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Top Logistics Firms honored at the 2006 Frost & Sullivan ASEAN 4 Logistics Awards

Posted by | Jul 26, 2006 | |

Singapore, July 20, 2006 – Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting firm today honored top logistics firms in five major sectors from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand at its ASEAN 4 Logistics Awards based on a Voice of the Customer research. Sectors included are automotive, pharmaceutical, retail, fast moving consumer goods and IT/electronics.

“Logistics service providers which secured the highest ratings for their performance and capability from customers in a particular industry sector were named winners,” says Kavan Mukhtyar, Director of Transportation, Asia Pacific at Frost & Sullivan.

“In determining the winner, it is not the size of the company that matters, but rather the quality of service in meeting its customers’ expectation that is important,” he says.

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DHL announces new senior appointments in UAE

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

Express logistics provider DHL UAE has announced two key senior appointments to its marketing and sales team. As part of the new assignments, Neil Kuschel became DHL UAE’s National Marketing and Sales Manager, and Bill Pudney was brought in as Strategic Customer Channel Manager.

The move highlights DHL’s intention to consolidate its position as market leader in the UAE, where the express logistics leader currently holds over 40% market share. DHL has been offering world-class express logistics services to customers in the Middle East for over 30 years, the success of which, David Wild, DHL UAE General Manager attributes to a strong customer-centric focus and a commitment to providing high quality services.

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DHL Express bags 2006 CIO Award

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

Express and logistics firm DHL was awarded the prestigious Chief Information Officer (CIO) Award at the recent CIO Asia Conference and Awards 2006 at the Grand Hyatt in Singapore.

The firm was selected among 100 Asian companies that yielded the greatest returns for their businesses by using technology and information technology (IT) projects and systems to derive the highest strategic value.

DHL was conferred with the CIO Award in recognition of its “Supply Chain Optimization” project.

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DHL, Lufthansa Cargo in strategic security partnership

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

DHL Global Forwarding and Lufthansa Cargo announced that they have signed a strategic air-cargo security partnership agreement.

The companies said the partnership will develop standard operating procedures that support customer and governmental security requirements. They said the procedures will improve safety for employees who handle high-value and high-risk products, and make DHL a more attractive forwarder for customers shipping high-value or sensitive goods.

Tony Widmer, head of airfreight for DHL Global Forwarding, said the hoped the partnership would attract more air carriers and boost freight volume.

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Four named Malaysia's best logistics service providers

Posted by | Jul 24, 2006 | |

Four foreign-owned companies with operations in Malaysia have been named Malaysia’s best logistics service providers in the areas of automotive, pharmaceutical, retail, fast-moving consumer goods and information technology (IT)/electronics by consulting firm Frost &Sullivan. Frost &Sullivan named Germany-based Schenker as Malaysia’s Best Automotive Logistics Service Provider in its annual 2006 Asean 4 Logistics Awards. Swiss logistics group Kuehne &Nagel AG was voted Best Pharmaceutical Logistics Service Provider, while Germany’s DHL took both the Best Retail Logistics Service Provider and the Best Fast Moving Consumer Goods Logistics Service Provider awards. The Best IT/Electronics Logistics Service Provider award was won by Japan’s Nippon Express Co Ltd. Frost &Sullivan recently honored top logistics firms in five major sectors from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand at its Asean 4 Logistics Awards based on a Voice of the Customer research.

Mukhtyar estimates that the outsourced logistics market in Asean is expected to grow 9.9 per cent to 14.8 billion USD (RM54.5 billion) this year from 13.5 billion USD (RM49.7 billion) in 2005.

In Malaysia, the outsourced logistics market is expected to grow 8.3 per cent to reach a revenue figure of 3.25 billion USD (RM12 billion) this year, from 3 billion USD (RM11 billion) last year.

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