APL Logistics
Oakland, CA
SGX:  NOL (Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.)
Brian Lutt, President
510-272-8000
www.apllogistics.com

3PL Turnover:

$1.3b                                                                 Parent:  $8b

Service Area:

Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager – Freight Forwarder

3PL Assets:

4,500 employees
124 Warehouses
75 tractors, 227 trailers

Information Systems:

Very good
TMS – Nulogx (i2), LoadTech
WMS – Irista, Manhattan PkMS, Sterling, Proprietary

Services:

Export consolidation and import deconsolidation, air and ocean freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, transportation management, dedicated contract carriage, customs brokerage

Industry Focus/Key Customers:

Automotive, computers and electronics, consumer goods, food, industrial, retail/apparel
Key Customers:  ArvinMeritor, Asics, Avon, Birds Eye Foods, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell Computer, Electro-Motive Diesel, Gap, General Motors, Hanes, Ingersoll-Rand, Procter & Gamble

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

APL Logistics' strength has been in the automotive and retail client verticals and utilizing its strong Asian base. Two-thirds of revenues are from contract logistics. One-third is from freight forwarding. Over 62% of its revenues are American based. 34% of revenues are automotive/industrial, 23% retail, 20% consumer goods, 10% electronics/high-tech and 13% in other. APL Logistics has automotive joint ventures in China. The U.S. president Brian Lutt is based in Singapore. Forwarding operations are closely linked to ocean container operations. APL provides customers more transparency than other Asia-based logistics companies.

APL Logistics helps companies design and manage supply chains that deliver products faster, better,
at lower cost and more reliably.
We combine origin and destination logistics with multi-modal transportation services. Our offerings are enabled by information management and data connectivity tools that provide increased product visibility and better inventory management to
meet changing market conditions.

APL Logistics services include:
• Supply Chain Design — Design of logistics networks that deliver on schedule, reduce cycle times, and reduce the
administration cost of managing multiple vendors.
• Consolidation — Managing the movement of products to
distribution centers and retail outlets worldwide, including the delivery of documents and electronic information critical to inventory management.
• Vendor Management — Local experts work directly with your vendors so your products are loaded, packaged, and delivered precisely how, when, and where your customers need them.
• Manufacturing Support — Integrating specialized facilities, operations, and information technology to provide manufacturing support services including kitting, sequencing, subassembly,
just-in-time (JIT) delivery, and quality control services.
• Global Freight Forwarding and Management — Includes ocean freight, expedited freight, dedicated contract carriage, intermodal services, yard management, and customs brokerage.
• Deconsolidation — Includes expediting, delaying-in-transit, or transloading import shipments to reduce inland transportation costs and simplify your supply chain.
• Warehousing and Distribution — Improve inventory
management, reduce operating costs, and speed order cycle times through contract or flexible space options. Other services include DC bypass, merge-in-transit, and vendor managed inventory.
• Information Management Solutions — Shipment visibility and event management tools including SeeChange® and Shipment Tracking, RFID, warehouse management systems, and transportation and freight optimization.