023-02-14 more

  

• SERVEONE's Industrial Material Distribution Mall ‘SERVEONE Store’ Selected to be listed in the ‘2023 Korea Brand Hall of Fame’

  SERVEONE's Industrial Material Distribution Mall ‘SERVEONE Store’ Selected to be listed in the ‘2023 Korea Brand Hall of Fame’n Evaluated to have high industrial product category specialization tailored to corporations and businessesn Makes tailored recommendations of 80,000 key industrial products based on material specialization and purchasing expertisen Equipped with R&D, packaging, eco-friendly malls with enhanced product category specialization on top of user convenienceSERVEONE, the largest and representative MRO purchasing solution company in Korea (CEO: Kim Dong Chul), announced on the 13th that ‘SERVEONE Store’ was selected as the winning brand for the ‘2023 Korea Brand Hall of Fame’ in the industrial material distribution platform category. ‘Korea Brand Hall of Fame’ which is hosted by The Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS) and sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, evaluates brands by their ▲Management performance ▲Brand value ▲Customer satisfaction, etc. to award excellent brands. SERVEONE Store is the pinnacle of SERVEONE’S 20 years of B2B purchasing and distribution expertise and big data technology. It was highly rated as a specialized B2B platform that helps corporate customers’ efficiently purchase industrial materials and products that are most competitive based on their market prices, trade volume, and customer preferences. ▲SERVEONE, the no. 1 MRO company in Korea, presents ‘SERVEONE Store,’ an industrial product distribution mall for corporate customers and businesses. It recommends 80,000 key industrial materials by industry and category based on analysis of 7 million product big data held by SERVEONE.There are about 7 million products in SERVEONE’s accumulated product database, while 40,000 new products on average are being introduced every month and tens of thousands of transactions are being made daily. SERVEONE presents a compact range of 80,000 types of key products for each industry of customers based on the wide range of product big data. Also, it categorized the 14 most-essential consumables for corporations to enhance search convenience. In addition, the platform recommends popular products and sells exclusive products jointly developed with suppliers. It also operates an eco-friendly product mall that is essential for ESG management. SERVEONE Store also offers specialized malls with highly specialized categories. R&D Mall (G-lab) offers specialized experimental products such as reagents, glassware, measuring and analyzing equipment, etc. that are required for corporate labs in pharmaceutical, healthcare, and chemical industries. ‘Packer One,’ its packaging mall, provides a one-stop solution for packaging purchase management from custom orders to development, production, and consulting for corporations. Kim Yu-jun, the director of SERVEONE Store said, “SERVEONE Store is a B2B digital distribution platform which allows easy access purchase management as easy as shopping online, for existing customers to meet their industrial needs,” adding that “we will continue to expand our diverse and competitive product range based on our product specialization and expertise in integrated corporate purchasing service.” 

  2023-01-13 more

  

• SERVEONE signed a distribution channel partnership agreement to support small business owners and traditional markets in Gyeonggi-do

  “SERVEONE supports small business owners with its expertise in B2B distribution”SERVEONE signed a distribution channel partnership agreement to support small business owners and traditional markets in Gyeonggi-don Entered partnership with the Gyeonggi Market Revitalization Agency and the Gyeonggi Merchant Association to support small business owners.n Helped open stores in ‘V-Members’, an employee-exclusive online shopping mall for 1,300 partners.[Photo] From left to right, Yu Ho-hyeon (Executive Director, SERVEONE), Lee Chung-hwan (President of Gyeonggi Merchants Association), and Cho Sin (Gyeonggi Market Revitalization Agency)SERVEONE (CEO Kim Dong-chul), the MRO leader in South Korea, announced on the 19th that the company had signed a partnership agreement with the Gyeonggi Market Revitalization Agency and Gyeonggi Merchant Association to support Gyeonggi-do small business owners and traditional markets by expanding their distribution channels. Gyeonggi Market Revitalization Agency held the signing ceremony which Yu Ho-hyeon, executive director of SERVEONE, Lee Chung-hwan, president of the Gyeonggi Merchants Association, and Cho Sin, director of the Gyeonggi Market Revitalization Agency attended. According to the agreement, SERVEONE is going to help Gyeonggi-do small business owners open stores in ‘V-Members’, an employee-exclusive online shopping mall for 1,300 partners with 2 million employees. V-Members is an online shopping mall where any employee of SERVEONE’s partners can shop and currently, more than 10,000 items from 1,000 brands are available for 52,000 members at the lowest prices throughout the year. In addition, SERVEONE will hold a special sales offer with Gyeonggi-do traditional market gift sets in ‘V Members’ as well as provide special discounts on processed food, delivery containers, store containers, and office supplies for small business owners in OwnerHi, a specialized store operated by SERVEONE. “By introducing these new distribution channels, this agreement should benefit small business owners and traditional markets struggling with high interest rates and prices,” said Yu Ho-hyeon, executive director of SERVEONE. “We will continue to create more opportunities for small business owners and traditional markets through our business infrastructure as part of our win-win partnership program.”

  2022-12-19 more

  

• SERVEONE joined Habitat Korea to support its housing project

  SERVEONE joined Habitat Korea to support its housing projectn More than 20 employees from SERVEONE volunteered on the 24th.n The company has donated building supplies to supportthe "Building House of Hope" project since last year. [Photo] On Thursday, November 24, more than 20 employees from SERVEONE supported the Habitat Korea "Habitat School" mobile home building project. On the 25th, SERVEONE (CEO Kim Dong-chul), the largest MRO purchasing solution specialist company in Korea, announced that it had joined the Habitat Korea's mobile home building project.More than 20 employees from SERVEONE supported the project at the Humanity School located in Mokcheon-eup, Cheonan-si.As part of the sponsorship agreement signed with Habitat Korea last year, SERVEONE has donated building supplies and test kits for COVID-19 worth KRW 10 million every year to support the "Building House of Hope" project. The employee volunteers helped build mobile wooden houses called "HEI Home" with supplies donated by the company. The houses will be available to families affected by disasters or those in poor living conditions."We are going to join various social responsibility programs to support our local community as part of our ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) commitment," said the spokesperson from SERVEONE. Meanwhile, the company established a packaging technology R&D center for the first time in the industry in February 2020 in order to develop innovative and eco-friendly packaging solutions under its 3R (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, Replacement) vision. SERVEONE has also been working with its manufacturing partners to enhance the supply of eco-friendly materials and support their ESG programs.

  2022-11-25 more

  

• SERVEONE Donated 960,000 Masks to Korean Red Cross Daejeon-Sejong Chapter

  SERVEONE Donated 960,000 Masks to Korean Red Cross Daejeon-Sejong Chapter■ SERVEONE donated 960,000 and 95,000 masks to Korean Red Cross Daejeong-Sejong Chapter and Jongno-gu Office, respectively.■ SERVEONE also donated building supplies to Home Building Project by Habitat for Humanity Korea as part of its CSR program. [Photo] SERVEONE employees delivered 960,000 masks to Korean Red Cross Daejeon-Sejong Chapter on Friday, October 28 to support local welfare facilities and volunteer activities.Monday, October 31, 2022.   Dong Chul Kim, CEO of SERVEONE – the largest MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operation) solution provider in South Korea – announced that it had donated over one million masks to Korean Red Cross Daejeon-Sejong Chapter and Jongno-gu Office.The company delivered over one million masks consisting of 960,000 disposable masks and 95,000 KF94/80 masks to Korean Red Cross Daejeon-Sejong Chapter and Jongno-gu Office, respectively, to support their volunteer activities for the prevention of COVID-19 this winter."We donated masks to help the local community deal with the re-spread of COVID-19 and influenza outbreaks," said Lee Sang-won, Managing Director of SERVEONE. "We will continue to support local community and participate in donations to fulfill our social responsibility."Korean Red Cross Daejeon-Sejong Chapter will use these masks for volunteer activities and its social welfare facilities in Daejeon and Sejong. "This kind of charitable donation makes a big difference. We are going to deliver them to low-income families and the homeless as well as social welfare facilities and groups," said Kim Jeong-ju, Secretary General of Korean Red Cross Daejeon-Sejong Chapter.SERVEONE, a leading MRO enterprise in South Korea, provides an IT-based supply solution from consulting service to management for operating resources (MRO materials, sub-materials) to corporate clients.Since the company signed a CSR partnership agreement with Habitat for Humanity Korea in 2021, it has donated building supplies and fixtures and COVID-19 test kits worth KRW 10 million to support the Home Building Project every year.

  2022-10-31 more

  

• SERVEONE Launched an Online Industrial Material Supply Platform, SERVEONE STORE

  Corporate Purchase in the eCommerce Era as Easy as Online ShoppingSERVEONE Launched an Online Industrial Material Supply Platform, SERVEONE STORE■ The new B2B supply platform is fully optimized for corporate clients and operators and enables online purchase management. ■ 80,000 industrial materials are recommended based on big data analysis of 7 million items and extensive expertise in the MRO industry. ■ Online malls are dedicated to R&D, packaging materials, and eco-friendly items with specialized product categories.[Photo] SERVEONE, Korea's leading MRO solution provider, launched SERVEONE STORE, an industrial material supply platform for corporate clients and operators on October 25. It offers recommendations on 80,000 industrial materials by industry and category based on big data analysis of 7 million items.On October 25, Dong Chul Kim, CEO of SERVEONE, a leading MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operation) solution provider in South Korea, announced that it has just launched an industrial material supply platform, SERVEONE STORE.SERVEONE STORE is a B2B supply platform that offers the most competitive products based on market price, trading volume, and preferences with its expertise accumulated over 20 years as well as AI and big data technology.SERVEONE's product database contains over 7 million items, including an average of 40,000 new items added every month and tens of thousands of transactions every day. Based on big data analysis, SERVEONE STORE presents 80,000 items selected by category and industry. The most-needed consumable parts are divided into 14 categories to enhance client's search options. In addition to recommendation of popular items by industry, products developed in collaboration with major manufacturers are exclusively sold at the store. It also operates an eco-friendly product center to support corporate ESG management.The store also has specialized malls with improved product categories. The R&D Mall (G-lab), in particular, provides experimental products such as reagents, glassware, and measuring and analytical systems for pharmaceutical companies, healthcare and chemical industries, as well as corporate R&D centers. Packer One, which is dedicated to packaging materials, offers a one-stop solution for all processes of purchase management, from custom order to development, production, and consultation.SERVEONE STORE can be used on mobile devices, enhancing user accessibility and convenience. Purchase managers can search products, place orders, and process approval and acceptance on site or out of the office. It also doubled the number of products in stock through its largest logistics infrastructure in the MRO industry, reducing the average delivery time to 1-2 days.“SERVEONE STORE is a digital B2B supply platform that enables clients to perform purchase management upon their needs for each industry as easily as they do online shopping,” said Kim Yu-jun, Managing Director of SERVEONE STORE. “We will introduce diverse and competitive products by expanding our product lineup based on our expertise and service know-how gained over the years.”

  2022-10-25 more

  

• SERVEONE established a joint venture with a leading Chinese logistics company to promote its strategic MRO market development in China.

  SERVEONE established a joint venture with a leading Chinese logistics companyto promote its strategic MRO market development in China.n  Established a joint venture with JSX which specializes in MRO of industrial materials and is affiliated with SF, the largest logistics company in China.n  Reached KRW 1.3 trillion in sales last year since its entry into China in 2005.n  Expected to improve its sales performance and response to the Chinese government through joint ventures with leading logistics companies in China.▲Christine (commissioner of SF), Jeff (president of JSX) and Choi Young-joo (head of Serveone’s Overseas Business Group), and Lee Ki-chang (managing director in charge of orders in China) attend the signing ceremony for the establishment of a joint ventureKorea's leading MRO service provider, Serveone (CEO Kim Dong Chul) announced on September 13 that it has established a joint venture with JSX, a Chinese MRO company specializing in industrial materials. JSX is affiliated with SF, China's largest private delivery and logistics company specializing in industrial MRO based on its smart logistics platform technology.With this joint venture in place, the company is expected to enhance its local sales performance and response to the Chinese government in the world's largest MRO market, which is worth KRW 475 trillion per year. In 2005, SERVEONE entered overseas markets, starting with China. As of 2021, the sales of the Chinese subsidiary reached 26% (about KRW 1.3 trillion) of the company's total annual sales which is KRW 5 trillion. In addition to Korean companies operating in China, it has secured more than 450 customers, including Johnson & Johnson, 3M, and MARS, the world's leading chocolate company, as well as local companies in China. Currently, SERVEONE China operates logistics hubs in Nanjing and Guangzhou along with four branch offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Yantai, with more than 380 employees. "This partnership between SERVEONE and JSX aims to expand our customer base with a focus on large Chinese private companies and state-owned companies in the long run and is expected to drive the growth of joint MRO business between the two countries" said Lee Ki-chang, managing director of SERVEONE China. 

  2022-09-14 more

  

• SERVEONE Sponsors MRO Consumables to Habitat for Humanity Korea

  SERVEONE Sponsors MRO Consumables to Habitatfor Humanity Korea • Sponsored consumable construction supplies and quarantine items worth KRW 12 million to ‘Building House of Hope’• Enhancing ESG corporate values through support for the development of local communities and corporate-tailored eco-friendly industrial materials and packaging solutionSERVEONE, the largest representative MRO purchasing solution company in Korea (CEO: Kim Dong Chul) and Habitat for Humanity Korea (Chair: Yoon Hyeong Joo) announced that they held a delivery ceremony of MRO consumable materials for the ‘2022 first half of the year Building House of Hope’ construction project, on Thursday 7th.In the event, SERVEONE CHO Jeon Sang-hyeon and Secretary General of Habitat for Humanity Korea Lee Gwang-hee participated and discussed the sponsorship status of each company in the first half of this year.SERVEONE is a total purchasing solution company that provides IT-based purchasing consulting and management of operational resources (MRO materials and subsidiary materials) that clients require. In June last year, the company signed an official social contribution MOU with Habitat for Humanity Korea, and has been sponsoring consumable construction materials and supplies since the agreement. SERVEONE not only brings developments to local communities but also 3R (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, and Replace) activities that propose tailored eco-friendly industrial materials and develops green packaging to contribute to the ESG management of client companies.Going forward, the company is considering expanding its support to the local communities of overseas business sites in the US, Europe, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc., and in the second half of this year, it has a volunteer activity planned in which its employees and their families participate as volunteers to the housing construction sites of Habitat for Humanity Korea for housing-marginalized groups.

  2022-07-08 more

  

• SERVEONE Signs an MOU on Industry - Cooperation with the Department of Packaging and Logistics, Yonsei University

  SERVEONE Signs an MOU on Industry - Cooperation with the Department of Packaging and Logistics, Yonsei University ㆍSERVEONE and Yonsei University’s Department of Packaging and Logistics jointly conduct research and development of new technologies, expecting a mutual ‘Win-win strategy’ effect▲(Left) Sang-Won Lee, Senior Vice President at SERVEONE, (Right) Sung-Hyuk Koh, Dept. of Packaging and Logistics, Yonsei UniversitySERVEONE (CEO Dong-Chul Kim), Korea’s largest MRO purchasing solution specialist, announced on the 9th that the company signed an MOU on industry-university cooperation with the Department of Packaging and Logistics, Yonsei University on the 8th for joint research into new technologies in packaging and fostering customized talents.Yonsei University’s Department of Packaging and Logistics is committed to researching studies and fostering talents related to packaging and logistics, such as materials science, eco-friendly packaging, packaging engineering, and packaging/logistics systems for packaging materials, and has built a technological infrastructure through industry-university cooperation with the family company system.This MOU was signed with the aim of fostering experts in packaging technology and promoting industry-university cooperation. SERVEONE has been recognized for its purchasing competitiveness in the market over the past 20 years as Asia's No. 1 MRO company, and has been providing optimized packaging solutions to corporate customers by establishing its Packaging Technology Research Institute for the first time in the industry and building professional manpower and infrastructure. Based on these capabilities, we plan to jointly develop new technologies and secure excellent talent through continuous industry-university cooperation with Yonsei’s Department of Packaging and Logistics.In addition, SERVEONE plans to enhance the skills of current students by reviewing the internship system with Yonsei University and field training at the SERVEONE Packaging Technology Research Institute, and to create synergy with joint research and development of new technologies and eco-friendly materials through technological exchanges with the university.In December 2019, SERVEONE established a Packaging Technology Research Institute in the central HUB located in Jinwi-myeon, Pyeongtaek-si for the first time in the industry to provide optimal packaging solutions for corporate customers and achieve cost savings opportunities.The institute's infrastructure enables customers to check the process of providing optimal packaging materials at a glance, and provides an opportunity for customers to indirectly experience design through packaging material diagnosis, development, and use of specialized S/W along with the basic theory of packaging raw material/fabric. In particular, its S-COAS program recommends specifications suitable for the user's environment by inputting data such as information, load, and temperature conditions of the object to be packaged, and it also provides an optimized solution by performing prototype modeling and simulation with the CATIA program, a 3D experience platform.SERVEONE conducts pre-tours for major large companies and business partners, and is collaborating with companies that desire to receive packaging solutions. In addition to cost reduction activities, SERVEONE will enhance customer ESG management value by carrying out 3R activities (Reduce, Recycle/Reuse, Replacement) to minimize overpackaging and developing recyclable biodegradable materials to enhance the ESG management of customers.  “This industry-university cooperation will be a starting point to develop SERVEONE’s Packaging Technology Research Institute one step further and create a technological differentiation point,” said Sang-Won Lee, Senior Vice President of SERVEONE Purchasing Division. “It is very meaningful from the perspective of preemptively securing talent in the packaging material field.”

  2022-01-27 more

  

• SERVEONE Sponsors MRO to Habitat for Humanity Korea

  SERVEONE Sponsors MRO to Habitat for Humanity Korea ㆍ Sponsorship of KRW 10M in kind, including consumable building materials and quarantine supplies, for the ‘Building House of Hope’ project On the 11th, SERVEONE (CEO Dong-Chul Kim), Korea’s largest MRO purchasing solution specialist and Habitat for Humanity Korea (Chairman Hyung-Joo Yoon) held a donation delivery ceremony to sponsor MRO for the ‘Building House of Hope’ project in the second half of 2021 at the headquarters of Habitat for Humanity Korea. SERVEONE CHO Sang-Hyun Jeon and Habitat Korea Secretary-General Gwang-Hoe Lee attended the donation ceremony and discussed support plans after the “With COVID-19” Era and the status of sponsorship of each company this year. SERVEONE is a total purchasing solution provider from purchasing consulting to management based on IT technology for operating resources (MRO materials, sub-materials, etc.) required by corporate customers. Since the signing of an official agreement on corporate social responsibility with Habitat for Humanity Korea in June, the company has been providing about KRW 10M worth of consumable building materials, fixtures and COVID-19 test kits every year since the first half of this year. In the future, SERVEONE plans to expand local support through SERVEONE’s overseas subsidiaries not only in Korea, but also in the US, Europe, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc. In addition to providing in-kind support after the end of COVID-19, SERVEONE employees and families will participate as volunteers at the Habitat for Humanity Korea construction site to carry out volunteer activities for housing vulnerable groups.

  2022-01-26 more