DHL has announced the set-up of a Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) in Iskandar Malaysia — its first in the country. The Center will provide supply chain consultancy services, and support businesses to design logistics solutions specific to some of Iskandar’s key industries including Automotive, Energy, Engineering & Manufacturing, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Technology. DHL is establishing the GCOE in conjunction with Iskandar Innovations Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iskandar Investment Berhad.
The GCOE Iskandar Malaysia is a collaboration between DHL and Iskandar Innovations Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iskandar Investment Berhad.
The GCOE will serve to connect companies with key stakeholders within Iskandar Malaysia and supports their vision to be the hub for Asia and global markets, and enhance its value proposition of connecting the region to the world’s major economies. The Center will also power the region’s logistics ambitions with networking sessions and workshops where companies and industry experts come together to share best practices, to brainstorm innovative ideas that will form the future of Iskandar Malaysia .
“The establishment of the GCOE will bring Iskandar’s supply chain capabilities up to speed with those of other logistics hubs in the region, including nearby Singapore where DHL has already run a Supply Chain Center of Excellence for the last ten years,” said Mr. Alfred Goh, President, Global Fast Growing Enterprise and Regional Head, Customer Solutions and Innovation Asia Pacific, DHL. “As Malaysia’s broader economy grows in domestic demand and overseas exports alike,[2] Iskandar’s manufacturing and production industries will need increasingly efficient, flexible and scalable supply chains to power future economic development.”
“By complementing pure logistics skills and solutions with broader business development, market insights, and networking with key decision-makers around the world, we believe the GCOE will help Iskandar align its logistics investments with global demand and market forces more closely than ever before.”
In 2007, DHL established a similar Supply Chain Center of Excellence in neighboring Singapore that delivered multi-million-dollar returns within its first 36 months of operation.[3] The Iskandar GCOE will be operational in Q2 2018.