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The company operates from its head office based in Spartan,
Kempton Park close to the MSA premises and therefore has
total access to its fully equipped workshop and technical expertise
and backup.
Manitou Equipment carries the Manitou warranty, after-sales service and
back-up. Dezzo Equipment has had considerable success in the marketing
and sales of Manitou’s rough terrain, conventional and other materials .
It’s vision
Dezzo’s vision is to provide the full Manitou experience for all its clients,
promote the Manilift brands in Southern Africa and to empower operators
at grass-roots level to create wealth – and in the process it aims to ‘put the
client at the centre of the solution.’
The company
Dezzo Equipment boasts a highly qualified, competent and experienced
team of black and white business entrepreneurs and management. Its team
is highly motivated and driven by the desire to find innovative ways to meet
customer needs and create wealth for shareholders.
The company’s strength also lies in its ability to identify and employ
resourceful and competent people in various sectors in order to achieve
its objectives, while it will continue to ensure that its human resource
management systems are appropriate for business portfolios.
The company presently has two directors, five senior managers, one
marketing assistant, four sales personnel, seven administrative personnel,
eight senior technicians, one field technician, numerous artisans and a
number of trainees.
PUTTING THE CLIENT IN
CENTRE OF SOLUTION
Dezzo Equipment is the official independent
BBBEE dealer for both Manitou Southern Africa
(MSA), and Verlinde Cranes & Hoists.
As a result, Dezzo Equipment continues tomeet its projected annual budget.
Forthcoming forecasts indicate a 20% growth in the financial year 2016/17.
Services
Dezzo Equipment offers the full range of Manitou telescopic machines,
conventional forklifts as well as Gehl skidsteer loaders. These products are
offered on a sale, lease or long term rental basis.
Maintenance contracts are offered where required and maintenance can
be performed on site, as at Anglo Platinum’s Modikwa mine.
Dezzo also has an independent (not on the premises of a client) work-
shop in Kathu where it provides maintenance services to a wide range of
clients. It also has fully equipped service vehicles to ensure mobility and
rapid response.
As an extension of the lease or rental concept, Dezzo offers an ‘owner
– operator’ option. This highly successful empowerment initiative offers
clients an option with the following benefits:
• Meaningful, grass-roots empowerment.
• The asset, as in the case of a lease or rental, needs not be
purchased.
• Labour problems are minimised.
In practice, a client would sign a service level agreement with the owner
– operator entity. This contract will be managed by Dezzo Equipment.
Dezzo Equipment operates from its head
office based in Spartan, Kempton Park.
They offer the full range of Manitou tele-
scopic machines, conventional forklifts as
well as Gehl skidsteer loaders. >