John Deere Opens Worldwide Parts Services Regional Distribution Center in Miami

John Deere’s new Worldwide Parts Services Regional Distribution Center (RDC) in Miami, Fla., is a 115,000-square-foot facility that will serve dealers and customers in Latin America—with the exception of Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, which already house RDC locations.

“Latin America is a key market for John Deere, and this new facility will improve logistics cycle time and ordering consistency for our dealer network in the region. The Miami RDC will significantly enhance the competitiveness of construction and forestry dealers in the market and allow them to better serve our customers with the parts they need, when they need them.”
- David Thorne, senior vice president, sales & marketing, Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division

The firm has its sights set on providing its robust dealer network in the region with more than 38,000 service parts rolling straight out of the Miami RDC. By positioning inventory in Miami, John Deere looks to support the Latin American market with improved cycle time on emergency and stock orders. Latin American dealers were previously serviced from the North American Parts Distribution Center in Milan, IL; and the South America Parts Distribution Center in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“We’ve seen significant growth in Latin America the last few years and the opening of this distribution center will allow us to take our parts service to the next level. Centralizing regional demand via the Miami gateway will create a more consistent delivery experience and consolidate demand patterns to support dealer parts management activities.”
- Kimberly Beardsley, vice president, Worldwide Parts Services