Proton just opened a new regional parts centre in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. With the launch of the new facility – which follows a similar centre opened in Sarawak last year – it can reduce lead time by up to 30% in the region.

Located in Inanam, the new regional parts centre has a built-up floor space of approximately 28,000 square feet; that is 2.5 times bigger than the previous location. On top of that, the facility can also receive up to six containers of parts simultaneously, up from two previously. The centre can store up to three months worth of stock as well, which should reduce lead time accordingly.

“With growing customer demand over the past few years, Proton’s previous warehouse facilities in Sabah were overflowing with parts and running inefficiently due to a lack of space. The opening of this new facility in Kota Kinabalu will complement its counterpart in Kuching and both will function collectively as parts distribution centres for after sales parts and components for East Malaysia,” said Proton’s Vice President of Sales and After Sales, Edmund Lim.

“This overall improvement in storage has created a buffer for demand surges and fluctuations, enabling us to increase parts throughput and as of today, we are rapidly addressing the backlog of orders from our dealers and customers in this market,” he added.