DKSH, the leading Market Expansion Services provider with a focus on Asia provides distribution, merchandising and collection services to Smooth E, a leading company of cosmeceutically engineered products, in Thailand.
DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a leading partner for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Asia, signed an agreement with Smooth E to provide logistics, physical distribution, outlet management, merchandising as well as credit and collection services for Smooth E's cosmeceutical products in Thailand.
"We are outsourcing the distribution of our complete product portfolio to DKSH thanks to their unrivalled capillary distribution network across Thailand, their expertise in outlet performance management as well their state-of-the-art order processing tool EchoPlus, which facilities our sales reporting and reduces our IT investments. Moreover, DKSH enables our sales force to focus on their core competence which is selling management, while DKSH handles credit and collection management," said Dr. Sangsuk Pithayanukul, Executive Director, Smooth E Co., Ltd., Thailand.
"We are proud to provide our Market Expansion Services to Smooth E in Thailand. We are in particular looking forward to expanding the customer base of Smooth E's innovative cosmeceutical products, which have been developed to improve users' skin texture and will appeal to the health and beauty conscious middle classes," commented Bernd Lepper, Regional Vice President of DKSH Healthcare. "Representing one of the strongest brands further strengthens our No. 1 position in the Consumer Health segment. With a portfolio of leading brands, we will continue leveraging our comprehensive network and relationships to provide Thai consumers access to ever more excellent brands."
About DKSH
DKSH is the leading Market Expansion Services Group with a focus on Asia. As the term "Market Expansion Services" suggests, DKSH helps other companies and brands to grow their business in new or existing markets.
Publicly listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since March 2012, DKSH is a global company headquartered in Zurich, with 650 business locations in 35 countries – 630 of them in Asia, and 26,000 specialized staff. In 2011, DKSH generated net sales of CHF 7.3 billion.
DKSH Business Unit Healthcare is the leading Market Expansion Services provider for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Asia, offering a wide range of solutions that extend from product feasibility studies and registration to importation, customs clearance, marketing and sales, to physical distribution, invoicing and cash collection. Products available through DKSH Healthcare include ethical pharmaceuticals, consumer health, over-the-counter (OTC), as well as medical devices.
With 150 business locations in 13 countries and over 8,000 specialized staff, Business Unit Healthcare serves over 160,000 customers and generated net sales of around CHF 2.9 billion in 2011.
About Smooth E
Smooth E is a leading company of cosmeceutically engineered products using the state of art medical innovations and pharmaceutical grade ingredients. All Smooth-E products are cosmeceutically engineered to help the users achieve softer and smoother skin, using state of the art medical innovations and pharmaceutical grade ingredients that truly bring results.
Contacts:
DKSH Healthcare
Michael Hofer
Communications Manager
Business
Unit Healthcare
michael.hofer@dksh.com
Phone
+66 2 730 3177
or
Smooth E
Dr. Sangsuk Pithayanukul
Executive
Director
sangsuk@smooth-e.com
+66
2 633 9000