Swedish fashion chain Lindex awards logistics contract to DHL Global Forwarding

Oct 22, 2018: Lindex has appointed DHL Global Forwarding to handle all its freight operations due to DHL’s effective vendor communication, strong sustainability agenda, and cost-efficient solutions across all of the fashion company's active markets.

DHL Global Forwarding manages freight consolidation and distribution to the Lindex.

Cargo must be shipped from 240 factories managed by 140 suppliers around the world to one of three regional distribution centers in Sweden, the Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia.

The air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group supports Lindex on all issues relating International Supply Chain especially with focus on Purchase Order Management, Consolidation Services, Supply Chain Visibility and Management Reporting. Thereby DHL oversees the ocean, air and rail transport for full and less than container load (FCL and LCL) of the entirety of the Swedish fashion chain's cargo volumes from Asia to Europe and the Middle East.

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“Because of the high number of origins and destinations, Lindex needs a provider who can be a true partner, fully engaged and committed to developing solutions that work. We have a proven expertise across all transport modes and logistics services ranging from Air and Ocean Freight to Rail Freight for FCL and LCL as well as Customs Clearance,” declares Chris Arnold, head of Operations - ISC Nordics & CEE of DHL Global Forwarding.

“Working with DHL again provides us with a high degree of a more reliable supply chain. Due to this optimisation we achieve cost savings and are able to focus attention on other areas of our network for improvement, such as growing the digital side of the business,” states Lindex' Maria Fransson, Transportation & Customs manager of the partnership.