SUPPLY CHAIN

Business units and market positions

Consistent branding of all DHL units

In the first quarter of 2009, we renamed the SUPPLY CHAIN/CORPORATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS division in order to provide a consistent branding for all DHL units. It is now called the SUPPLY CHAIN division and houses the Supply Chain and Williams Lea business units.

Customer-focused Global Supply Chain solutions

We provide many industry sectors with customer-focused solutions that span the entire supply chain. By offering warehousing, distribution, managed transport and value-added services, we ensure that products and information reach markets faster and more efficiently, and create competitive advantage for our customers.

Our Supply Chain business is organised into four geographic regions. With local insight and global scale, we serve customers in more than 60 countries providing support for complex business transformations.

Our Williams Lea Business Unit is an expert in outsourcing corporate information management. Solutions include Office Document Solutions, Marketing Solutions and Customer Correspondence Management. We offer these solutions for customers in the financial, retail, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, publishing and public sectors. For example, we provide printing services for Wal-Mart in the USA, readying much of the company’s circular advertising inserts for distribution in newspapers or as direct mailings. This four-year contract, signed in mid-2009, covers most of their circular print needs and related logistics services.