Top 10: Supply chain companies in Asia
FedEx, UPS, DHL , Kuehne + Nagel, DB Schenker and Yusen Logistics among the top supply chain companies in Asia
FedEx Supply Chain
CEO: Hui Edward
Revenue:$700bn (global)
FedEx is a US multinational courier delivery services company with its global headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. It offers a complete suite of online services for shipment preparation, package tracking, shipment rates and tools for international shippers and small businesses. The name FedEx is actually an abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express.
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UPS Supply Chain Solutions
CEO: Sebastian Chan
Revenue: US$97bn
United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American multinational package delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions. Services also include a cargo airline, a freight-based trucking operation and retail-based packing and shipping centres. UPS employs approximately 444,000 staff globally, and has 240,000 drivers delivering to 220 countries.
Company: DHL Supply Chain
CEO: John Pearson
Revenue:US$86bn euros (global)
DHL is one of the most recognisable logistics brands across the globe, specialising in international shipping, courier services, road and rail transportation, air and ocean freight, international parcel and express mail services and contract logistics. Founded in the US in 1969, the company had gone global by the late 70s.
Headquarters: Singapore
CEO: Siew Loong Wong
Revenue:$39bn (global)
Kuehne + Nagel is a provider of supply chain solutions such as sea and air freight, rail, road contract logistics, and integrated logistics. It also offers logistics planning, control, and execution, supply chain consulting and after-sales logistics solutions. Kuehne + Nagel serves aerospace, automotive, high-tech, retail, fast-moving consumer goods, pharmaceutical and healthcare, industrial, and oil and gas industries. The company has operations in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Kuehne + Nagel is headquartered in Schindellegi, Schwyz, Switzerland.
CEO: Charlie Kok
Schenker is a German logistics company, and a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, the German railway company. It is responsible for land, sea, and air transport and contract logistics. Globally it has around 24,500 employees in 750 locations, and warehouses across 50 countries. It has a strong Asian presence.
Nippon Yusen
Headquarters: Japan
CEO: Tadaaki Naito
Revenue: $18.6bn
Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen is owned by the Mitsubishi Corporation. It was founded in 1870 as Tsukumo Shokai Shipping, and transported passengers between the port cities of Yokohama and Shanghai. Alongside its main shipping operations, the company provides end-to-end logistics solutions. Now based in Tokyo, it owns and operates 800 shipping vessels, making it one of the world's largest shipping firms.
Nippon Express
CEO: Mitsuru Saito
Nippon Express offers global logistics services, motor freight transport and forwarding, marine transport and freight forwarding, airfreight forwarding and other air cargo transport and forwarding services, household goods moving services, as well as railway freight services..
Headquarters: South Korea
CEO: Kim, Kyung Bae
Revenue:$4.4bn
Once known as Hyundai Merchant Marine, HMM is a South Korean container transportation and shipping company. It is South Korea's top national container carrier, taking this title from Hanjin Shipping, which was recently declared bankrupt. Its office network is composed of four international headquarters, 27 subsidiaries, 76 branches, five overseas offices and 10 liaison offices.
Yusen Logistics
CEO: Kenji Mizushima
Revenue: $4.2bn
CWT-SML
CEO: Michael Wang
Revenue:$54mn
CWT provides logistics solutions to various industries in Asia and the Middle East regions. The demand for 3PL solutions prompted it to expand into the ME region from its traditional base in Singapore. It provides a hub to customers, supporting all of their logistical requirements.
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