DHL enters into agreement with Konica Minolta

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DHL Supply Chain, the global market leader for contract logistics solutions, and Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc have agreednto enter into a Lead Logistics Provider (LLP) agreement in Japan. Starting in July, DHL will provide comprehensive strategic and value-added supply chain logistics services to Konica Minolta, including the design, and planning of all its logisticsnoperations.

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The agreement will ultimately see DHL take over all of Konica Minolta’s logistics sites in Japan.

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Shuichi Kawamura, President of DHL Supply Chain Japan says, “We are honored to be the strategic logistics partner to Konica Minolta, a company which continuously provides a variety of customer-oriented solutions in today’s diversified market. Wenare able to offer such support by leveraging our global expertise in LLP services. Through this shared knowledge, DHL is able to develop better value added services and innovative logistics solutions for our customers in Japan.”

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The agreement between the two companies places DHL in charge overall of Konica Minolta’s domestic logistics functions. The partnership will see Konica Minolta reduce costs through optimizing warehouse operations, enhancing transportation,nrestructuring domestic distribution networks, standardizing of work processes, and establishing more effective management methods.

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