Freight Forwarder-Introduce Chinese freight forwarders

A successful logistics companies, must have larger scale operations, to establish effective regional coverage, with a strong command and control center, both Gao standard integrated technology, financial Zi Yuan and business strategies. The past two years, in different areas, different nature, have competing businesses of all sizes engage in logistics. But as soon as possible whether all these companies can successfully transition to logistics and access to substantial yield? Let’s look at the world’s top 10 logistics related business structure, operations and profitability in order to have implications on the China Logistics Enterprises. 

1. UPS

Business Profile: UPS is the world’s largest express delivery sector, the world’s largest package delivery company and a world leading provider of specialized transportation and logistics. Each day, the company 1.8 million customers to send parcels, number of recipients is as high as 6 million. The company’s main business is in the United States and over 200 other countries and regions. The company has established large-scale, highly reliable global transportation infrastructure, developing a comprehensive and competitive portfolio of services and have secured and continue to use advanced technology to support these services. The company provides logistics services, including integrated supply chain management.

Business Distribution: UPS’s business income in accordance with the mode of transport to divide the region and shows different features. From a regional point of view, the United States for 89% of total revenue, Europe and Asia accounted for 11%. From the transportation point of view, domestic land transport, 54%, 19% of domestic air transport, domestic transport delay, 10% of transport 9%, 4% non-package operations.

News: January 10, 2001, UPS in order to issue new shares worth 433 million U.S. dollars to acquire California Fritz Group’s logistics companies, UPS will continue to expand the company into the logistics business, making it the larger Transport Group. November 28, 2000, UPS will its weekly flight around the world to 5 times from 3 to cope with the growing number of cross-border transport operations. UPS routes in the total volume of freight transport growth of 200,000 pounds per day.

2. FedEX

Business Overview: FedEX company formerly known as FDX Corporation, a global transportation, logistics, e-commerce and supply chain service providers. The company’s independent network of subsidiaries, to provide customers with integrated business solutions. Its subsidiaries include FedEX Express (business courier services), FedEX Ground (business packaging and ground delivery services), FedEX Custom Critical (operating high-speed transport delivery services), FedEX Global (operating integrated logistics, technology and transportation services) and Viking  Freight (the American West small transport companies).

Business Distribution: From the region, the U.S. business 76% of total revenue, international business accounted for 24%. From the transportation point of view, air operations, 83% of total revenue, roads accounted for 11%, other 6%.

News: January 11, 2001, according to a gain to generate 6.3 billion contract, FedEX between the airports in the United States Postal Service system for the delivery of urgent and special delivery letters. In the next 18 months, FedEX will pay from 126 million to 132 million U.S. dollars for post offices, post offices, as set up in the 10,000 cost of the Inbox and retain the remaining 38,000 post offices in the establishment of the right of the Inbox. The move will give the company access to about 900 million U.S. dollars in new revenue. December 29, 2000, FedEX announced plans to 28.13 U.S. dollars a share to buy 1638 shares AmericanFreightways company to achieve its proposed acquisition of the initial 50.1% stake in the company’s commitment.

3. Deutsche Post World Net (DHL)

Business Profile: Deutsche Post is Germany’s State Post Bureau, is Europe’s leading logistics companies, and focused on becoming the world. The recent replacement of the brand (renamed DertschePostWorldNet, referred to as DPWN). While preparing for the PP, on the other hand is also aware of the globalization of its business characteristics and the growing importance of e-commerce. DPWN divided into four independent operating divisions, namely postal services, logistics, courier and financial services.

Postal sector by the Post, issuing publications, direct marketing and business component is built with the highest level of Job Network, Germany, 83 from all over the standardization of sorting centers, and increasing emphasis on high-growth market for direct sales. Express sector through Euro Express Germany and EuroExpressEurope the global postal and international postal services sector across Europe express business; through DHL (Deutsche Post World Net has a 25% stake) in cooperation with the provision of global business.

Danzas brand through several acquisitions of companies, established in 1999, the logistics sector. This unit provides one-stop service, and to provide the entire logistics chain, service. Services include the global aviation, shipping, land transportation services in Europe and customized logistics solutions.

Meanwhile, the financial services offered by Postbank in January 1999 became a wholly owned subsidiary. In the January 2000 acquisition of DSL Bank (which is a good at building private and commercial bank loans) to private and commercial customers in multi-channel banking.

Composition and distribution of business: from net income of view, DPWN’s four business postal, express, logistics and finance accounted for 49%, 21%, 18% and 12%. Especially for the logistics business is in the geographical distribution (from net income of view), Germany, France, Italy and other European countries accounted for 23%, 17%, 8% and 23%, Scandinavia, the Americas , Far East, Australia accounted for 12%, 11% and 6%.

News: January 2001, the German government for the development of new postal legislation, the new law will allow the state to sell its majority stake in the German postal Chi You. November 2000, the German economy minister said the government will not according to the original plan to the end of 2002 DeutschePost complete monopoly. Deutsche Post also intends to stake its DHLInternational from 50% to 75%.

4. A.P. Moeller

MaerskSealand is the world’s largest shipping company, has 250 vessels, including container ships, bulk cargo ships, supply and special purpose ships, oil tankers, etc. The group also has a large loading dock, and provides logistics services. Moeller, a subsidiary while still in Norway, Venezuela and other countries for oil and gas drilling. In addition, the Group is also engaged in shipping and intermodal container manufacturing, pharmaceutical production, and operates a domestic airline MaerskAir and information services. In addition, the company also has Denmark’s second largest supermarket chains.

5. Nippon Express (Day Pass)

Nippon Express’s business is divided into motor transport, air transport, storage and other, respectively, 44%, 16%, 5% and 25%. From the geographical point of view, 93% of its operating revenue comes from Japan. Its customers mainly in the electronics, chemical, automotive, retail and technology industries.

6. Ryder

Business Profile: Ryder Systems, a worldwide technology leader in providing logistics, supply chain and transportation management services. The company offers a range of products including full service leasing, commercial leasing, vehicle maintenance and integration services. In addition, to provide comprehensive supply chain solutions, logistics management services and cutting-edge e-business solutions, from the input supply of raw materials to product distribution, is committed to supporting our customers throughout the supply chain.

Business Distribution: From the region, U.S. revenue accounted for 82% of business, international business accounted for 18%. View from the business segment, accounting for 57% of transportation services, logistics, accounting for 32%, other 11%.

News: November 20, 2000, Ryder Systems Inc. and Toyota (the Americas) and its Japanese parent company, Toyota Group to set up a company called TTR Logistics, a joint venture. The new entity by the Ryder and Toyota shares held by the same, will focus attention and Toyota and other Japanese automakers in North America related to the transport and logistics company’s business opportunities. November 14, 2000, Ryder companies and From2GlobalSolutions Corporation (global technology major international logistics companies and trade intelligence, one of the major suppliers) announced a strategic alliance. Ryder Systems Inc. will use From2′s solutions to its customers via the Internet to provide specific services to international trade.

7. TNT Post Group

Business Overview: TPG in more than 200 countries and territories by mail, courier and logistics services, and has Postkantoren (Dutch post offices, business organizations) 50% stake. TPG sent using TNT Express brands and logistics services (TNT logistics business focused on automotive, high tech and the pan-European area), the existing 137 area of logistics warehouses, a total area of 1,550,000 square meters.

Business division and distribution of: the type of view by business, TPG’s three business mail, courier and logistics (net income) accounted for 42%, 41% and 17%, judging from the region (net income), Europe accounted for 85 %, Australia, North America, Asia and other regions accounted for 6%, 4%, 2%, 3%. If the profit from operations point of view, post, courier and logistics accounted for 76%, 15% and 9%.

News: January 2001, TNTLoop get a hand from YamahaMotorEurope efulfilment contract. TNT will provide the Japanese automotive online stores, to provide the “Back-End” services, including processing, storage and send. December 2000, CtilLogistix and North America TNTLogitics merger, the seventh largest logistics companies in North America. November 2000, TPG chose Vivaldi as a global customer relationship management software system, in order to monitor and improve the management of sales activities and customer service operations. October 2000, TPG and the Shanghai Automotive Industry jointly set up third-party logistics joint venture. The value of 30 million U.S. dollars joint venture for the TPG opened the door to China’s auto logistics market.

8. Expeditors

Business Profile: The company is registered as the United States, is a provider of global logistics services company, offering customers a seamless international network to support the transport of goods and strategic placement. The company’s services include air, sea (fight cargo service) and freight forwarding business. Each office in the United States and many overseas offices to provide customs services also provided include distribution management, fight cargo, cargo insurance, order management and customer-centric logistics information services. 

Business Distribution: From the type of business terms, mainly in air, sea and freight forwarding, divided according to income accounted for 63%, 25% and 12%. From the regional distribution, mainly in the Far East, accounting for 56%, in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, South America, Australia’s income accounted for 25%, 15%, 2%, 1%.

9. Panalpina 

Business Profile: Panalpina is the world’s largest shipping and logistics group, one of 65 countries in the region has 312 branches. Panalpina’s core business is integrated transport services, providing integrated services for customer solutions. Through the integration of freight services, has positioned itself in the standardization of shipping transportation solutions, and traditional companies. In addition to handling traditional freight outside, the group also specializes in providing logistics services to multinational corporations, especially automotive, electronics, telecommunications, oil and energy, chemicals and other areas of the company.

AirSeaBroker is the Panalpina Group’s global freight “wholesaler,” while it also coordinates Panalpina Group’s shipping system in regular contact with the world, while also providing new services for the combined transport. AirSeaBroker under three business units: Marine Department, the West Africa Division, Department charter and heavy lifting.
Swissglobalcargo is Panalpina and Sairlogistics in July 1999 established a joint venture, which is the world’s first company to provide fully integrated, door to door, time-limited guarantee, no weight restrictions on air cargo companies.

Business division and distribution: the total profit from view, Panalpina’s four main business is air freight, ocean freight, logistics and other accounted for 44.9%, 31.3%, 20.3% and 3.5%. Also in the geographical distribution of the Europe / Africa 52.7%, 33.9% in the Americas, Asia Pacific accounted for 13.4%.

News: December 2000, created a customer-centric “e-commerce” platform, which aims to link its freight and logistics operations of all operational phases. This “electronic network” provides an “integrated system”, the system not only connected to the Panalpina internal equipment, but also for the customers to connect to external electronic platform.

10. Exel 

Business Overview: July 26, 2000, OceanGroup and NFC combined company changed its name to “Exel”. Exel is divided into five major business units: (consumer goods / retail / medical) of the Europe, (consumer goods / retail / medical) Americas Division, Ministry of Development and Automation, Technology and the Department of Global Management and Asia Pacific. The company’s global network to 1,300, more than 50,000 employees. The company’s three major operating subsidiary Exel (the old NFC), Msas global logistics company and CoryEnvironmental. Msas is the world’s one of the largest freight forwarding, multimodal transport in the provision of global, regional distribution, inventory control, value-added logistics, information technology and supply chain solutions services. CoryEnvironmental is the UK’s largest waste disposal companies. Exel Supply Chain in the ground transportation services occupy a strong position in the market, providing services including warehousing and distribution, transportation management services, customer-centric services, JIT services and the global aftermarket logistics services.

Business Distribution: Type of view from the business, Exel mainly in distribution, transportation management and environmental services in three aspects, according to net income division accounted for 58%, 39% and 3%, according to the division of operating profits were 62%, 28 %, 10%. From a geographic perspective, the business concentrated in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific region were classified according to net income of 39%, 30%, 21% and 10%, if the operating profit is divided 54%, 27%, 10% and 9%.

News: January 2001, Exel has been selected to manage the Motorola company in the United States, Europe and Asia semiconductor products distribution. The contract value of approximately 134 million pounds. At the same time and MercedesBenzEspana signed 10-year contract to provide supply chain services. Exel Automotive Division has won a contract for a period of 7 years, to the French Sandouvilielear provides supply chain management services. December 2000, Exel acquired Total Logistics Corporation (headquartered in Australia and New Zealand regional supply chain management company specializing in the more than 30 major pharmaceutical and medical companies to provide supply chain management services). October the same year, Exel and UPS together to create a supply network, Ford, and Ford of Europe’s supply chain needs of large-scale transformation.