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Transportation / Storage 53 - Postal and courier activities 53 - Postal and courier activities 53 - Postal and courier activities
135 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 October 2003
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2003
Foreseen end date
Description
This year DHL Solutions Benelux will start the
implementation of the ‘Overstag' project (‘Changing tack'). The project aim to improve efficiency, level of service and market opportunities of the logistics services provider.
The solution lies in the concentration of activities in larger and more efficient locations and on a personnel costs cut.
In the Netherlands the programme will affeect the plants of Venlo, Oosterhout, Tiel, Schiphol, Eindhoven and the head office in Rotterdam. The number of fixed jobs in the Netherlands will be reduced by approximately 110 and 25 in Belgium.
Sources
17 October 2003: DHL Solutions - Press release
17 October 2003: De Telegraaf
Citation
Eurofound (2003), DHL Solutions, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 59854, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/59854.