Beam Mobility launches central warehouse in Subang Jaya

SUBANG JAYA: Asia Pacific’s largest micromobility operator, Beam Mobility, has launched its Malaysian central warehouse in Subang Jaya, Selangor.

The 8,000 sq ft central warehouse services Beam's operations in Selangor, ensuring a steady supply of fully charged batteries and other hardware maintenance to its e-scooters' fleet.

It will be Beam's main distribution, repair and hardware testing hub in Malaysia, as well as the primary hub for receiving overseas shipment and dispatching spare parts to other Beam warehouses in Malaysia.

Beam currently operates in Kuala Lumpur, Ampang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam, Kuantan, and Langkawi, and continues to bring its micromobility sharing services to different communities.

The new central warehouse is also expected to service an average of 30 Beam e-scooters daily.

This ensures that the micromobility provider’s fleet of e-scooters in the state is constantly in tip-top condition.

Each vehicle is embedded with a GPS-tracking Internet of Things (IoT) device so that Beam can keep track of each e-scooter’s systems that alert the Beam team when an e-scooter should be brought back to the warehouse for maintenance.

The IoT device also enables Beam to know exactly which e-scooters need to be tended to, its exact location for pick-up, and gives them the ability to takean e-scooter “offline” via the Beam App.

A team of full-time staff including technicians and supervisors run and operate the central warehouse.

“This warehouse enables us to have an efficient supply chain for Beam’s services and continue creating job opportunities, especially in the gig economy, ” said Justin Tiew, general manager of Beam Mobility Malaysia.

Tiew added that this creates more opportunities for local talents to find jobs as Beam Rangers, the on-ground operations team who regularly patrol the streets of Klang Valley to collect, distribute, and maintain Beam’s shared e-scooters.

Also, with the central warehouse, should unusable parts be found during the repair works, Beam will actively source for reliable partners to have these parts recycled and effectively reduce wastage.