Name: DHL 

Address: P.O. Box CH-4002  

City: Basal, Switzerland  

Phone Number: +41 (0) 612 - 7474 74   

CEO:  Peter Merian-Strasse

Products: Logistics  

Employees: 88   

        The automotive industry initiated the groundbreaking concepts of ‘Just-in-Time’ and Quality Management. Now, it is also taking the lead in further logistics innovations. Outsourcing logistics on a global basis is a key strategy to achieve flexibility and speed in adapting to changing market conditions.

        DHL Solutions contributes the skills to turn vision and strategy into reality.

        DHL Solutions develops proactive customer partnerships encompassing design and management of the entire automotive supply chain. For both inbound - auto assembly – and aftermarket - spare parts – distribution, DHL Solutions creates and administers total supply chain systems assuring dependable and reliable logistics. Alignment of all logistics functions, including administration and information, provides full transparency. Customers monitor and control the system and are fully up-to-date about the status at all times. This supports the customers’ focus on their customers, and ensures successful maintenance of the service level.

        Based on its sector-focused approach and its experience with major automotive companies, DHL Solutions has  strong expertise in the automotive industry and tailors its proven solutions to individual customer needs. To assure quality, DHL Solutions incorporates best practices into automotive logistics concepts, and aims for continuous improvement. Efficient logistics and outstanding information technology systems deliver optimal solutions based on required criteria, enabling customers to concentrate on their core activities.

        Customized logistics. Each tailor-made solution involves consultation and analysis to examine strategy, evaluate the logistics consequences of business options and supply the logistics solution that best meets customer needs.

        Once the objectives are set, experienced supply chain technology experts design, engineer and implement the logistics system. The customized solution can include management by DHL Solutions, as well as value-added services, e.g., invoicing and financial services. DHL Solutions relies on proven, pre-designed logistics modules that are adapted to every customer’s unique supply chain.

        Component Logistics optimizes the material flow prior to the assembly plant.

        Cross-Docking Operations near assembly plants are designed to organize and reduce the number of inbound transports.

        Consolidation Centers fulfill the function of stocking, picking and feeding parts to the assembly line in optimized replenishment quantities.

        Sequencing Centers provide consolidation, light preassembly and sequencing, and are closely linked in time to the flow of the assembly line.

        Line Feeding delivers the required components at the actual point of fit at the assembly line.

        Load Units Management exchanges empties from the assembly plant to suppliers.

        Industrial Park Integration coordinates between suppliers to optimize flow synergies and resource use.

        Knock-down concepts coordinate component pick up, merge and de-merge center operations, containerization and delivery to another assembly plant.

        Service Parts Logistics deals with the flow of service parts to dealers.

        Warehouse and Distribution concepts serve the purpose of storing and delivering parts, including overnight and same-day service.

        Local Distribution Centers are for storage of a wide range of parts near dealers, to minimize their inventories. Dealers place orders and get deliveries two or three times a day.

        Vendor Hubs handle pickup of service parts from suppliers and storage and delivery to Original Equipment Manufacturer service parts warehouses based on pull.

        Packaging services are integrated downstream from the supplier and positioned alongside the physical flow.

        Inbound Transport Logistics handles flows of components and service parts from suppliers.

        Just-in-Time and Just-in-Sequence are for high volumes from nearby suppliers within tight delivery windows.

        Milk Run and Hub serve the transport of medium volumes from distant suppliers within wider delivery windows.

        Direct from supplier combines full truck load, Milk Run and Hub transport direct from suppliers to OEM service parts warehouses based on pull.

        DHL Solutions offers customized logistics solutions for the entire supply chain. Its services range from consulting and design to management and execution. Customers benefit from its industry-specific expertise and long-term experience in Automotive, Pharma/Healthcare, Electronics, Telecom, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Fashion and Chemicals.

        It provides leading-edge IT systems, ensuring seamless integration and guaranteeing full transparency and control throughout the supply chain. DHL Solutions sets the pace in new technologies, delivering state-of-the art business solutions. Customers use its global standards for continuous improvement, process control and quality monitoring to improve operations without installing their own quality management system.

        DHL Solutions’ complete range of IT services supports customer requirements across the supply chain. Leading-edge systems control and manage orders and vendors, warehouse and inventory, cross-docking and hub distribution, transport and e-business, including interactive services and visibility across orders, inventory and shipments in transit. The vision is to drive global logistics through information integration.

About DHL

        DHL was formed in 1969, pioneering the air express industry with its first route from San Francisco to Honolulu .   The DHL Network grew incredibly fast. The company traveled westward from Hawaii into the Far East and Pacific Rim , then the Middle East , Africa and Europe . In just four years, the company had expanded to provide services to 3,000 customers with more than 300 staff.

        By 1977, it had extended its range of services and started to deliver small packages as well as documents. 1982 saw the first serious spurt of growth, with an additional 30 countries and territories added in this one year alone. The year after, it opened offices in Eastern Europe , the first air express company to do so, and in 1986 it started operations in China , again the first air express company to do so.

        While its core business is transporting documents and packages, it also offers e-Commerce fulfillment and intelligent logistics solutions, particularly special solutions for various industries such as automotive and life sciences