DK Express About DK Express DK Express is a family owned and operated transportation and asset tracking company operating out of Garden Grove, CA. For over 35 years, the company has been hauling containers in and out of Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in California straight to consumers throughout the US. DK Express was established by two brothers and a friend who saw a massive opportunity to provide drayage services to and from the two largest ports in California to the rest of the country. The logistics are undertaken with the help of a dedicated customer service and support desk and professional team of drivers guided by 24/7 live tracking of freight with real time updates on the company website. The DK Express logistics equipments are …show more content…
The initial investment also involved creation of solutions designed to help the company navigate the challenges in the shipment industry. In line with its long term growth strategies, the company has created an innovative, enabling environment that encourages teamwork and rewards success. Case in point is the heavy investment in the tools and equipments like the chassis, trucks and fleet management solutions. In an effort to achieve its corporate objectives, the company has also come up with several custom solutions that have gone a long way to meet and exceed client’s expectations in regards to transportation, warehouse storage and freight trucking needs. The company will continue with its mission to offer high quality services in the following key …show more content…
We also handle loose freights, because it makes it easy to stack cargo before transportation to their final destination. Our trucking services include: intermodal shipping, freight carrier, specialized transportation, managed logistics, ground transportation and inbound and outbound freight services. For efficient freight delivery, DK Express often partners with freight handlers and carriers such as DHL and FedEx as well as the various public railroad services across the country. Outside the customs clearance and freight forwarding from the port, our transportation services also cover freight movement by air and road. Our fleet is always well-maintained to ensure top notch service bereft of delays. New warehousing technologies are being developed all across the world to enhance productivity and shipping. One such technology is the construction of modern warehouses that generate more renewable energy than what the warehouses
As mentioned in the case, there is a significant market potential (almost 870000 pieces per day) for documents and small package mailing. An analysis shows that in FEC stations, the volume for Courier Pak is 30% more than Priority One. That means Courier Pak market has a growing potential. In addition, it is found that the variable cost of it is the lowest among all other overnight delivery services provided by Federal Express (Table. 2). That means Courier Pak may be a more profitable product.
Many commercial cargo lines employ their own diesel mechanics. Because of this the mechanic will be focused on maintaining his company’s truck fleet, which will usually include working at a central repair
In India, one of the greatest rulers is now being put on trial. His name is Asoka, and he is currently remembered as a wise king, but some scholars believe there is some evidence to argue with that. They say that he was a merciless vanquisher. Now historians have a question, was Asoka an enlightened ruler or a ruthless conqueror? In my opinion, although Asoka might have made a few mistakes, he always put his country first, was a dedicated ruler, and he was very conscious of his mistakes.
UPS is the largest parcel delivery service in the world. They also help their customers its customers with supply chain management, logistics, and financial services. UPS used to be a trucking company with technology, now it¡¦s a technology company with trucks. One of the UPS¡¦s key success factors is the way they manage their operations. Their carefully designed network of vehicles, sorting facilities, and hubs combined with their IT system, allows them to pick up 13 million packages each day from 2 million addresses for delivery to over 6 million commercial and residential addresses worldwide with highest levels of reliability, efficiency, and speed. Also the integration of its air and ground operations gave UPS the ability to optimize utilization of its assets while still meeting customer service requirements. Other key success factor is UPS¡¦s human resource management. UPS has lowest turnover rates in the industry and succeeds in developing a portion of its workforce for management positions each year. The company¡¦s unique culture emphasized accountability and efficient execution at every level of the organization.
The trucking industry over the years have changed the type of services and the quality that it has provides to its customers. In today’s industry the focus is on efficiency with the overall beneficiary being the American consumer. Majority of today’s freight is being transported by truck during sometime in the distribution chain. Some of factors the trucking industry is facing today include hours and earnings and safety issues.
Strong customer relationship: high-touching, responsive customer service. Flexible: mix model of owning and chartering vessels. Specially sized shipping: refrigeration and insulation containers. Weaknesses - No operating experience in TransPacific market.
Federal Express is the world’s largest package delivery company today. They have been successful mainly because of their technological advancements. Technology has allowed them to have superior customer service and quality that was unparalleled by any company. No company was able to offer overnight delivery of packages with the speed and precision that Federal Express did. Although Federal Express remains ahead of its competition today, their advantages over other firms in the industry are slowly diminishing.
FedEx provides shipping services through FedEx Express, Ground, Freight, Custom Critical, Trade Networks, and Supply Chain (FedEx, 2014). Tracking and package management services are available for all services through fedex.com (FedEx, 2014). FedEx also shares knowledge of shipping best practices on its website (FedEx, 2014). FedEx Office is another division of FedEx, where customers have an in-store option for taking care of their shipping, copying, and printing needs (FedEx, 2014). FedEx connects our global economy by linking 99 percent of the world’s GDP (FedEx, 2014). FedEx Express services every US address, as well as 220 other countries (FedEx, 2014). Some of the corporation’s new services include FedEx Delivery Manager and One Rate (FedEx, 2014). FedEx Delivery Manager is a service that is tailored to the needs of the recipient of a package (FedEx, 2014). FedEx One Rate is simply that, flat-rate shipping without the weighing and measuring (FedEx, 2014).
UPS and FedEx are the leading parcel carriers in the U.S. FedEx has significantly expanded their capability to compete with UPS’s dominant ground delivery service. UPS has continued its strong marketing efforts in overnight and deferred air services. Both of these carriers have introduced information systems, which include user-friendly Internet interfaces. The carriers have also expanded logistical services and improved integration with customer supply chains.
The shipping department is to encourage the overseas transportation trade. For example, the praying activities will held by the specialized shipping department and local officials to wish the safe of shipping.
The project will minimize down time for vehicles in their fleet by ensuring parts are on hand to perform the maintenance. Having these needs met with minimize potential revenue lost due to unavailable vehicles. The goal of the project is to create the entity relationship diagrams that will support the creation of a shared database that can be accessed by all of Huffman Trucking various locations.
Our Logistics unit is driving for synergistic growth, developing and securing its links to Container Shipping
FedEx is one of the world’s largest freight companies it is based in Memphis, Tennessee and employs more than 290,000 employees and contractors worldwide.
While society continues to move at a faster pace, Amazon makes it a priority of theirs to make the fleet lifestyle as easy as possible. While Amazon is known for orchestrating a wide-range of products and services, the firm’s project management teams are more of a cross-functional position than anything else. From project to project, teams, roles, designs, requirements, and processes are ever-changing. Amazon continuously thinks outside of the box which has led to its success as a multidimensional empire. By encouraging long-term progress, focusing on consumers, and strengthening the company’s IT infrastructure Amazon manifests life-changing technology.
In logistic industry, they have been through lots of challenge in worldwide market. As the containerization of the global economy scopes, a phase of development and explanation, ports find themselves inserted in ever changing commercial environment where logistics is the forefront. Thus, this industry reaches a phase of maturity and rationalization due to the process of logistic on land.