DHL supply chain
| DHL supply chain
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| legal form | Division of Deutsche Post |
| founding | 2000 (as Exel plc) |
| Seat |
Bonn , Germany
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| management | Oscar de Bok, CEO |
| Number of employees | 145,575 (2017) |
| sales | EUR 14.2 billion (2017) |
| Branch | Contract logistics |
| Website | www.dhl.com/de-de/home/unsere-unternehmensgebiete/versorgungkette.html |
DHL Supply Chain is a division of Deutsche Post and with around 146,000 employees and a turnover of more than fourteen billion euros in 2017, it is the largest contract logistics company with a global presence.
history
The company was founded in 2000 under the name Exel with headquarters in Bracknell near London and was taken over by Deutsche Post for 5.5 billion euros in 2005 . Chief Executive John Allan , who built up the British logistics group, moved to the Board of Management of Deutsche Post in 2006 and was in charge of the Finance and Global Business Services departments until June 2009. The Supply Chain division was headed by Bruce A. Edwards from March 2008 to March 2014 . On March 10, he stepped down from the board of directors to retire. The American John Gilbert was appointed as his successor. On October 1, 2019, Oscar de Bok was appointed CEO of DHL Supply Chain after John Gilbert left the company for personal reasons.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2017 (PDF) on dpdhl.com.
- ↑ The 50 largest contract logistics companies worldwide by turnover
- ↑ logistik-inside.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ n-tv.de ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Press release: John Allan terminates activity on dp-dhl.de.
- ↑ Post boss Zumwinkel resigns - Appel likely successor. Finanznachrichten.de, February 15, 2008.
- ↑ Press release: Bruce Edwards is retiring from the Board of Management of Deutsche Post DHL. on dpdhl.de.
