DB Schenker truck at the Great Wall

From freight forwarding services to sophisticated logistics and supply chain management services, DB Schenker has made itself a market leader in its field and continues to expand its presence around the world. With sales of 18 billion euros in 2007, more than 90,000 employees and over 2,000 company locations in all the important economic regions of the globe, DB Schenker stands for the transport and logistics activities of Deutsche Bahn.

Getting ahead together
DB Schenker’s key objectives for China are clear and simple: to create an environment of teamwork across China with a strong focus on operational excellence. For this purpose, the company invests in people development and never loses sight of its mission, which is to provide innovative, cost efficient and effective integrated logistics solutions.

With a very strong base of SMEs as well as multi-national companies in Europe and the US, DB Schenker is specialised in industries such as electronics, retail/fashion, pharmaceuticals, and automotive. Further target markets are emerging markets such as Russia and some African and Latin American countries as well as verticals such as luxury goods, wine, and aero parts.

DB Schenker provides a vast array of logistics services tailored to its customers’ needs, among them the specialised team of DB SCHENKERsportsevents. As the official freight forwarding and customs clearance exclusive supplier of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, DB Schenker’s team just recently demonstrated its professionalism in managing the mega event.

Going places
DB Schenker’s global presence has expanded considerably. The Hong Kong office was opened in 1966. In the late 1970s, the company entered mainland China as one of the first major international forwarders. DB Schenker now has offices and logistics facilities in 35 cities all over China with about 4,300 people working on advanced logistics solutions.

In 2007, DB Schenker was a founding member of the Hong Kong RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Centre, which focuses on bringing RFID adoption to the Pearl River Delta. DB Schenker is exploring and developing RFID-based transport and logistics solutions in close cooperation with its customers. The company also offers the related DB SCHENKERsmartbox product, a GPS (Global Positioning System) telematic device in form of sensor technology. The device consists of a temperature and humidity logger, a vibration and shock sensor as well as a door alarm to detect unauthorised intrusion. It enables customers to track the location of their goods in real-time in a world map scenario. This device is currently in use in selected DB Schenker ocean and rail freight shipments, significantly enhancing container security.

Commitment to the community
DB Schenker doesn’t lose sight of its commitments to the community. The company is actively involved in a wide range of volunteer programmes and received the Caring Company Award for the fifth time last February. In 2008, special focus was set on events for children from poor families, including an ‘Olympic Bus Tour’ – a sightseeing tour combined with a dinner, the ‘DB Schenker Olympics with Kids’ – a sports event, and the ‘DIY Cookies Day’, where children, together with staff volunteers, baked cookies to sell inside the company to raise funds for the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Children Development Fund.
-Remo Notarianni

PHILOSOPHY
Our objective is to create a spirit of teamwork across China with the strong focus on operational excellence. We are focused on growing our people and providing an environment where staff can achieve their goals. We concentrate on new markets and product portfolios to expand our network, and we continue to maintain and enhance our passion for all our existing and new customers as we believe they are the key to the growth and well being of our organisation

FAST FACTS
Recent achievements
• Schenker China Ltd. was the official Freight Forwarding and Customs Clearance Exclusive Supplier of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The job encompassed the entire range of
freight forwarding services. From planning freight capacities to customs clearance, from services at the Olympic village to deliveries to the high-security areas of the Olympic complex – everything was tailored specifically to the event
• DB Schenker China's training programmes ‘Savages’ (Sales) and MDP (Management development) recently received industry awards. Savages obtained the ‘Training Education and Development Award for China’ by the China Supply Chain Council while the MDP got the ‘Citation in Excellence in Practice’ from the American Society for Training & Development Both awards recognise exemplary practices in workplace learning and performance
• DB Schenker won the Caring Company award for the 5th consecutive year by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services to honour the company’s commitment to society
• DB Schenker is a founding member of the Hong Kong RFID Centre, focusing on bringing RFID adoption to PRD, exploring and developing RFID-based transport and logistics solutions for customers