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DHL Global Forwarding Launches Air-Freight Service for Life Sciences

June 19, 2013

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean-freight unit of Deutsche Post DHL, has developed a new air-freight service for the life sciences and healthcare sector.

Small, Mid-sized Businesses Depend More on International Trade, Survey Finds

February 13, 2013

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International trade and cooperation has become a key driver of small business success, according to an in-depth and wide-ranging study by IHS and DHL Express.

How DHL Express Improved Its Costing Analysis

February 6, 2013

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A few years ago, DHL Express was in a downward spiral of data quality. The company had used a Microsoft costing tool deployed locally in the 200 countries in it operates. Graeme Aitkin, vice president of business controlling, said the tool used employee interviews to localize cost allocations, asking couriers how they spent their time every day. In the old days, he said, when the data wasn't available, it wasn't possible for a company to have a unified costing and pricing system across a global company.

Judging by Global Flow of Trade, Capital, Data and People, the World's Connectedness Is 'Declining'

December 3, 2012

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The DHL Global Connectedness Index, a comprehensive analysis of the state of globalization around the world, concludes that the world is less globally connected today than it was in 2007. The report, drawing on over one million data points from 2005 to 2011, documents how global connectedness, measured by international flows of trade, capital, information and people, grew robustly from the report's baseline year of 2005 to 2007, and then dropped sharply at the onset of the financial crisis. Despite modest gains since 2009, global connectedness has yet to recapture its pre-crisis peak.

DHL Adds Two Carbon-Reporting Services to GOGREEN Offering

November 28, 2012

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DHL has expanded its GOGREEN environmental services with two new carbon-reporting tools.

DHL Express Achieves ISO Certification at All Facilities in Americas

September 14, 2012

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DHL Express has obtained a multi-site quality-management certification from the International Standards Organization (ISO).

DHL Employees Raise More Than $12,000 for Make-A-Wish Foundation in Cincinnati Region

August 17, 2012

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DHL partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to fulfill the wishes of two Cincinnati area children diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions. DHL employees who work at the DHL facility at Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky Airport raised more than $12,000 for Wish Child Sierra (an eight-year old with sickle cell) and Wish Child Daniel (an 11-year-old with the rare Desmoid tumors).

DHL Opens Automotive Competence Center in Brazil

August 10, 2012

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DHL Global Forwarding has opened an Automotive Competence Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

DHL Launches U.S.-Australia Flight; Opens North Asia Express Hub

July 27, 2012

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DHL has inaugurated a direct flight from the U.S. to Australia. According to the company, the new, twice-weekly route improves transit times into the major Australian metropolitan areas of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane by at least one day. Shipments picked up on Friday in the U.S. will be delivered by Monday in all of Australia's major cities.