Five years after I started complaining the retailers in the US are finally wising up and shipping to Europe -- the latest being J.Crew. According to the shipping info on the website the folks at DHL won the logistics outsourcing business. While I have no insight into the size of the contract, DHL is offering flat fee shipping of only 11.95 EUR in 4-8 business days to most of the European Union countries. Quite a deal.
With my own self interests in play I am glad they are expanding to the European Union. I'd love to hear what took them so long. I'll be testing it out soon enough. Let's just hope it doesn't get stuck in customs or its back to the drawing board.
Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Without supply chains consumers would be stuck using products that they had to make or grow with their own two hands. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be.
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