DHL expands US SCS
DHL on Monday said it has expanded its DHL Solutions unit in the American marketplace. The move combines the logistics activities of three former Americas business units — Express Logistics, Airborne Logistics Services, and Solutions — into the global DHL Solutions business unit. DHL Solutions offers customized end-to-end supply chain services ranging from consulting and supply chain design to warehousing, distribution logistics and order management. The unit is located at DHL’s U.S. headquarters in Plantation, Fla. It operates in 27 countries across the Western Hemisphere, with main distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico and more than 3,500 employees. Operations include 28 logistics centers and nearly 200 strategic parts centers with a total storage capacity of approximately 8 million square feet. DHL’s global reach includes 33 million square feet of global warehouse space in more than 300 logistics centers in Europe, the Middle East/Africa, Americas, and Asia. The unit serves companies operating in the U.S., Canada and Latin America, in the automotive, electronics, telecommunications, consumer goods, and life sciences sectors. DHL said its customers include Hewlett Packard, Siemens Business Services and Wal-Mart Stores.
