China: Meeting demand with supply
Meeting demand with supply
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DHL UAE appointment
Logistics outfit DHL has appointed Ben Gordon as its new Express Logistics Operations and Implementations Manager for the UAE. Gordon will be responsible for managing DHL Express Logistics Centres in the free zones of Dubai International Airport and Jebel Ali, as well as two strategic part centres in Abu Dhabi and Al Quoz.
Read MoreDHL to expand its datacentre
DHL International plans to expand its Asia-Pacific IT services datacentre in nearby Cyberjaya.
With this expansion, DHL’s investment in the MSC Malaysia initiative will have surpassed RM1.5bil since its establishment there almost 10 years ago.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi during a press conference after the closing of the IAP meeting on Friday.
The enhanced datacentre will have state-ofthe- art facilities and 70% more rack space than the current centre.
The building work is expected to be completed over the next five years.
After that, DHL IT Services Asia-Pacific will be able to host more services as well as offer new and innovative IT solutions that it believes are crucial to the logistics business.
Read MoreTAT Express: New Shareholder
TAT Express Geopost has announced that “XAAP Finances” will take over a part of their shares of TAT Express. According to Geopost they will remain shareholder of at least 30 pct.
Activities with Groupe La Poste will continue as well as TAT Express will keep on having access to the international Geopost Network for at least three years.
XAAP Finances has commited itself to continue the brand and services of TAT Express.
On 10th March 2005 the supervisory board of TAT Express appointed Philippe Cardot as the new Executive Director.
UPS Franchisees protest during Annual Meeting
As some 50 UPS franchisees from around the country picketed in a light rain outside Wilmington’s Hotel DuPont Thursday (May 10) during UPS’ annual meeting, several shareholder-franchisees directed questions about their concerns to CEO Mike Eskew.
During the question and answer period, Joe Wightman, who owns a Mail Boxes Etc. franchise in New York, asked Eskew why it is that UPS’ 4,000-plus-store retail franchise network of UPS Stores and Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) is invisible in the UPS annual report and in the presentation Eskew made at the shareholders meeting May 10 in Wilmington. Wightman suggested that it is due to the “abysmal” failure of UPS’ effort and the unhappiness of its franchisees.
Eskew’s response, which Wightman said appeared rehearsed, was that he (Eskew) checked the source for Wightman’s report last year claiming that 60% of the UPS network is unprofitable, and Eskew replied that the information is not accurate. He did not say what his “source” was. Platinum Shield Association (PSA) Board member and UPS shareholder Glenn Sturgis then pointed out to Eskew that the 60% figure came from a written report by UPS’ Franchise Advisory Council, which includes UPS and MBE management as well as its UPS Store franchisees.
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