AKA Technology closes three offices

Distributor AKA Technology has closed offices in Queensland, South Australia and NSW.

Raymond Ng, managing director at AKA, said it was not economically viable to operate in those states and since May, the company decided to consolidate its operations.

He said it was much cheaper to support and service staff from the head office in Melbourne than to have a presence in each of those states.

There were three-four staff members in each office, who resigned either before the closure and after, Ng said.

"Everytime a staff member left we found it difficult to send people from our head office to replace them or to send out teams to hire new staff members and train them up," he said.

“The more branches you have the more duplicated work there is. It is also cheaper to send the products directly to our resellers in those states,” he said.

The importer and distributor’s offices in Melbourne (head office), WA and NZ remain open, with no plans for further closure.

"Logistics-wise, it is cheaper to have an office in WA. There is also a high demand for support in that area," he said.

“We are not in the hands of administrators, liquidators and we are not going out of business. We are just consolidating our company for financial practicality,” he said.

AKA has been in business for 10 years. Its main suppliers include Targa, Edimax Technology, Soltek, Task, BTC, Hightech and Geniusnet.

It is also a sub-distributor for brand name vendors including, Intel, IBM, Sun, Sony, NEC, Cisco, HP, Apple, Novell, Digital and Oracle.