Why Fast

With over 40 years’ experience, Fast Group operates an extensive network of transport, warehousing, distribution, and logistics solutions covering inland, air, and sea forwarding and courier services across the 7,641 Philippines islands to help our customers reach the furthest regions of the country.

 

What We Believe

We recognize we’re living in an unprecedented era of DISRUPTION.
Where every business model, supply chain, and vertical is being disrupted without warning. Where most can only see risks, we see OPPORTUNITY.

We believe OBSESSION can be a force for good. So we obsess over our people and their development. We obsess over our processes and their improvement. But most of all, we obsess over our CUSTOMER’s SUCCESS.

We believe in CO-CREATING VALUE with customers. We understand that “one-size-fits-all” means no fit at all. We approach supply chain management with an appetite for problem solving.

Ultimately, we believe SUCCESS hinges on our ability to establish a circle of trust with customers.

When YOUR MISSION becomes OUR MISSION, we win with YOU!

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OUR VISION

To be the leading provider of value-adding supply chain solutions.

OUR MISSION

Our Customers are our reason for existence

We commit to provide them with effective and efficient products and services beyond their expectations.

People are our best resource

We commit to develop our employees to become professionals; continuously mold and motivate them to excel and be innovative; and create an environment that brings out the best of our employees.

OUR CORE VALUES

Excellence

We choose to be the best, give our best, do our best

Customer Delight

We provide value-adding services beyond customer expectations.

Commitment

We put our whole mind, heart, and strength in all we do.

Innovation

We outdo ourselves each day.

Teamwork

We move Fast as one.

Company History

Fast Group was born some eight decades ago, with one man William L. Chiongbian, and his one dream to own a ship.

William grew up helping his father in the copra trading, where he enjoyed working on board the ships. In his mid-20’s, William chartered an outrigger and hopped the islands bartering currency, dried fish, sugar and cigarette.

From Trading to Shipping

From the outrigger, William moved up to operating a “Batil” and at war’s end, on December 13, 1945, William L. Chiongbian Shipping was established with one ship, growing years later to 15 ships.
William Lines (WLI) rose to become the most profitable shipping company in the country in the 1970s. In 1995, it went public, with its third generation core of professional managers. And the following year, it merged with Aboitiz Shipping and Gothong Lines, with WLI as surviving entity holding majority share. This merged company was consequenty re-named William, Gothong and Aboitiz (WG&A).
In 2003 the Group divested from shipping to focus on the growth opportunities in logistics, warehousing, selling distribution, car dealerships and realty.

Growing into Logistics & Selling Distribution

In 1976, in a move to serve the shippers of William Lines, the Group incorporated Fast Cargo Transport Corporation (FCTC), which integrated forwarding, trucking, and warehousing. Air parcel delivery express service under FastPak Global Express Corporation became one of the pioneers in the Philippines for courier delivery service, to complete the transport logistics via land, sea, air. Later, the business name of FCTC was changed to Fastcargo Logistics Corporation (FLC).
The Group later spun off warehousing operations to Fast Services Corporation, which was envisioned to focus on the growing needs for storage and warehouse management.
In 2001, the Group entered the selling distribution business under Fast Distribution Corporation, with Nestle as the first principal awarding its first sales territory in the island provinces of Leyte and Samar. This later grew into more than 20 provinces and cities in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Fast Unimerchants Inc (FUI) was later established to serve other principals for selling distribution.

When YOUR MISSION becomes OUR MISSION, we win with YOU!

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