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DHL to build its largest US service center in New York City

Posted by | Jan 11, 2006 | |

DHL today announced plans to build its largest US service center facility in New York City, New York. The USD181 Million investment will consolidate two existing service center locations into a new 161,125-sq.-ft. facility to serve Manhattan pickup, delivery and sorting operations. Strategically located to provide rapid egress and regress through below-grade access through the Lincoln Tunnel, the new service center will increase throughput capacity from 10,000 to 15,000 pieces per hour. “DHL is continually looking for ways to improve and enhance service through investments in our US operations,” said Mark Munoz, senior area vice president of operations for DHL. “This new facility will serve as our gateway to the New York City market and with the strategic location near the Lincoln Tunnel will provide enhanced service levels for all of our local customers as well as accommodate growth for the next twenty years.”

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DHL expands reach in Asia-Pacific region

Posted by | Jan 10, 2006 | |

Express and logistics firm DHL has further expanded the reach of its industry-defining Time Definite Delivery (TDD) to connect the Philippines to nine countries in the Asia-Pacific. With the TDD service in the Asia-Pacific region, sending time-critical and express morning deliveries to Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand is now possible. DHL’s TDD portfolio includes the StartDay Express, which offers the Philippines guaranteed door-to-door delivery by 9 a.m., and the MidDay Express, which offers guaranteed next-day delivery by 12 noon. Customers are able to track the status of their shipments via the DHL website as well as notification from DHL through e-mail and facsimile once deliveries have been made.

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UPS – A STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP

Posted by | Jan 1, 2006 | |

CONFIDENTIAL – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
2. INTRODUCTION 3
2.1 “Big Brown” – A Transport Colossus 3
2.2 So What? 3
2.3 Exclusions 3
2.31 Not “The Document Courier Business” 3
2.4 Glossary 3
3. STRATEGY ANALYSIS 3
3.1 Global Transportation Industry Overview 3
3.2 Competitive Landscape 3
3.3 Strategic Capabilities 3
3.4 PESTEL/5 Forces Analysis – UPS 3
3.41 Buyers 3
3.42 Suppliers 3
3.5 Rivalry 3
3.6 Stakeholders 3
4. RECOMMENDATIONS 3
5. REFERENCES: 3
5.1 Bibliography 3
5.2 Website References: 3
APPENDICES 3
APPENDIX 1: Segmentation 3
Fig 2: Air and Express 3
Appendix 2: The “Integrators” 3
Appendix 3: Competitive Landscape 3
Appendix 4: Glossary of Terms 3
Appendix 5 – Industry Strategic Capabilities 3
Fig 1. 3
Fig 2. 3
Appendix 6: UPS Product/Market Matrix 3
Appendix 7 – PESTEL/5 Forces Analysis – UPS 3
Appendix 8. 3

P:LibraryUPSUPS STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP Jan06.doc

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DHL wants to build seven terminals for Kc1bn in CzechRep

Posted by | Jan 1, 2006 | |

DHL wants to build seven new terminals in the Czech Republic by 2008 and invest roughly Kc1bn in the project, DHL CEO for the Czech Republic Jiri Stojar told the weekly Euro. The new terminals should be built in Ostrava, Olomouc, Prague, Teplice, Plzen, Turnov and between Hradec Kralove and Pardubice. DHL management also announced the company bought a 100 percent stake in PPL CZ, the largest private Czech company involved in express parcel delivery services and focused on customers in the segments of IT and the pharmaceutical and electronics industries.

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DHL, UPS eye business opportunities in China’s Qingdao

Posted by | Dec 30, 2005 | |

DHL has announced that it will launch cargo flights between Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, and Hong Kong via Hangzhou, in eastern Zhejiang Province, in February next year. Several months ago, another express giant UPS from the United States launched direct cargo flights between Qingdao and Inchon, the Republic of Korea. Ken Rorok, UPS Asia-Pacific regional president, said Qingdao, as a major harbor city, provides broader market opportunities.

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