Dachser UK

Northampton, 22 January 2015.  International transport logistics service provider Dachser UK has confirmed its membership of the Chemical Business Association (CBA) underlining the Company’s commitment to the chemical supply chain sector in the UK.

The CBA is the voice of the UK chemical supply chain and Dachser is pleased to add its own brand of European transport, distribution and warehouse operations skills to the pool of professional expertise already represented by members of this prestigious association.

The CBA represents a wide range of businesses – from distributors and traders to manufacturers and blenders as well as logistics service providers. It delivers advocacy for members of the chemical industry in Westminster and Brussels; it offers key compliance information and advice on regulatory demands and other legal requirements and is an effective disseminator of supply chain best-practice through its seminars and workshops.

Nick Lowe, Dachser UK’s Managing Director, in announcing his Company’s new affiliation, said, “The UK chemical sector has great export potential and we at Dachser are committed to serving those producers and distributors seeking to fulfil that potential with regular cargo flows throughout continental Europe.  We have joined the CBA, as a leading proactive professional body, to strengthen our market presence in this important sector.”

CBA’s Chief Executive, Peter Newport, said, “I would like to welcome Dachser UK into CBA membership and very much value its support for our work on behalf of the chemical supply chain.”

Dachser UK is also a member of The Hazchem Network, linking regional logistics companies that specialise in dangerous goods, via a hub and spoke transport system that provides fast, secure and reliable distribution throughout the UK. As additional reassurance for shippers the Network also provides 24/7 access to an Emergency Response help-line.

ENDS

About Dachser:

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers in Europe.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customer-specific services in three business fields: Dachser European Logistics, Dachser Food Logistics, and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics; comprehensive and multi-disciplinary services, such as contract logistics, consulting and advisory services, and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless transport network—both in Europe and overseas—and information technology that is fully integrated into all its systems provide intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of 25,000 employees in 42 countries at 471 locations all over the globe, in 2013, Dachser generated revenue of nearly EUR 5 billion and handled 70 million shipments.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.com/gb/en

Certification of Corporate IT in accordance with ISO 27001 renewed and enhanced

Kempten, January 14, 2015. Information security in accordance with DIN ISO/IEC 27001 is not a snapshot event, but a continuous improvement process. In keeping with this principle, Dachser not only arranges for annual audits of its Corporate IT, it currently is also having TÜV Süd review its entire software development process. 

For over 25 years now, Dachser has relied on the complete in-house development of its core applications, DOMINO and OTHELLO (management software for overland transport services as well as air and sea freight, respectively), MIKADO (warehouse management) and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). In addition, there are the Web-based eLogistics tools (including those for order acceptance, or tracking & tracing). All of these applications are developed, rolled out, and updated at weekly intervals at Dachser, on a centralized basis for the branch offices and country organizations. Of the total 280 employees at its head office in Kempten, 100 currently are engaged in software development. 

“Our core systems are highly integrated, can be flexibly adapted, and reflect the state of the art everywhere; that is a unique selling proposition in the logistics industry,” comments Christian von Rützen, Team Leader IT-Security at Dachser. “With the ISO 27001 certification, we are issuing a clear statement on efficiency, quality, and professionalism in operating, security, and software development processes.”

Electronic data exchange needs secure IT processes

Customer data in safe hands: that is the motivation behind ISO 27001 certification for Dachser’s central IT system. Indeed, electronic data exchange has clearly picked up pace over the last few years—and inherently, the demands on IT security as well. Today, 80 percent of all orders at Dachser are already processed electronically; more than 13,000 customers have linked their systems to the Dachser EDI Center, and more than 16,000 use the eLogistics tools.

“These companies know that their own global supply chains depend on the constant availability of their logistics supplier’s systems, and therefore insist on commensurate security infrastructure in tenders and audits,” von Rützen clarifies. “Considering this environment, we are in a superb position for the complete ISO 27001 certification of our central IT system.”

Dachser had its Corporate IT certified according to ISO 27001 in December 2011—one of the first logistics providers to do so. In the process, a host of aspects of information security were examined, such as the protection from cyber attacks, security of Internet applications, IT risk management, fail-safe performance, emergency planning, and confidentiality regulations.  For annual audits, advancements and improvements based on preceding audits are integrated into the evaluation.

About Dachser:

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers in Europe.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customer-specific services in three business lines: Dachser European Logistics, Dachser Food Logistics, and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. Comprehensive and multi-disciplinary services, such as contract logistics, consulting and advisory services, and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless transport network—both in Europe and overseas—and information technology that is fully integrated into all its systems provide intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of 25,000 employees in 42 countries at 471 locations all over the globe, in 2013, Dachser generated revenue of nearly EUR 5 billion and handled 70 million shipments.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.com

Kempten/Mumbai, September 18, 2014. International logistics provider Dachser continues to expand its Asia operations, taking over its partner’s shares in three countries. As a result, the family-owned company is now the sole shareholder in the company’s ventures in India and Thailand and a majority shareholder of the joint venture in Bangladesh.

The collaboration between Dachser and AFL Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading Indian logistics companies, began in 1996 and successfully evolved into a strategic partnership. The two companies—both of which are family-owned—jointly developed the regional markets in India from 2007 to date by founding a joint venture in India, and they also established additional country organizations in Bangladesh and Thailand, making them part of Dachser’s globally linked logistics network. In 2011, the company was renamed Dachser India.

In August 2014, Dachser acquired all of the shares in India and Thailand owned by Indglobal, an affiliated company of AFL, and a majority of its shares in Bangladesh.

“This was an important step toward strengthening our intercontinental network and toward being able to work even more closely with our customers in these promising growth markets,” says Thomas Reuter, COO Air & Sea Logistics at Dachser. In India, where the local head office is headquartered in Mumbai, the logistics provider maintains a seamless presence with around 500 employees at 27 locations. Its core business revolves around air and sea freight services as well as contract logistics. In Bangladesh, Dachser has a presence at two locations, while in Thailand, its office in Bangkok takes care of Dachser customers.

In recent years, Dachser has made huge investments in the Asia Pacific region, establishing subsidiaries in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia and expanding its activities in Greater China and Korea.

About Dachser

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers in Europe.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customer-specific services in three business fields: Dachser European Logistics, Dachser Food Logistics, and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. Comprehensive and multi-disciplinary services, such as contract logistics, consulting and advisory services, and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless transport network—both in Europe and overseas—and information technology that is fully integrated into all its systems provide intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of 25,000 employees in 42 countries at 471 locations all over the globe, in 2013, Dachser generated revenue of nearly EUR 5 billion and handled 70 million shipments.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.de

Munich/Kempten, September 9, 2014. The company magazine published by the global logistics provider Dachser wins the gold award for the industry sector “Transport/Logistics.” The jury of the efficiency award in corporate publishing pays tribute to the magazine’s editorial concept, linguistic craftsmanship, and the opportunities for additional information that it provides.

According to the jury, logistics is characterized by very technical and economics-/business-related aspects on one hand, but on the other customer and employee relationships based on trust are necessary for its operational business activities. There are only a few industries where responsibility and customer contacts are as widely delegated as in the transport sector. “The magazine combines these two different levels,” the jury states in its explanation for choosing to bestow the Fox Award on the DACHSER magazine.

“The appeal of our corporate magazine to different target groups is the result of that special integrative understanding of networks and networking that has made Dachser one of the leading logistics companies worldwide,” says Dr. Andreas Froschmayer, Corporate Director Corporate Development, Strategy & PR at Dachser. “We are delighted that the jurors also found this approach persuasive.”

The DACHSER magazine is published four times a year in German, English, French, and Spanish and provides information about current developments and trends in the logistics industry. Its 55-year history makes it one of the oldest continuously published corporate publications in Germany. Its factually accurate background articles on transport and logistics are accompanied by a mix of other journalistic formats on science, culture, and business and industry. The publication’s target groups include customers, employees, and other interested readers all over the world.

The Fox Award was presented for the first time in 2011 and is the first efficiency award in corporate publishing. Jurors from the sciences and the media evaluate corporate media (both internal and external communications) with regard to quality, dialogue skills, sales quality, and brand conformity. The gold award honors “a media concept that demonstrates above average efficiency performance according to all criteria and that can therefore be viewed as an inspiring role model,” said the event organizers. Well-known companies and agencies submitted a total of 422 articles this year.

About Dachser

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers in Europe.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customer-specific services in three business fields: Dachser European Logistics, Dachser Food Logistics, and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. Comprehensive and multi-disciplinary services, such as contract logistics, consulting and advisory services, and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless transport network—both in Europe and overseas—and information technology that is fully integrated into all its systems provide intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of 25,000 employees in 42 countries at 471 locations all over the globe, in 2013, Dachser generated revenue of nearly EUR 5 billion and handled 70 million shipments.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.de

Dachser DIY Logistics interlinks sustainability and global growth

spoga+gafa 2014, 8/31 – 9/2, Cologne, Hall 6.1, Stand D001

 
Green footprints on the floor of the spoga+gafa hall – has someone stepped in a can of paint during preparations for the trade fair? No, the footprints at the entrance to Hall 6.1 at the Cologne DIY and Garden Fair lead directly to the Dachser stand, where trade visitors can use stickers to leave “footprints” of their own. It’s all in a good cause, because Dachser will be planting a tree for each footprint.  The logistics provider is cooperating with the “We plant trees” initiative of the German DIY, Construction and Garden Industry Trade Association, BHB e.V.

“How can you calculate the exact CO₂ emission of a shipment, reduce it wherever possible and, at the same time, support customers in the DIY and garden industry in their logistics-intensive, global growth? Those are only a few of the questions that suppliers of logistics services are currently facing,” explains Ralf Meistes, Department Head DIY-Logistics at Dachser.

As Europe’s leading provider of groupage logistics, Dachser uses a computer tool to calculate the ecological footprint of a shipment. The program is automated and makes its calculations based on real transport data, such as loading capacity, vehicle type and distance actually covered. This system complies with both European standard EN16258 and French law (Decree 1336) on carbon emissions reporting requirements. In addition, Dachser has implemented a whole series of measures for reducing the environmental footprint of transport and storage as much as possible.

For information on this, see http://www.dachser.com/de/en/Ecology_49.htm

Worldwide activity serving the DIY and garden supply industries

In its fully integrated logistics network, Dachser collects goods from their producers, stores them when required, delivers them by truck to construction and garden supply stores and, where needed, actually puts them on the shelves. The goods flow continuously as required through the Dachser DIY supply pipeline, from supplier to point-of-sale and occasionally back again. As a result, all products are available on the market at all times and are never out of stock. In addition, Dachser also takes care of direct delivery to the end user of large and/or heavy goods from the DIY and garden inventory and thus supports the creation of multichannel distribution structures for customers in industry and trade.

Dachser’s internationally structured DIY Logistics solution provides its know-how to the DIY and garden supply industries. After all, the logistics firm delivers goods daily in a fixed timeframe to all 18,000 DIY and garden supply stores in Europe. The SynLOG consolidation concept reduces ramp contacts, and Quality Control in the Far East completes the concept. Dachser DIY logistics cooperates with the BHB industry association, the Haus & Garten manufacturers’ association, the IVG (garden industry association), the Global Home Improvement Network (GHIN), and GreenNet.

About Dachser

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers in Europe.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customer-specific services in three business fields: Dachser European Logistics, Dachser Food Logistics, and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. Comprehensive and multi-disciplinary services, such as contract logistics, consulting and advisory services, and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless transport network—both in Europe and overseas—and information technology that is fully integrated into all its systems provide intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of 25,000 employees in 42 countries at 471 locations in 42 countries, in 2013, Dachser generated revenue of nearly EUR 5 billion and handled 70 million shipments.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.de