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[DHL]

Let's get some things out in the open.
Mine first. Follow closely.
How does any company outside the U.S. ship out a package that goes thru the DP network into the DHL US ops and then serviced fom the aircraft to the final del location by DHL/US but it does NOT get revenue to DHL/US? Losses??? Their gain.
In other words, when DP bills the company for the shipment where does any of that come to the DHL/US books?
I think the D.O.R. has some issues to look into but I may be confused.
Maybe the U.S Trustee office of foreign businesses in the U.S.

[webster]

DHL, a similar question was asked in the dhlteamsterforum and I posted what I believe to be the answer. I'll post a modified version of it here and if I'm incorrect maybe someone with more knowledge can explain it in better detail.

When a package is picked up by your station, does your station get the credit? The answer is yes, your station made money on that package. When that same package arrives at my station and I deliver it, does my station get any money for it? No, the money is made at the originating station not the location of the point of delivery.

Using that same reasoning, the same would hold true for international shipments as well. You pick up freight going to an international destination and your station makes a significant amount of money on that package. The package arrives on the other side of the world and is delivered. What did the receiving station do to generate income on that particular package? Nothing. All profit was made at the time and origin of the original pick up.

[ltlhuzz]

webster, on Mar 10 2008, 06:26 AM, said:

DHL, a similar question was asked in the dhlteamsterforum and I posted what I believe to be the answer. I'll post a modified version of it here and if I'm incorrect maybe someone with more knowledge can explain it in better detail.

When a package is picked up by your station, does your station get the credit? The answer is yes, your station made money on that package. When that same package arrives at my station and I deliver it, does my station get any money for it? No, the money is made at the originating station not the location of the point of delivery.

Using that same reasoning, the same would hold true for international shipments as well. You pick up freight going to an international destination and your station makes a significant amount of money on that package. The package arrives on the other side of the world and is delivered. What did the receiving station do to generate income on that particular package? Nothing. All profit was made at the time and origin of the original pick up.

From what I have been told, revenues generated from pick-ups at stations overseas receive 100% of said revenue while stations in the U.S. receive 50% with the remaining 50% going to the motherland (Germany.)

[DrJekyl]

So, if we use euros instead of dollars the $900 million dollar loss should be more like $300 or $400 million?

[DHL]

DrJekyl, on Mar 9 2008, 05:37 PM, said:

So, if we use euros instead of dollars the $900 million dollar loss should be more like $300 or $400 million?

Which sounds much better to me.

[myrlredding]

DHL, on Mar 10 2008, 05:59 PM, said:

Which sounds much better to me.

Which if you add in all the costs of the hubs adn retooling of terminals throughout the country would probably lesd to a tidy profit?

This link is probably relative to the much anticipated 3/5/08 announcement that never really came. Pulled this up, not the first one I saw. The original actually had a comment about how this won't happen til after the contract is ratified. Have it from a good source one of the larger stations in North Jersey is closing. Probably a legal thing if you employ so many people you have to give them 30 days notice.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/...ised-to-profit/


This is interesting as well. Claiming the at home is very profitable, and that we are doing well in the major metropolitan areas. Wouldn't that be union for the most part?

http://www.logistics.../ca6538372.html