But something else happened that was unforeseen: a realization within the company that its maturing "brown operations, " marvelous as they were in delivering 13 million packages every business day, were not enough to compete in an industry that was transitioning into a global, knowledge-based logistics business.
Iron ore is its mainstay, and the iron-ore business is all just-in-time logistics.
Support them with state-of-the art logistics and business practices that create the right mid-set, the morale for remaining focused and executing the business.
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Logistics is all about details, and the long-term success of any business has a great deal to do with well-planned logistics.
Glovis is working on expanding its third-party logistics business in both domestic and global markets.
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With its asset-light, debt-free business model, the transport and logistics company is taking advantage of lower costs and prices, buying up businesses and stretching its reach to become the premier courier service linking the emerging and fast growing Asian and African economies.
But could careful measurement and management of sustainability also provide short-term, hard-nosed business advantages, especially when it comes to logistics?
The huge trading and logistics operation, backed by a savvy business-intelligence unit, has a global presence in a vast array of commodities that far exceeds that of rivals such as Cargill or Trafigura.
Current plans call for production of Super Hornet to cease in 2015 as deliveries of the Lockheed plane ramp up, which would leave Boeing with no tactical-aircraft business serving domestic customers other than upgrade and logistics work.
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The supply-chain track, in particular, has generated enormous interest in the business community, where logistics has a growing influence on the bottom line.
Germany's post -- now Deutsche Post DHL -- was privatized in 2005 and has become a major player in the global delivery and logistics business.
Property consultants and logistics property developers said there had been an upturn in investment interest in logistics and business parks in recent months as a way to tap into the growth of e-commerce and rising domestic consumption.
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