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CEVA Logistics |
3PL Turnover: |
$2.9b Americas ($9b Global) |
Service Area: |
Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager |
3PL Assets: |
54,039 employees worldwide |
Information Systems: |
Very good |
Services: |
Manufacturing support and subassembly, air and ocean freight forwarding, transportation management, supply chain consulting, customs brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, warehousing and distribution, returns management |
Industry Focus/Key Customers: |
Automotive, FMCG, heavy machinery, industrial, oil and gas, retail, technology |
Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation: |
CEVA is one of the world’s largest logistics companies and is also the world’s largest automotive 3PL. It has a heavy emphasis on manufacturing and is expanding operations in other verticals. CEVA Logistics operates in 100 countries. The CEVA operations we have visited get top marks. CEVA is very good at value-added support activities. Its Matrix™ software suite reflects its range of logistics capabilities, including materials management. CEVA’s core services include fulfillment centers, high-velocity cross-docks, sub-assembly modularization, dedicated contract transportation, and network designs/redesigns. Revenues are split roughly equal between warehouse management and transportation management. Recently, private equity owner, Apollo Management, acquired EGL Eagle Global Logistics which has been rebranded as CEVA Freight Management. EGL adds global freight forwarding to match CEVA’s high quality value-added warehousing, materials management and other contract logistics capabilities. |
| At CEVA, we help business flow more efficiently for our customers by designing globally-recognized supply chain strategies that optimize the movement of products to enhance business performance. With an ongoing focus on operations excellence and supply chain visibility, CEVA provides the end-to-end design, implementation and operation of logistics solutions in contract logistics, freight forwarding, distribution management and transportation management for large and medium-sized national and multinational companies. As one of the world’s largest supply management companies, we have developed and communicated a clear vision for CEVA: by 2010, we want to be the most admired company in the supply chain industry with revenues of EUR 10 billion. We may not be the biggest, but we aim to become the best in our industry. To reach this ambitious goal, we are guided by three strategic imperatives – Unity, Growth, and Excellence. We have put in place a detailed strategy for the coming years that identifies clear priority sectors and products, the necessary supporting systems, and key organizational capability-building programs. Our encouraging results reflect the immediate impact of this new strategy and the strong progress we have made toward our three imperatives. Perfection being our goal, we view operations excellence as critical to the CEVA business proposition. We have introduced standard solution sets (Smart Solutions) for industry sectors with similar needs. Each of these sets leverages our sector expertise and best practices while allowing for individualization in areas unique to a customer. We have also expanded our Zero Defect Start-up process that sets customer-specific requirements for each new contract and provides a framework for flawless implementation. Crucially, we continue rolling out our industry-leading LEAN program that creates ongoing efficiency improvements for our customers. These three programs are supported by the introduction of global standard metrics across all 1,000 CEVA sites worldwide. We are determined to build CEVA into a role model for this industry. Jerry Riordan COO, Americas, Contract Logistics CEVA Logistics |
