Exel, Delbros form new company

Exel, the world's leading provider of logistics services, and Delbros, the Philippines' logistics specialist, have found a partnership. Exel-Delbros has formed a joint venture company to provide its clients with innovative and efficient supply chain management solutions. Exel-Delbros has formed a joint venture company to provide its clients with innovative and efficient supply chain management solutions. Exel-Delbros will apply their expertise to every aspect of delivering products to market, from the basics of warehousing and transportation, to the transformation and management of entire supply chains.

"After a thorough evaluation, Exel felt that with Delbros' experience in distribution in the Philippines archipelago and our own experience in supply chain management, we would join the best of global expertise with local knowledge thru a joint venture," said Mike Tarrant, senior vice president, Exel Logistics Asia Pacific Ltd.

Currently operating in 725 locations across Europe, the Americans and Asia Pacific, Exel's scale of operations, expertise, geographic spread and the development and use of new and innovative technology brings a global perspective to the evaluation of its customers' needs. Major companies in the consumer products, retail, automotive, chemicals and petroleum and electronics industries have benefited from the supply chain management solutions designed by Exel for their specific requirements: Marks & Spencer, Compaq, Goodyear, Watson's.

Getting goods from the factory floor to the customer shell involves an integrated network linking the raw materials supplier, the manufacturing plant, work-in-process warehouse, fabrication department, finished goods warehouse, and various kinds of distribution activities that finally end at end-user or customer locations.

The key characteristics of any successful supply chain management program is the ability of speed product to market which is the key to increasing sales. Supply chain management also helps companies that want to improve their competitive position by reducing their order to delivery cycle. It identifies the bottleneck that can slow down activities along the entire supply chain.