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| num_employees = 130,000 | homepage = (www.dhl.com ) }} DHL Supply Chain is a division of Deutsche Post DHL. The Supply Chain division comprises two business units – Supply Chain and Williams Lea. In the Supply Chain business, DHL provides contract logistics solutions along the entire supply chain for customers from a wide variety of sectors. Williams Lea is a global provider of business process outsourcing and a specialist in corporate information solutions, the management of companies’ information and communication processes. In Canadian and USA markets DHL Supply Chain operates under the name Exel. DHL Supply Chain has around 130,000 employees and is headquartered in Bonn, Germany. The Group provides its customers with both standardized products as well as solutions ranging from dialogue marketing to industrial supply chains. Deutsche Post DHL has about 470,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories.〔(), DPDHL Annual Report 2011〕 == History == * 1969 – DHL founded by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn in San Francisco. * 1971 – DHL expands its Express network rapidly and becomes a trusted partner of many companies. Expansion into the Far East and Pacific Rim. * 1972 – Services introduced in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. * 1974 – The first UK office is opened in London. Globally, DHL now has 3,052 customers and 314 staff. * 1976–1978 – Expansion in three major regions as DHL launches in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. * 1977 – The first German DHL office is opened in Frankfurt. * 1979 – DHL extends its services to delivering packages. Only document services had been available until now. * 1983 – DHL is the first air express forwarder to serve Eastern European countries. An international distribution center (hub) is opened in Cincinnati, USA. * 1985 – A state-of-the-art hub is opened in Brussels. More than 165,000 shipments are handled each night. * 1986 – DHL enters into a joint venture with the People's Republic of China and becomes the first express company active in China. * 1990 – DHL enters into strategic alliances with Lufthansa, Japan Airlines and Nissho Iwai. * 1991 – DHL becomes the first international express company to restart service to Kuwait after the Gulf War. * 1993 – DHL invests 60 million dollars in a new hub facility in Bahrain. * 1998 – Deutsche Post becomes a shareholder in DHL. * 2002 – Deutsche Post World Net becomes the major shareholder in DHL from 1 January. A 100 percent shareholding is completed by the end of the year. * 2003 – Deutsche Post, DHL and Postbank make up the Group's current brand architecture. DHL now serves as the exclusive brand for all express and logistics activities. DHL changes its corporate colors from red and white to yellow and red. In April, the worldwide visual transformation of all vehicles, packing materials and buildings begins. * 2004/2005 – Directly after the tsunami in South Asia, DHL, with over 40 offices throughout the disaster region, responds immediately to requests from government and aid organizations. The Group helps with free charter flights carrying relief supplies, land transport as well as monetary donations. DHL employees from around the world launch donation campaigns. DHL Disaster Response Teams (DRT) are established, supporting the UN and the international community's disaster response efforts in the aftermath of major sudden-onset natural disasters. * 2005 – Deutsche Post World Net acquires Exel, a British logistics corporation, in December for 5.5 billion euros. * 2007 – The DHL Innovation Center opens near Bonn. As a research and development center, its mission is to develop new, highly innovative and marketable products from the logistics trends of the future. Projects are realized via innovation partnerships within the business world and research partnerships. * 2008 – DHL opens its new state-of-the-art European air hub at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. The hub, one of Europe's largest construction sites, expands DHL's international network, providing greater connectivity to global growth markets and enabling DHL to improve its overall customer service. * 2009 – The Group presents its Strategy 2015 and is renamed as Deutsche Post DHL.〔(), DHL Website-Company Portrait〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DHL Supply Chain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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