DHL Exel Wins Volkswagen Group Award

Filed in archive Best practice on July 19, 2007

German automaker Volkswagen has tipped DHL Exel Supply Chain for its Volkswagen Group Award for outstanding supplier performance in Mexico for 2006, the logistics services provider has announced.

According to SDCE, the annual award is given to the Volkswagen supplier that achieves the company's highest total weighted performance score in the areas of logistics, service, quality, compliance, on-time delivery, cost and communication. This is the second time DHL Exel Supply Chain has earned the award.

In addition to logistics, Volkswagen Group Awards are presented to suppliers for product quality, technological development, environmental initiatives and business entrepreneurship.

DHL Exel Supply Chain operates two Volkswagen facilities in Mexico, including a sequence center and a cross-dock facility near the company's Puebla manufacturing plant.

"We're pleased to have earned the Volkswagen Group Award for the second time," said Brian Deffet, senior director of operations for DHL Exel Supply Chain. "It's a pleasure to work with our friends at Volkswagen, and to have the hard work and dedication of our Puebla facilities' teams recognized."