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Brand manufacturers rely on DHL's logistics concept

Posted by | Oct 10, 2007 | |

This campus is designed for brand manufacturers of cosmetics and cleaning agents and will initially cover a space of 60,000 sqm.
Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson and Reckitt Benckiser are placing their trust in the new logistics concept of DHL Exel Supply Chain. This autumn, Deutsche Post World Net’s contract logistics will open a so-called Logistics Campus in Unna in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia that is designed especially for brand manufacturers of cosmetics and cleaning agents, and will initially cover a space of 60,000 sqm. The first customers to tap the quality and flexibility benefits available in Unna will be Colgate-Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson. Reckitt Benckiser will move in the mid of 2008 when 20,000 sqm have been added to the campus.
DHL has designed the center in Unna to meet the requirements of manufacturers of cosmetic products and cleaning agents. Frequently changing assortments and seasonal capacity logjams are key features of this sector. Manufacturers need sufficient leeway to respond to these challenges and realize synergies – the only way to ensure a high service level in the market. The campus concept guarantees uniform standards in warehousing and transport processes as well as in the area of IT systems. In addition, identical hall designs ensure that all DHL services can be flexibly adapted to the customer’s warehouse capacity requirements at any time.
Aside from comprehensive warehousing services and value-added assistance such as display construction and RFIT integration, DHL also handles the processing of national and European shipments. An SAP platform developed specifically for the consumer goods industry ensures that all partners can use a common information interface.
All logistics services offered in Dortmund will be relocated to Unna by the end of the year. All employees will receive jobs at the new location.

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Tetra Pak and DHL in alliance for reduced emissions

Posted by | Oct 10, 2007 | |

The global packaging company opts for DHL’s environmental service, GoGreen
Express shipments from Sweden will be handled via GoGreen, DHL’s carbon-neutral shipping service.
DHL, and Tetra Pak have entered into broad cooperation in the environmental field. The arrangement means that all express shipments from Sweden will be handled via DHL’s unique environmental service, GOGREEN.
GOGREEN is a carbon-neutral shipping service. This means that DHL measures the carbon dioxide emissions caused by a customer’s shipments and then neutralizes emissions by an equivalent amount somewhere else in the world. To calculate the emissions from different flights, DHL uses a specially developed and patented program.
For almost thirty years, Tetra Pak and DHL have collaborated closely and very successfully in the transport field. They took a further significant step recently when Tetra Pak decided to opt for DHL’s environmental service, GOGREEN. The first stage will cover all express shipments from Sweden.
The reduction of carbon emission is enabled through investments in different environmental projects. It can be projects about new technology for vehicles, usage of new alternative fuels, methane extraction, sun panels. The whole process for CO2-calculations for reducing the emissions through various projects is annually checked by the well known certifying and verifying company, SGS in Switzerland.
For Tetra Pak, environmental investments are an important issue within the company.
“As Tetra Pak grows, so we transport more and more goods. We want to use forwarders who can help us to grow without increasing our carbon dioxide emissions. In this situation, GOGREEN is seen as a natural step. For ten years now, we have ranked forwarders, and companies that do not manage to live up to our high environmental standards are automatically dropped,” says Agneta Melin, Tetra Pak’s environmental manager for the Nordic region and the Baltic republics.

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Austrian Post and trans-o-flex set course for expansion in Europe

Posted by | Oct 9, 2007 | |

Strong position in German niche markets – plans to extend market leadership in the health care and pharmaceutical sectors – further acquisitions envisioned

Austrian Post and its German logistics subsidiary trans-o-flex will continue pursuing an expansion course in Germany and Europe, with the intention of acquiring additional companies. This was announced by Anton Wais, Chairman of the Management Board of Austrian Post, and Klaus J. Heinz, Speaker of the Management Board of trans-o-flex, speaking at a joint press conference in Frankfurt today.

In addition to trans-o-flex, Austrian Post operates on the German postal market through its subsidiaries AUSTRIAN POST International, meiller direct and Scanpoint. These companies specialise in national and international letter mail as well as mailings. Total revenues of the four companies, which have approximately 2,250 employees, is about EUR 600m.

Austrian Post also aims to expand its business activities in the parcels and specialist logistics segments in Eastern Europe, on the basis of its parcel services companies in Croatia (Overseas), Slovakia (SPS and In Time) as well as in Hungary (Merland Express and Road Parcel). At present, Austrian Post directly or indirectly employs more than 4,500 people in these countries, achieving above-average growth rates.

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Germany's Merkel plans to eliminate Deutsche Post's tax advantage

Posted by | Oct 9, 2007 | |

German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to strip Deutsche Post AG of a tax advantage in order to appease the postal company’s competitors that deem the tax break unfair, Handelsblatt reported, citing government sources.

Under current fiscal rules, Deutsche Post’s basic postal services are exempt of the 19 pct value-added tax while comparable services provided by rivals are not, even after Deutsche Post’s monopoly on delivering letters expires at the end of the year, the paper said.

Merkel, backed by leaders of her party’s parliamentary group, wants to level that difference to allay anger over a minimum wage agreement for the postal services industry that logistics companies say puts them at a disadvantage against the dominant Deutsche Post, the paper reported, citing the sources.

Lawmaker are discussing whether the entire industry should be granted the tax break or whether the sales tax should be levied on Deutsche Post’s services,

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DHL opens new logistics campus in Ludwigsau (Germany)

Posted by | Oct 8, 2007 | |

DHL Exel Supply Chain officially launched operations at its new logistics campus for the mail order sector in Ludwigsau built at a cost of around EUR 22 million. The new distribution center near Bad Hersfeld covers an area of 35,000 square meters to store and distribute goods delivered to the final customer in a so-called “two-man handling” service and employing some 70 staff members. The new facility is exclusively targeted at logistics processes for the long-distance retail sector.

Stefan Kurrle, CEO of DHL Exel Supply Chain in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland described the new project as a trend setter: “Mail order is strongly recovering. Especially e-commerce is a fast growing market in Germany and neighboring European countries. In establishing a logistics campus for the home delivery sector we can offer long distance retail traders tailored processes for managing their goods and delivering their products anywhere in Europe. Ludwigsau helps to bring Europe closer together.”

This building allows goods to be moved efficiently from the warehouse to the loading area.

The campus concept developed by DHL Exel Supply Chain bears a typical feature; the logistics location focuses on the needs of one particular sector of industry. This enables several customers operating in the sector to use the same local logistics services including warehousing, transport, and added value services. Streamlining logistics structures increases flexibility, creates synergies for customers and service operators, and helps to organize logistics processes on a more cost-effective basis. Customers also benefit from the innovative way in which buildings have been arranged at Ludwigsau; it allows goods to be moved efficiently from the warehouse to the loading area, whereas both internal and external space can be used with greatest possible operational efficiency.

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