The original plan was to construct a new manufacturing plant here.
原計劃是在這里建一個新的制造廠。
Because we use 'just in time' methods, we didn't want to have components and raw materials coming great distances,
因為我們實施的是“準時生產”方法,我們不希望距離原件和原材料太遠,
so we picked this town because we could get most of these from local sources.
所以我們選擇了這個小鎮,因為我們可以從當地獲得大部分材料。
But soon after we started building, we realised we didn't require additional manufacturing capacity after all,
但是開始施工之后,我們意識到我們完全不需要額外的生產能力,
and decided to use the site for a big distribution centre, serving the whole of Europe, and to close several smaller centres.
我們決定將這個廠址用作一個大型的分銷中心,服務于整個歐洲以及附近的幾個小型中心。
So construction of the plant was halted, new plans were drawn up, and we went through the whole procedure of getting planning permission again.
所以工廠施工停止了,新的計劃被擬定,我們再次審查了獲取建筑許可的整個程序。
But it all went very smoothly, and we were still able to open on the original date.
但一切進行順利,我們仍可能在原定日期開業。