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Supply chain analysis, design, engineering and consulting.
    

Supply Chain:Optimisation by Consultation

Good design is at the heart of an effective supply chain solution. We have developed a reputation for consistently developing innovative solutions that streamline operations and improve control. Our in-house teams have contributed to the solutions design of some of the world's leading brands and enabled us to win key contracts.

Our solutions design team offers a wide portfolio of expertise and services, from logistics network strategy, transport design, warehouse design and simulation, through to operational improvement and inventory analysis.

Innovative Supply Chain Development

Supply Chain Management services are delivered across industry sectors and provide expertise, knowledge and resources in terms of personnel and supply chain tools. All services are targeted at optimising logistical operations in both process and strategy, and are aligned to the client's commercial expectations.

The services are as follows:
  • Strategic Logistics Consulting
  • Lead Logistics Provider
  • CAPs Transport optimisation:Route-Pro and Trans-Pro
  • CAPs Supply Chain Design
  • CAPs Trans-pro
  • Engineering, optimisation and re-engineering
  • Implementation and Project Management
  • Process Management
  • Outsourcing

Our consulting services also offer re-organisation of customer facilities, project management for customers, implementation of new IT Systems, creation of tender documents and tender processing.

Supply Chain Re-engineering

We work with our customers to review supply chain efficiencies. One of the main tasks is to evaluate cost efficiency to ensure that costs are being driven down throughout the contract duration. Data analysis allows DHL to provide customers with 'what if modeling' or the impact of changing the business rules.

After Sales Optimisation

Optimising return logistics and spare parts logistics as well as maintenance and repair services.

Project Management

DHL manages projects according to a six-step process:
  • Initiation: The formal start of the project
  • Design: The formal agreement on how to approach the project and its deliverables
  • Planning: Following agreement, a detailed plan is created
  • Execution: After detailed planning and preparation, the project goes 'live'
  • Closing: Gradually phase out and prepare for handover of the deliverables
  • Handover: The formal end of the project

Network Integration

Your logistics supply chain can be integrated into the DHL global network, providing surface and air transportation networks and a wide spread of warehousing facilities.

Vehicle management services

Our vehicle management services focus on the management of sales and marketing support programmes for automotive manufacturers. Combining a range of services and systems to deliver a global response, we help you overcome challenges at the end of the automotive supply chain.

For more information, please go to Automotive

Distribution to stores management

Our distribution to store solutions are focused on helping retailers create efficient and flexible supply chains to deliver product to retail outlets at high levels of service.

These solutions are built from several core services including supply chain consulting:
  • logistics network strategy
  • warehouse design and simulation
  • transport modelling.

For more information, please go to Retail.

Store logistics

Our store logistics solutions are focused on helping retailers bring logistics disciplines to in-store logistics operations in order to improve cost efficiency and on-shelf availability.

For more information, please go to Retail.

Contact us

If you would like to know more about logistics solutions, please use our on-line contact form or speak to your regular DHL contact.

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