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DHL Contract Logistics (Exel)
Westerville, OH
614-865-8500
Bill Meahl, CEO
3PL Turnover: $3.4b Parent: $55.9b
Service Area: Service to over 99% of World GDP; 300 U.S. locations
3PL Assets: 19,000 employees
352 warehouses
1,027 tractors, 3,242 trailers
Information Systems: Very good
TMS - i2, G-Log
WMS - HK Systems, Topex, Red Prairie, Manhattan
Services: Air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, transportation management, warehousing and distribution, supply chain consulting
Industry Focus/Key Customers: Electronics, automotive, consumer products, healthcare, industrial
Key Customers: Agilent Technologies, Colgate-Palmolive, ExxonMobil, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Maytag, Sun Microsystems, Unilever, Wal-Mart
Armstrong & Associates' Evaluation: DHL's purchase of Exel puts together a world-class freight forwarder (DHL/Danzas) with the largest contract logistician. DHL should improve Exel's (MSAS) forwarding operation. Exel gives the world's broadest VAWD network. Integrating these large companies will be a major challenge for 1-3 years. The finished project should be a major, single-source global supply chain manager but how agile will it be?