By RANOBA BAOA
Fiji and New Zealand have become pilot countries to adopt a strategic project by DHL Global Forwarding business unit.
The New Forwarding Environment (NFE) came live the past month and was set up to standardise and industrialise DHL’s process and system landscape throughout the 220 countries it operates in.
Global Forwarding chief executive in Asia Pacific, Dr Kelvin Leung, said the platform will eventually be rolled out to the remainder of the 220 countries.
Dr Leung said: “Basically we’re shaping the forwarding industry which we operate.
“The system is only one part of the jigsaw and eventually we will conceptualise the whole operating flow of the whole forwarding industry.”
Dr Leung revealed this yesterday during a media interview at the Holiday Inn Suva.
He, as well as chief executive South Pacific, A.P. Boll, arrived on a special visit to meet with the Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, as well the DHL team here.
Why Fiji?
Mr Boll said: “This was a very important job and a challenging job as well as we are part of the global process.
“Fiji’s done extremely well and it will be very good learning for the rest of the globe when they go live in the rest of the year.”
Meanwhile, Dr Leung, said the adoption ties in well with the company’s $700,000 revamping investment in its Nadi office equipment and Raiwaqa office in Suva.
Meet with PM
To add to its commitment to the local community outside its business portfolio, the company pledged $10,000 to go towards Government’s Disaster Relief Fund.
Commodore Bainimarama received this yesterday.
“Wherever we operate, we also have a social responsibility to the society…to demonstrate that DHL does care about the society where we service,” Dr Leung said.
Dr Leung thanked PM for his valuable time in accommodating the timely visit and committed to more developments in Fiji in the future.
From left: DHL Global Forward country managing Fiji Mahendra Singh, DHL Global Forwarding chief executive Aisa Pacific Dr Kelvin Leung, Fiji national sales manager Ray Viegas and colleague at Holiday Inn Suva yesterday. Photo: JUSTINE MANNAN