Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce Newsletter

Exel - delivering value across the supply chain

The work of Exel touches many aspects of our day-to-day lives, across the globe, 24-hours-a-day. As you sleep, Exel is delivering the food that you buy and the petrol that drives your car that we help build and service. As you go about your daily routine, your mobile phone, personal computer and household electronics have been touched by our teams and our solutions to ensure that you have the choice and efficiency that today's world demands. When crisis comes, our solutions support the medical care you receive and ensure the prescriptions you need are waiting for you and your family.

It's a high-speed world and Exel keeps it moving. People want things now - quicker than ever before - tomorrow's products today.

We bring the latest technology to homes and offices, food and clothes to shops, fuel to forecourts, components to equipment manufacturers, medical supplies to hospitals, parts to car manufacturers, and much, much more.

Exel's unique blend of freight management and contract logistics is the product of our skilled people, local knowledge, global expertise and sophisticated technology systems, enabling us to deliver value across the entire supply chain for the most important people of all - you.

Exel is the world leader in supply chain management, providing customer-focused solutions to a wide range of industries including retail, consumer, technology, automotive, healthcare, chemical and industrial.

Exel are a Logistics partner of Nokia around the world and in Australia. Exel have been with Nokia since day one of Nokia's inception into the Australian Market. Today, Exel are the lead Logistics Provider for Nokia Mobile Phones in Australia, encompassing International Freight, Customs Clearance and Consultancy, Transport and from time to time, re-kitting, re-bundling and other value add logistics projects. Exel also provide International Logistics Services to Nokia Networks and currently manage the Returns and Service Logistics processes for Nokia Hardware Services in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific Region.

Exel's global and local Supply Chain Services and expertise has enabled Nokia to remain at the forefront of Mobile Phone and Telecommunications Infrastructure supply and distribution in Australia.

With around 111,000 employees in over 2,000 locations worldwide, and over 50 years experience, Exel brings you some of the most innovative and dynamic supply chain solutions available today and tomorrow.

Locally, Exel in Australia employs over 1,000 people in 16 locations over 1.4 million square feet of footprint. Exel in Finland employs 260 people offering services in five key locations providing complete coverage of the country. In Finland, Exel's 260 employees helped to create a turnover of some 35 million Euros in 2004. Exel has also been certified according to ISO 9001 since 1999.Contract logistics has been the fastest growing area of business in both Australia and Finland for the last few years and has therefore been an important part of Exel's development. To find out more about what Exel can deliver for you, visit www.exel.com