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DHL Express Saudi Arabia - Innovation in Technology Management, Planning & Implementation

Gold Stevie Award Winner 2019, Click to Enter The 2022 Middle East and North Africa Stevie® Awards

Company: DHL Express Saudi Arabia
Company Description: key facts that make us second to none in the Kingdom; DHL Express Saudi Arabia has the strongest & widest international express logistics infrastructure coverage in the Kingdom. . Market leader with more than 58% market share.+550 vehicles and a reach to +300 locations Kingdom wide. won 2015-2019 "Top Employer", 2015,2019 "Great Place to Work" 2018 " Best place to work in" awards and many more
Nomination Category: Technology Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Award for Innovation in Technology Management, Planning & Implementation - Other Service Industries

Nomination Title: Phenomenal Growth 1260% in Paperless Trade by DHL SA

>> Introduction:

DHL Saudi marches on with the growth of “Paperless Trade” solution (hereafter referred to as “PLT”) to DHL customers requiring customs clearance for export and import shipments at destination. This DHL optional service providing the ability for customers to send DHL their customs related documents electronically eliminating the need to print and attach customs paperwork physically to the shipments. These documents may include:

Carnet
Certificate of Origin
Certificates of Inspection, of Insurance, of Manufacture
Controlled Exports
Import License
Phytosanitary Inspection Certificate
Consular Invoice
Shipper‘s Declaration/DGD

>>The Team:

Electronic Shipping Solutions (ESS) team made of 4 expert members is always in the pursuit of meeting customer’s expectation by reaching out to customers to utilize out of the box innovative PLT solution. The team currently consists of 3 agents led by their manager Shoaib Javed nominated for DHL CEO Awards as “Most sustainable solution 2020”.

>>Awards Received:
Mansoor Ali Malik, Nationwide Employee Of The month Award for 2020.

Norah Abunayyan, Nationwide Employee Of The month Award for 2020.

CIO Award: BIT Employee Recognition 2019 Winners – Shoaib Javed & Jasim Fahad from SAUDI IT

“Team of the Year Award” in annual award DHL 2018.

Shoaib Javed, Nationwide Country Manager Award for 2016 also nominated for Nationwide Employee of the year in 2007 & 2015).

Mansoor Ali Malik, Nationwide Employee of the year award for 2018 (Nominated for Company Employee of the Year 2017).

DHL KSA Wins IT Excellence Award for the Year 2018

>> Achievements: (see attachment)

This team was able to achieve all DHL global KPIs thought the entire 2019 and 2020.

DHL Saudi launched this service last year, and 2020 was the year of growth and to expand the usage to share the benefits with more users and contribute even bigger to the environment.

Electronic Shipping Solutions team actively called and followed up with customers – upselling PLT Service. Team spent 1 hour daily to upsell PLT to convince customer to use PLT service rather than printing on paper.

-Weekly team meetings kept the focus on top customers.
-Monthly performance reports aided to increase PLT service penetration.
-2019 PLT shipments at 74 thousand, in 2020 more than 1 million shipments used PLT, resultant was -1260%+ YOY growth. Saving 2 million papers.
-With minimum of 10k papers produced by average tree, results in 200 trees saved (YTD) and likely to save 250+ trees by end of 2020.
-Simple calculation is "Around six trees will fix 1 ton of CO2” (i.e. 200/6) equals 35 tons CO2 offset by this initiative.

>>VOC-Voice of The Customer (see attachment for figures)

With Internal and outer clients appreciating the advantages of PLT radiant contribution had been gotten hailing products of sparing the climate and improving work productivity. This contribution has and will keep on boosting the certainty of the group demonstrates the correct course. DHL Saudi ESS group is resolved to convey greatness to our clients. Exhibiting raised instances of Knowledge, Politeness and supportive demeanor. Won't be normal if DHL Saudi group is proclaimed the best ESS group in the IT people group in MENA.

>>Summary:

Estimating the "Voice of the Client" the innovation, aptitudes and kindness pitched in by the ESS team recognizes them as the reference point of IT performance in the MENA Region. This inititative has been selected as key nomination for the CEO awards as the “Most sustainable solution 2020” The ESS team walks on to excellence in satisfaction to their clients, associates and accomplish fabulous results which are unmistakably obvious by the prizes got in the MENA area and nation execution the board. Accordingly the "ESS Department of the Year" will be the honor that will be the crown gem recognizing the astute work and green vision of this division.