Brookfield Multiplex Given Huge Boost with Exclusive Award in the Award-Winning Business Magazine, Australia's Best, Published by Bean Media Group

Building and Construction Giant, Brookfield Multiplex, has received the prestigious Australia's Best Silver Award for Supply Chain and Purchasing Excellence. Dan Ashby, General Manager of Brookfield Multiplex New Zealand, was highlighted in an exclusive editorial feature in Australia's Best Building, Construction and Mining.

Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) June 16, 2009 -- Building and Construction Giant, Brookfield Multiplex, has received the prestigious Australia's Best Silver Award for Supply Chain and Purchasing Excellence. Dan Ashby, General Manager of Brookfield Multiplex New Zealand, was highlighted in an exclusive editorial feature in Australia's Best Building, Construction and Mining.

As a fully-integrated property, funds management and infrastructure business, Brookfield Multiplex is involved in a diverse array of activities within the construction, commercial, retail and residential property, property management services and infrastructure industries.

A division of the Brookfield Asset Management Group of companies, Brookfield Multiplex has a strong reputation for quality and innovation, which is demonstrated by their expertise in providing an exclusive service aimed at meeting the requirements of all customers.

Like most other large scale building contractors, Brookfield Multiplex is essentially a management contractor. Dan Ashby, General Manager of Brookfield Multiplex New Zealand believes that suppliers and sub-contractors is essentially what the business is about.

Brookfield Multiplex provides a platform for their suppliers to work on and in turn establishes a pathway to help market and facilitate their specific businesses. "Everything we produce for our clients is entirely reliant on our suppliers and subcontractors - so to us they are the most important people in the world," Dan says. "Apart from our own internal staff, our suppliers and subcontractors are our biggest assets in pursuing our business and they are fundamental to the offering we have to our clients."

To establish a successful supply chain environment, Brookfield Multiplex recommends sound working relationships with key suppliers. "Relationships remain close as it is vital to keep the lines of communication open," states Dan. "We ensure relationships are not just project to project, in other words, they are not purely commodity based." The company prefers to look at this business interaction as a partnership, working together as one rather than individually.

When looking for these imperative suppliers and subcontractors, Brookfield Multiplex believes that understanding is an essential criterion. "We like to understand their business well and have them understand ours," Dan comments. "This allows us to be sure for each project of who has the right skill set, which has the right attributes and resources depending on the type and scale of project."
Each supplier has a range of different capabilities and the company understands that different projects will suit different companies.

cross the spectrum of Brookfield Multiplex New Zealand's suppliers and subcontractors there are a range of specific capabilities, strengths and weaknesses and therefore no 'one size fits all' Practises in place.

You can download the editorial feature that went to press in Australia's Best Magazine from the Bean Media website here: http://beanmedia.com.au/profiles/Multiplex2.pdf

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