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CEVA is very good at value-added support activities and its core services include fulfillment centers, high-velocity crossdocks, sub-assembly modularization, dedicated contract transportation, and network designs/redesigns. Its revenues are split roughly equally between warehouse management and transportation management. (See Table 8) Penske Logistics is a very significant domestic and international automotive supply chain manager with key customers, including BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and GM. In addition to automotive, Penske is making significant inroads with Technological industry-vertical customers. In Table 9, Wincanton and YRC Logistics lead in the number of retail relationships within the A&A database. Wincanton is a market leader in food distribution for U.K. retailers. It has expertise in chilled consolidation, multitemperature and time-critical distribution, liquid bulk transportation, and automated warehousing. YRC Logistics has a significant amount of retail pool distribution business within For their part, 3PLs continue to develop business opportunities at three to four times the rate of growth in the U.S. gross domestics product. the U.S. with 16 regional centers with outbound direct store delivery services and has been expanding its Chinese presence. Maersk has benefited from increased international transportation management volumes from Asia to Europe and North America. Over half of its 3PL business is warehousing and distribution; about onefifth is forwarding and consolidation. Supply chain management, airfreight forwarding and customs brokerage account for the rest. The majority of revenues are between Asia and North America. About one-third is in Asia-European traffic. The acquisition of P&O Nedlloyd by its parent A.P. Moller, added more apparel and retail capacity through Gilbert’s operations, which are primarily involved in consolidation/deconsolidation and garment-onhanger business. Maersk Logistics is being restructured into a stand-alone business in an effort to return profitability to its parent company’s containership operation, Maersk Line. (See Table 9) To expand beyond its core North American trucking operations, Werner Enterprises has invested sizably in its dedicated contract carriage and value-added services (VAS) divisions, which tally 11 Retailing customer relationships. VAS encompasses swissworldcargo.com Pharmaceutical goods wherever you need them. Fastest delivery, seamless cold chain, high security levels – whatever your pharmaceutical goods need, we give them the same professional treatment doctors give their patients. And just like a hospital, we have experts for every specialist field, at more than 150 destinations in over 80 countries. We care for your cargo. GLOBAL LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES 45 http://swissworldcargo.com http://swissworldcargo.com http://swissworldcargo.com

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Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies - April 2008

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