As the world's leading logistics company, DHL provides best-in-class supply chain solutions to its customers through its DHL International Supply Chain Management Solution. Managing customer supply chains on a global scale, DHL is the perfect partner for multinational companies of all sizes. Our facilities and employees across the globe are strategically positioned to manage your logistics effectively. NHL is a global market leader in the logistics industry. We provide innovative, customized supply chain solutions to our customers worldwide, enabled by best-in-class service coupled with leading-edge technology.
We have a strong worldwide presence with more than 850 locations, including warehouses and offices in 150 countries. We have over 30,000 highly qualified employees across the world and are well-positioned to meet the needs of our customers. Global Distribution Network, DHL is a market leader and a key business partner to our customers that offers global connectivity across borders and regions. At DHL, our operation excellence has set new standards in the industry. From solution design, implementation to operations, processes are orchestrated to provide the optimal end-to-end solution for our customers.
With globalization, increasing supply chain complexity and the need for speed, adaptability, accuracy and timeliness, DHL operates the state-of-the-art purchase order management system, a platform capable of receiving customers'purchase order information and providing unit-level visibility and critical milestones across the end-to-end supply chain. This fully integrated system allows customers to have real-time information for all international shipments across the globe. The systemic platform is supported by a specialist trained team providing dynamic cost and lead time optimization, performance, KPI reporting and ongoing recommendations proactively reacting to changes in the supply chain. I In today's highly competitive and interconnected global economy, supply chain strategy has become more important than ever in our customers'ability to drive down costs and increase service to their end customer. In 2007, Blah Blah launched our private label brand Jill Fresh.
It was an immediate success domestically. We recognized an opportunity internationally to launch the brand, which we shortly did after, without a supply chain to support the expanded launch into the international market. market. DHL was able to deliver a solution that involved consolidating goods from around the world in many ports in Hong Kong centrally and move the goods into our expanded international market.
challenges with forecasting, stock planning, shipment visibility, increasing cost of product handling and transportation. At DHL, we are the experts in constantly improving cost and lead time performance to the end-to-end supply chain. Our solution reduces customers freight spend and overall supply chain cost.
As a preferred supply chain management provider, DHL is dedicated to providing high service levels to our customers. Our quality management processes, look at performance across the supply chain and optimizes opportunities for your business. The regional control towers across the world centralize data, streamlining communication and operating processes. This improved efficiency translates into our customers'competitive advantage.
DHL's strength is helping Loblaw to be more competitive by being able to have products on shelves fast, fresh and at value prices. Their outstanding solution is reduced domestic touch points and handling, direct flow to regional distribution centers further complemented by direct to stores right from Asia. Logistics is about service and people. With more than 850 locations to manage, we connect full one global team across Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. Managing vast differences in culture and infrastructure across countries and regions, we constantly uphold a high standard in our approach and delivery for international supply chain management services, providing best-in-class industry solutions to our customers.
At DHL, we provide our customers with a single contact window, providing global expertise. We have hub facilities in key geographies such as Shanghai, Yantian, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Malaysia, which serve as distribution points for our customers regionally, inter-regionally, or globally. At DHL, we are committed to a high global standard under one worldwide banner, exceptional performance, seamless operations, end-to-end service, and value delivery. DHL is a socially responsible company. We apply our best practices in making a difference to the environment and the society.
We believe our commitment to corporate social responsibility will result in sustainable growth for us and our customers. Logistics as our core, we focus on committing to the needs of our stakeholders and our planet, a family of divisions to achieve industry-leading margins. We connect as one global team in operations, commercials, green solutions and shared services to achieve quality leadership and service excellence. We accelerate our footprint and shift towards emerging markets, tap new market opportunities for organic expansion to achieve sustainable above-market growth. To deliver value to our customer supply chains through lowering cost and maximizing sales.
We can focus our energy not only on winning new business, but also on driving enhanced value to our existing customers. To grow together with our customers and make them stay competitive. Providing our customers with the ability to consolidate from multiple sourcing and manufacturing locations and distribute to across sales markets. An adaptation of flexibility to adapt to the new market needs.
To implement this customer's complex requirements within an extremely tight timeline. My objective is to control our global operating costs, to ensure our high quality services are priced competitively. My objective has been to grow a strong, knowledgeable team.
Strong management, strong leadership, individual motivations and industry innovation proves to me over and over. that anything is possible. DHL's strength comes from the connection we make. Connecting talents, connecting with customers, connecting partners, the world's businesses and global trade. We are a brand that defines, designs and delivers.
A trusted business partner. Your international supply chain specialist.