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...Will Kenyon, a partner in the forensic services group at PwC, agrees: “Risk does not stop at the boundaries of your own organisations, and logistics companies’ raison d'être is to move goods on behalf of...
...Its pending $6.8bn tie-up with TNT Express will enhance the company at a time when global economic growth appears to be faltering – bad news for the cyclical logistics sector....
...Large-scale deals in the logistics sector have a mixed record. IT problems following DP’s purchase of US based Airborne Express in 2003 led to late deliveries, billing errors and customer defections....
...Previous logistics mergers – particularly AP Møller-Maersk’s takeover in 2005 of P&O Nedlloyd, the world’s third-largest container shipping line – have shown the potential for integration between logistics...
...The consolidation of the European logistics sector gathered pace on Thursday with UPS, the US group, buying Kiala, a Belgian company specialising in deliveries of internet orders....
...“We’re well on the road to having a stable profit contribution from the domestic mail services and steady growth in international logistics,” Mr Appel says, praising successive German governments for not...
...Alan Braithwaite, a logistics consultant, says the question is whether the slump will be over quickly enough for operators to survive the financial damage....
...The company has bought domestic package services in India and Mexico this year. Average daily freight weight also grew 2 per cent, to 12.3m pounds....
...Deutsche Post has worked hard to build DHL into a global provider of supply chain, shipping, and express-parcel services in order to cushion the end of much of its German mail monopoly in the course of European...
...It is a sign of how elusive competitive advantage in logistics can be....
...Deccan 360, as the service will be branded, aims to offer end-to-end express logistics services within India, and between India and some international markets, starting with Hong Kong and Dubai....
...Financial Services: UBS won over the jury with asset growth and a focus on value, including share buyback programmes. The judges praised it for its “convincing overall strategy”....
...Under the new scheme, starting next month, Dell will use an independent logistics company, APX, to ship computers to about 5,000 of the country's 38,000 post offices....
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