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ISTILAH KEPABEANAN INTERNASIONAL

(Definition of International Customs)

1.    “administrative settlement of a Customs offence” means the procedure laid down by national legislation under which the Customs are empowered to settle a Customs offence either by ruling thereon or by means of a compromise settlement;

2.    “appeal” means the act by which a person who is directly affected by a decision or omission of the Customs and who considers himself to be aggrieved thereby seeks redress before a competent authority;

3.    “assessment of duties and taxes” means the determination of the amount of duties and taxes payable;

4.    “audit-based control” means measures by which the Customs satisfy themselves as to the accuracy and authenticity of declarations through the examination of the relevant books, records, business systems and commercial data held by persons concerned;

5.    “authorized consignee” means a person empowered by the Customs to receive goods directly at his premises without having to present them at the office of destination;

6.    “authorized consignor” means a person empowered by the Customs to send goods directly from his premises without having to present them at the office of departure;

7.    “cargo declaration” means information submitted prior to or on arrival or departure of a means of transport for commercial use that provides the particulars required by the Customs relating to cargo brought to or removed from the Customs territory;

8.    “carrier” means the person actually transporting goods or in charge of or responsible for the operation of the means of transport;

9.    “certificate of origin” means a specific form identifying the goods, in which the authority or body empowered to issue it certifies expressly that the goods to which the certificate relates originate in a specific country. This certificate may also include a declaration by the manufacturer, producer, supplier, exporter or other competent person;

10.  “certified declaration of origin” means a “declaration of origin” certified by an authority or body empowered to do so;

11.  “checking the Goods declaration” means the action taken by the Customs to satisfy themselves that the Goods declaration is correctly made out and that the supporting documents required fulfil the prescribed conditions;

12.  “clearance for home use” means the Customs procedure which provides that imported goods enter into free circulation in the Customs territory upon the payment of any import duties and taxes chargeable and the accomplishment of all the necessary Customs formalities;

13.  “clearance for home use” means the Customs procedure which provides that imported goods enter into free circulation in the Customs territory upon the payment of any import duties and taxes chargeable and the accomplishment of all the necessary Customs formalities;

14.  “clearance” means the accomplishment of the Customs formalities necessary to allow goods to enter home use, to be exported or to be placed under another Customs procedure;

15.  “CN22/23” means the special declaration forms for postal items as described in the Acts of the Universal Postal Union currently in force;

16.  “compensating products” means the products obtained abroad and resulting from the manufacturing, processing or repair of goods for which the use of the outward processing procedure is authorized;

17.  “compromise settlement” means an agreement under which the Customs, being so empowered, consent to waive proceedings in respect of a Customs offence subject to compliance with certain conditions by the person(s) implicated in that offence;

18.  “control office” means the Customs office responsible for one or more “authorized consignors” or “authorized consignees” and, in this respect, performing a special control function for all Customs transit operations;

19.  “country of origin of goods” means the country in which the goods have been produced or manufactured, according to the criteria laid down for the purposes of application of the Customs tariff, of quantitative restrictions or of any other measure related to trade;

20.  “Customs control” means measures applied by the Customs to ensure compliance with Customs law;

21.  “Customs duties” means the duties laid down in the Customs tariff to which goods are liable on entering or leaving the Customs territory;

22.  “Customs formalities applicable to means of transport for commercial use” means all the operations to be carried out by the person concerned and by the Customs in respect of means of transport for commercial use arriving in or departing from the Customs territory and during their stay therein;

23.  “Customs formalities applicable to stores” means all the operations to be carried out by the person concerned and by the Customs in respect of stores;

24.  “Customs formalities in respect of postal items” means all the operations to be carried out by the interested party and the Customs in respect of postal traffic;

25.  “Customs formalities prior to the lodgement of the Goods declaration” means all the operations to be carried out by the person concerned and by the Customs from the time goods are introduced into the Customs territory until goods are placed under a Customs procedure.

26.  “Customs formalities” means all the operations which must be carried out by the persons concerned and by the Customs in order to comply with the Customs law;

27.  “Customs law” means the statutory and regulatory provisions relating to the importation, exportation, movement or storage of goods, the administration and enforcement of which are specifically charged to the Customs, and any regulations made by the Customs under their statutory powers;

28.  “Customs offence” means any breach, or attempted breach, of Customs law.

29.  “Customs office” means the Customs administrative unit competent for the performance of Customs formalities, and the premises or other areas approved for that purpose by the competent authorities;

30.  “Customs territory” means the territory in which the Customs law of a Contracting Party applies;

31.  “Customs transit operation” means the transport of goods from an office of departure to an office of destination under Customs transit;

32.  “Customs transit” means the Customs procedure under which goods are transported under Customs control from one Customs office to another;

33.  “Customs treatment of stores” means all the facilities to be accorded and all the Customs formalities applicable to stores;

34.  “Customs warehousing procedure” means the Customs procedure under which imported goods are stored under Customs control in a designated place (a Customs warehouse) without payment of import duties and taxes.

35.  “Customs” means the Government Service which is responsible for the administration of Customs law and the collection of duties and taxes and which also has the responsibility for the application of other laws and regulations relating to the importation, exportation, movement or storage of goods;

36.  “decision” means the individual act by which the Customs decide upon a matter relating to Customs law;

37.  “declarant” means any person who makes a Goods declaration or in whose name such a declaration is made;

38.  “declaration of arrival” or “declaration of departure”, as the case may be, means any declaration required to be made or produced to the Customs upon the arrival or departure of means of transport for commercial use, by the person responsible for the means of transport for commercial use, and containing the necessary particulars relating to the means of transport for commercial use and to the journey, cargo, stores, crew or passengers;

39.  “declaration of origin” means an appropriate statement as to the origin of the goods made, in connection with their exportation, by the manufacturer, producer, supplier, exporter or other competent person on the commercial invoice or any other document relating to the goods;

40.  “documentary evidence of origin” means a certificate of origin, a certified declaration of origin or a declaration of origin;

41.  “drawback procedure” means the Customs procedure which, when goods are exported, provides for a repayment (total or partial) to be made in respect of the import duties and taxes charged on the goods, or on materials contained in them or consumed in their production;

42.  “drawback” means the amount of import duties and taxes repaid under the drawback procedure;

43.  “dual-channel system” means a simplified Customs control system allowing travellers on arrival to make a declaration by choosing between two types of channel. One, identified by green symbols, is for the use of travellers carrying goods in quantities or values not exceeding those admissible duty-free and which are not subject to import prohibitions or restrictions. The other, identified by red symbols, is for other travellers;

44.  “due date” means the date when payment of duties and taxes is due;

45.  “duties and taxes” means import duties and taxes and/or export duties and taxes;

46.  “equivalent goods” means domestic or imported goods identical in description, quality and technical characteristics to those imported for inward processing which they replace;

47.  “equivalent goods” means domestic or imported goods identical in description, quality and technical characteristics to those under the drawback procedure which they replace.

48.  “examination of goods” means the physical inspection of goods by the Customs to satisfy themselves that the nature, origin, condition, quantity and value of the goods are in accordance with the particulars furnished in the Goods declaration;

49.  “export duties and taxes” means Customs duties and all other duties, taxes or charges which are collected on or in connection with the exportation of goods, but not including any charges which are limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered or collected by the Customs on behalf of another national authority;

50.  “free zone” means a part of the territory of a Contracting Party where any goods introduced are generally regarded, insofar as import duties and taxes are concerned, as being outside the Customs territory.

51.  “Goods declaration” means a statement made in the manner prescribed by the Customs, by which the persons concerned indicate the Customs procedure to be applied to the goods and furnish the particulars which the Customs require for its application;

52.  “goods exported with notification of intended return” means goods specified by the declarant as intended for re-importation, in respect of which identification measures may be taken by the Customs to facilitate re-importation in the same state;

53.  “goods in free circulation” means goods which may be disposed of without Customs restriction.

54.  “import duties and taxes” means Customs duties and all other duties, taxes or charges which are collected on or in connection with the importation of goods, but not including any charges which are limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered or collected by the Customs on behalf of another national authority;

55.  “inward processing” means the Customs procedure under which certain goods can be brought into a Customs territory conditionally relieved from payment of import duties and taxes, on the basis that such goods are intended for manufacturing, processing or repair and subsequent.

56.  “means of transport for commercial use” means any vessel (including lighters and barges, whether or not ship-borne, and hydrofoils), hovercraft, aircraft, road vehicle (including trailers, semi-trailers and combinations of vehicles) or railway rolling stock, which is used in international traffic for the transport of persons for remuneration or for the industrial or commercial transport of goods, whether or not for remuneration, together with their normal spare parts, accessories and equipment, as well as lubricants and fuel contained in their normal tanks, when carried with the means of transport for commercial use.

57.  “means of transport for private use” means road vehicles and trailers, boats and aircraft, together with their spare parts and normal accessories and equipment, imported or exported exclusively for personal use by the person concerned and not for the transport of persons for remuneration or the industrial or commercial transport of goods, whether or not for remuneration;

58.  “mutual administrative assistance” means actions of a Customs administration on behalf of or in collaboration with another Customs administration for the proper application of Customs law and for the prevention, investigation and repression of Customs offences;

59.  “office of departure” means any Customs office at which a Customs transit operation commences;

60.  “office of destination” means any Customs office at which a Customs transit operation is terminated;

61.  “omission” means the failure to act or give a decision required of the Customs by Customs law within a reasonable time on a matter duly submitted to them;

62.  “outright exportation” means the Customs procedure applicable to goods which, being in free circulation, leave the Customs territory and are intended to remain permanently outside it.

63.  “outward processing” means the Customs procedure under which goods which are in free circulation in a Customs territory may be temporarily exported for manufacturing, processing or repair abroad and then re-imported with total or partial exemption from import duties and taxes.

64.  “person” means both natural and legal persons, unless the context otherwise requires;

65.  “personal effects” means all articles (new or used) which a traveller may reasonably require for his or her personal use during the journey, taking into account all the circumstances of the journey, but excluding any goods imported or exported for commercial purposes;

66.  “postal items” means letter-post and parcels, as described in the Acts of the Universal Postal Union currently in force, when carried by or for postal services;

67.  “postal service” means a public or private body authorized by the government to provide the international services governed by the Acts of the Universal Postal Union currently in force;

68.  “processing of goods for home use” means the Customs procedure under which imported goods may be manufactured, processed or worked, before clearance for home use and under Customs control, to such an extent that the amount of the import duties and taxes applicable to the products thus obtained is lower than that which would be applicable to the imported goods.

69.  “regional appellation certificate” means a certificate drawn up in accordance with the rules laid down by an authority or approved body, certifying that the goods described therein qualify for a designation specific to the given region (e.g. Champagne, Port wine, Parmesan cheese).

70.  “re-importation in the same state” means the Customs procedure under which goods which were exported may be taken into home use free of import duties and taxes, provided they have not undergone any manufacturing, processing or repairs abroad and provided that any sums chargeable as a result of repayment or remission of or conditional relief from duties and taxes or of any subsidies or other amounts granted in connection with exportation must be paid. The goods that are eligible for re-importation in the same state can be goods that were in free circulation or were compensating products.

71.  “release of goods” means the action by the Customs to permit goods undergoing clearance to be placed at the disposal of the persons concerned;

72.  “relief consignments” means :

•  -  goods, including vehicles and other means of transport, foodstuffs, medicaments, clothing, blankets, tents, prefabricated houses, water purifying and water storage items, or other goods of prime necessity, forwarded as aid to those affected by disaster; and
•     all equipment, vehicles and other means of transport, specially trained animals, provisions, supplies, personal effects and other goods for disaster relief personnel in order to perform their duties and to support them in living and working in the territory of the disaster throughout the duration of their mission.

73.  “relief from import duties and taxes” means the clearance of goods for home use free of import duties and taxes, irrespective of their normal tariff classification or normal liability, provided that they are imported in specified circumstances and for specified purposes.

74.  “repayment” means the refund, in whole or in part, of duties and taxes paid on goods and the remission, in whole or in part, of duties and taxes where payment has not been made;

75.  “rules of origin” means the specific provisions, developed from principles established by national legislation or international agreements ("origin criteria"), applied by a country to determine the origin of goods;

76.  “security” means that which ensures to the satisfaction of the Customs that an obligation to the Customs will be fulfilled. Security is described as “general” when it ensures that the obligations arising from several operations will be fulfilled;

77.  “stores for consumption” means :

•        goods intended for consumption by the passengers and the crew on board vessels, aircraft or trains, whether or not sold; and
•          goods necessary for the operation and maintenance of vessels, aircraft or trains including fuel and lubricants but excluding spare parts and equipment; which are either on board upon arrival or are taken on board during the stay in the Customs territory of vessels, aircraft or trains used, or intended to be used, in international traffic for the transport of persons for remuneration or for the industrial or commercial transport of goods, whether or not for remuneration;

78.  “stores to be taken away” means goods for sale to the passengers and the crew of vessels and aircraft with a view to being landed, which are either on board upon arrival or are taken on board during the stay in the Customs territory of vessels and aircraft used, or intended to be used, in international traffic for the transport of persons for remuneration or for the industrial or commercial transport of goods, whether or not for remuneration.

79.  “stores” means :

• stores for consumption; and
• stores to be taken away;

80.  “substantial transformation criterion” means the criterion according to which origin is determined by regarding as the country of origin the country in which the last substantial manufacturing or processing, deemed sufficient to give the commodity its essential character, has been carried out.

81.  “temporary admission” means the Customs procedure under which certain goods can be brought into a Customs territory conditionally relieved totally or partially from payment of import duties and taxes; such goods must be imported for a specific purpose and must be intended for re-exportation within a specified period and without having undergone any change except normal depreciation due to the use made of them.

82.  “temporary storage of goods” means the storing of goods under Customs control in premises and enclosed or unenclosed spaces approved by the Customs (hereinafter called temporary stores) pending lodgement of the Goods declaration.

83.  “the carriage of goods coastwise procedure” means the Customs procedure under which :

1.            goods in free circulation, and
2.          imported goods that have not been declared under the condition that they must be transported in a vessel other than the importing vessel in which they arrived in the Customs territory are loaded on board a vessel at a place in the Customs territory and are transported to another place in the same Customs territory where they are then unloaded.

84.  “the Universal Postal Union” means the inter-governmental organization founded in 1874 by the Treaty of Bern as the “General Postal Union” which, in 1878, was renamed the “Universal Postal Union (UPU)” and which since 1948 has been a specialized agency of the United Nations.

85.  “third party” means any person who deals directly with the Customs, for and on behalf of another person, relating to the importation, exportation, movement or storage of goods.

86.  “transhipment” means the Customs procedure under which goods are transferred under Customs control from the importing means of transport to the exporting means of transport within the area of one Customs office which is the office of both importation and exportation.

87.  “transport-unit” means :

           a.     containers having an internal volume of one-cubic metre or more, including demountable bodies; road vehicles, including trailers and semi-trailers;

           b.    railway coaches or wagons;

           c.     lighters, barges and other vessels; and

           d.    aircraft.

88.  “traveller” means:

(         1)  any person who temporarily enters the territory of a country in which he or she does not normally reside (“non-resident”) or who leaves that territory; and

(        2)  any person who leaves the territory of a country in which he or she normally resides (“departing resident”) or who returns to that territory (“returning resident”);

Source :  Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)

PERDAGANGAN BEBAS PERLU DITINJAU ULANG

Kamis, 15/08/2013

Jakarta - Sebagai sebuah konsep integrasi ekonomi ASEAN, ASEAN Economic Comunnity (AEC)tahun 2015 akan menjadi babak baru dimulainya hubungan antarnegara ASEAN sebagai pasar tunggal dan basis produksi tunggal meliputi perdagangan bebas, penghilangan tarif perdagangan antar negara ASEAN, pasar tenaga kerja dan modal yang bebas, serta kemudahan arus keluar-masuk prosedur kepabeanan antarnegara ASEAN.

Menteri Perindustrian, MS Hidayat mengungkap kritik atau keinginan untuk mereview Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) dan Free Trade Agreements (FTA) yang sekarang beredar termasuk AEC, sebetulnya itu adalah wacana yang sudah dilakukan Kemenperin sejak tahun lalu.

“Kami mencoba mereview bahwa seluruh perjanjian bilateral maupun multilateral, kita harus lebih paham untuk mempertahankan kepentingan nasional. Contohnya, implementasi dari perjanjian tersebut belum sampai 50% diterapkan, namun defisit perdagangan kita sudah besar. Jadi memang untuk melakukan perundingan perundingan baru, kita harus lebih berhati -hati lagi dan tidak terlalu gampang untuk menyetujuinya," jelas Hidayat di Jakarta, Rabu (14/8).

Lebih jauh lagi mantan ketua Kadin ini mencontoh, perundingan secara bilateral yang sedang berjalan dengan Korea. “Saya sangat mengandalkan Mendag untuk bisa memenangkan kepentingan nasional agar seluruh keinginan asing untuk memasukan banyak sektor komoditi ke Indonesia dapat diseleksi dengan benar. Agar sektor industri kita tidak mengalami injury. Sebab ekspor kita ke sana (keluar) tidak banyak pilihan kecuali bahan baku dan bahan mentah,” ungkapnya.

Sebelumnya Menteri Perindustrian mengungkapkan Safe guard dan kewenangan mengawasi peredaran barang impor ada di Kemendag (Kementerian Perdagangan). “Dan selama ini kami (Perindustrian) belum intensif melakukan kewenangan tersebut. Akan tetapi, kami siap apabila diminta untuk ikut mengawasi barang yang beredar di masyarakat,” kata Hidayat.

Menjelang AEC 2015,lanjut Hidayat pengawasan barang beredar yang ada dimasyarakat harus dilakukan dengan tindakan low inforcement dan barang barang yang tidak sesuai standar wajib atau standar nasional Indonesia (SNI) tidak boleh beredar dan harus segera di reekspor.

"Untuk itu peningkatan pengawasan di pelabuhan agar penegakkan hukum dilakukan. Sanksi tegas harus diberikan terhadap pelanggaran-pelanggaran dengan tindakan low inforcement dan menggunakan aparat negara yg lain," jelasnya.

Sementara itu, Ketua Umum Kamar Dagang dan Industri (Kadin) Indonesia Suryo Bambang Sulisto meragukan kesiapan Indonesia dalam menghadapi Komunitas Ekonomi Asean (Asean Economic Community/AEC) akhir 2015. Hingga saat ini, pemerintah maupun dunia usaha belum terlihat berupaya mengintegrasikan program untuk persiapan ke arah AEC.

Untuk menghadapi AEC, Kadin berharap adanya keterlibatan integratif dalam pembuatan kebijakan pemerintah  Indonesia seperti yang sudah dilakukan negara-negara Asean lain, di antaranya Singapura, Malaysia, dan Thailand."Dalam hal ini, Indonesia masih harus berbenah karena sektor swasta masih jauh berada di luar lingkaran pengambilan keputusan oleh negara," ujar Suryo.

Jika AEC diberlakukan akhir 2015, Asean akan terbuka untuk perdagangan barang, jasa, investasi, modal, dan pekerja (free flow of goods, free flow of services, free flow of investment, free flow of capital, dan free flow of skilled labor). "Namun terserah pada masing-masing negara untuk mendapatkan kemanfaatan dari kebebasan tersebut. Dan kita harapkan, dunia usaha nasional terus meningkatkan daya saing," katanya.

Sumber:  http://www.neraca.co.id/harian/article/31740/Perdagangan.Bebas.Perlu.Ditinjau.Ulang

THE TOP 50 GLOBAL & TOP 30 DOMESTIC 3PL PROVIDERS (continued)

Emerging markets

Dick Armstrong, who shares the consultancy’s role as president, says that some of the companies resting at or near the bottom of this year’s Top 50 Global 3PLs and Top 30 Domestic 3PLs are harder to quantify.

“All of the 3PLs listed have particular strengths in their specific markets,” says the elder Armstrong. “Obviously, the euro-centric players are going to have a rougher time of it, given the sad state of their economy. On the other hand we see opportunity for 3PLs in Latin America, where Brazil is rapidly investing in its infrastructure.”

But for those third party players that are not involved in China now, he says that it may be too late to gain a foothold. “In fact, we feel that more and more domestic Chinese forwarders will surface to become leading 3PLs in the future.”

Angela Yang, managing director of the Asia-Pacific Region for Penske Logistics, also sees China as being key to any 3PL’s global strategy. “With China experiencing rapid growth in the last 20 years, I would call this market ‘dynamic,’ but not yet mature,” she says. “As a result, China is a very competitive place and pricing is key in many industries.”

According to Yang, China-based manufacturers are constantly seeking low price providers. Because the logistics business environment is just so fragmented in China, and with lower prices constantly being offered, it’s vital that 3PLs develop strong personal relationships with the customer.

Yang observes that the cost of labor is a relatively small percentage of overall logistics costs in China. The lion’s share of expense is related to warehouse leasing, which can run anywhere from 50 percent to 70 percent. Equipment expenses are also considerable.

“In many cases, companies would rather hire additional people versus investing in equipment,” says Yang. “Sourcing is vital to a 3PL’s success in the Chinese market—leveraging resources, executing a lower total cost solution, and providing great customer service is critical.”

Encompass Global Logistics LLC, a fast-growing, privately-held 3PL serving shippers in North America and China, may well demonstrate how a “smaller player” can penetrate this burgeoning arena.

“Many 3PL’s complement their ocean freight program with robust airfreight services and domestic distribution services in China,” says Encompass CEO Asa Cheng. “The collective service menu puts many ‘smaller players’ on par with those giant multinationals.”

Secondly, says Cheng, the smaller player can be more flexible in offering premium service from the inception of the purchase order to the shipper’s door. He notes that the 3PL has the ability to negotiate volume across multiple carriers and utilize those carriers whose services best complement the needs of specific shippers.

“We can work the spot market for our accounts, as we are on the forefront of market-driven rate differentials by lane and by service,” he adds.

Finally, says Cheng, many of the larger multinationals were kept busy during the recession, “strafing” clients with selling, general, and administrative expenses, which is a major non-production cost presented in an income statement.

“Instead of concentrating on short-term tactics, we should all be focusing on how to bundle customer-specific packages that address certain key elements of their supply chains,” Cheng says.

Growing importance of IT

If any consensus can be arrived at with this year’s special report on 3PLs, it’s that all lead logistics providers—especially in emerging markets—should provide web-based systems that give importers and exporters complete and instant visibility to their shipments throughout the supply chain.

Penn State’s John Langley may have summed it best by observing that emerging markets represent a “blank slate” when it comes to IT infrastructure: “Building information technology systems can be achieved more easily in a country like China because it’s being done from scratch.

Rather than adding on to legacy systems, or tearing one down to build another, 3PLs can now concentrate on putting the most modern solutions in place from the start.”

In the end, the same can be said for airports, seaports, surface transportation networks, and everything else related to the expanding world of global logistics management.

Source :  http://www.supplychain247.com/article/the_top_50_global_top_30_domestic_third_party_logistics_providers/ihs

THE TOP 50 GLOBAL & TOP 30 DOMESTIC 3PL PROVIDERS (continued)

EU blues

Given that most of the mega 3PLs are based in the European Union, economists are suggesting that Darwinian tendencies will prevail and the smaller companies will be acquired before the year is out.

“Hopefully, easing inflation, improving global growth, a relatively competitive Euro, and containment of Eurozone sovereign debt tensions will help the economic activity stabilize in the second half of 2012,” says Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight’s chief European economist. “But much will depend on events in Greece and their repercussions.”

IHS currently forecasts Eurozone GDP to contract by around 0.5 percent overall in 2012, and economists fear that renewed contraction is very much in the cards for the second quarter. In its most recent survey of purchasing managers, the evidence has been largely disappointing.

“The Eurozone is still facing major headwinds, including increased fiscal tightening in many countries and markedly rising unemployment,” says Archer. “Elevated oil prices have kept inflation sticky, maintaining a significant squeeze on consumer’s purchasing power while also hurting companies’ margins. On top of this, relatively muted global growth is limiting export orders.”

It is worth noting, however, that despite global economic concerns, mergers and acquisitions within the transport and logistics industry remained strong, as the number of deals increased almost 5 percent through the third quarter of 2011 compared to same period in 2010.

According to Transport Intelligence (Ti), a London-based think tank, the current global total deal value in 3PL and contract logistics compared to 2010 is down by almost 40 percent. “This suggests that smaller, more specialized logistics providers appear to have been targets of acquisitions throughout 2011,” says Ti analyst Cathy Roberson.

“The majority of the acquisitions made were in Asia and other emerging markets; however, the European and the U.S. merger and acquisition market remained fairly strong.”

Leading academic experts say much the same thing about global 3PL resiliency. For John Langley, clinical professor of supply chain management at Penn State University, the fact that so many major players remain in the mix at all is testament to the strength of the sector.

“It’s clear that contract logistics is a global business that can’t be brought down by regional economic decline,” says Langely. The process of outsourcing product flow management, storage, and related information transfer services—usually under long-term contract—remains the objective of increasing efficiency and control no matter where it’s being done.”

Modest growth forecast

Principals at Armstrong & Associates maintain that growth in the sector will be sustained, but sluggish. “After surveying our 3PL tracking group and seeing the final 2011 results, our initial estimate of 12.9 percent growth in the international transportation management [ITM] segment has been revised down,” says consultancy president Evan Armstrong.

“With the European economy in decline and Asia cooling, ocean freight revenues expanded slightly, but could barely counteract the decline in airfreight revenues.”

Armstrong notes that this is more of a continuation of 2010, with domestic transportation management doing well and the value-added warehousing and distribution segment remaining steady. “Beyond that, dedicated contract carriage, which is the most mature of the 3PL market segments, should be able to grow 4 percent as providers keep a lid on capacity and manage fleet asset additions.”

At the same time, Armstrong expects ITM net revenues to grow 3 percent in 2012. Domestic transportation management should continue to lead the way, with approximately 10 percent net revenue growth this year.

“It’s a good time to be an integrated 3PL with business in multiple 3PL segments,” says Armstrong. “Most large 3PLs have internal lead logistics providers [LLP] groups that tend to focus on process re-engineering, continuous improvement, and information technology deployment for improved ‘control tower’ supply chain management.”

Part of Armstrong’s forecast also suggests that most global 3PLs will conduct modal shifts away from airfreight and express modes to lower cost transportation alternatives to save money through the tepid economic recovery. “Tighter inbound transportation control and overall network optimization means that providers that can meet the required service standards will continue to be the 3PL leaders,” he adds.

This may explain why there was no change among the seven leading global 3PLs in this year’s ranking. Like 2011, DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding leveraged its extensive integrated global footprint. Armstrong says that Kuehne + Nagle is still the largest “pure” ocean freight forwarder with over 2.9 million twenty-foot containers (TEUs) managed in 2011.

“C.H. Robinson Worldwide continues to expand globally and has added operations in Mumbai and Shanghai,” says Armstrong. “While still growing, one must remember that only 8 percent of Robinson’s revenues are derived outside of the United States.”

Advancing companies include Norbert Dentressangle, which is continuing to expand beyond Europe, and Toll Holdings, which has expanded its Southeast Asia operations and overall global network. Armstrong says that Agility has had the most dramatic decline, dropping from number 16 to number 21 mainly due to past legal complications with U.S. government clients.

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Source :  http://www.supplychain247.com/article/the_top_50_global_top_30_domestic_third_party_logistics_providers/ihs

THE TOP 50 GLOBAL & TOP 30 DOMESTIC 3PL PROVIDERS

A flurry of major service provider deals captured mainstream headlines in recent months, but the consequence of this activity has yet to be measured by domestic and international shippers. By Patrick Burnson

March 17, 2013

European sovereign debt issues, a tepid U.S. recovery, and a hard landing in emerging markets—among a slew of factors—could provide macroeconomic shocks to the third party logistics (3PL) industry, say leading market analysts. Still, many catalysts are expected to drive merger and acquisition activity over the rest of 2012.

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the transportation and logistics industry continues to be highly cyclical. “A continuing theme in the first half of this year has been infrastructure deals, particularly in emerging markets, that reached a historic high in the logistics sector,” says Ken Evans, U.S. transportation and logistics leader at PwC.

In fact, in the first quarter of 2012, the proportion of deal volume involving infrastructure targets leapt to a 12-year high. This “secular trend” toward more infrastructure privatizations and transactions, adds Evans, also drove the relative increase in 3PL “deal value” and volume as a percent of the overall merger and acquisition market during the first quarter.

“Overall, logistics deal activity seems more likely to rise than fall given continued global economic expansion and the secular trend of rising infrastructure concessions,” says Evans.

For 3PLs, adds Evans, consolidation will be an ongoing given, as more pure-play domestic companies seek to expand globally. “I can assure you that even the 3PLs found only on ‘domestic’ listings will at some point be hauling or arranging to haul freight globally,” he says. “For those bigger companies seeking to expand worldwide, mergers and acquisitions can be an attractive way to proceed.”

If one needed any more evidence of this phenomenon, consider the merger and acquisition activity of just a few months ago. UPS not only made a celebrated purchase of TNT Express, but went on to buy Italian pharmaceutical logistics company Pieffe. Geodis, meanwhile, acquired French pharmaceutical logistics and distribution company Pharmalog.

Then in a move to broaden its own pharmaceuticals footprint, DHL Global Forwarding acquired Lufthansa’s 50 percent ownership in its joint venture company LifeConEx, a cold chain management provider in the life sciences industry.

In the Asia Pacific region, merger and acquisition activity was just as intense. Kerry Logistics acquired Trustspeed Medicine Logistics in Taiwan, and it also established a joint venture with Mosskito Logistics in Australia to expand its cold chain distribution segment.

Meanwhile, data from Armstrong & Associates—the third party logistics consultancy that compiles our annual top rankings of global and domestic 3PLs—shows that all of this global merger and acquisition activity certainly makes sound, business sense. In fact, Armstrong reports that total global 3PL gross revenue in 2011 at $133.8 billion was up 5.2 percent over 2010. Furthermore, net revenues, at an estimated $61 billion, posted a 5.9 percent annual gain.

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BUKAN UANG YANG BIKIN KARYAWAN SETIA PADA PERUSAHAAN, LALU APA?

Oleh Siska Amelie F Deil

Liputan6.com, New York : Uang memang penting, tapi uang tak bisa membeli atau menahan segalanya. Mempertahankan karyawan dengan segudang potensi yang dimilikinya tak bisa dijamin dengan gaji tinggi. Seperti di Google atau Amazon di mana frekuensi pergerakan keluar masuk karyawan cukup sering terjadi.

Menurut Presiden dan CEO Predictable Success Les Mckeown, karyawan bisa setia pada perusahaan, tergantung bagaimana perusahaan dan atasan memperlakukannya.Seperti melansir inc.com, Jumat (2/8/2013), meski dengan gaji besar, faktanya banyak karyawan lebih mementingkan lingkungan kerja yang disediakan perusahaan.

Guna meraih sukses, karyawan tak selalu membutuhkan uang. McKeown mengungkap 4 kunci agar para karyawan setia pada perusahaannya:

1. Komunikasi yang baik

Bagaimana rasanya bekerja sama dengan orang yang sangat jarang Anda ajak berkomunikasi?. Tentu akan sulit untuk saling mempercayai dan membangun hubungan yang baik dengan bawahan.

Komunikasi sebagai atasan dirasa sebagai hal yang cukup rumit selama 25 tahun terakhir. Prinsipnya hanyalah berkomunikasi dengan jelas dan sederhana.

Sebagai atasan, berkomunikasilah lebih sering dengan bawahan Anda, khususnya untuk hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan pekerjaan.

Berbicara dengan terbuka dan jujur selama masih dalam koridor manajemen tidak akan mengurangi wibawa sebagai atasan. Saat menyapa, menegur atau berdiskusi dengan karyawan lakukan dengan sopan dan elegan. Setinggi apapun posisi, tetap harus disadari bahwa pekerjaan Anda dan bawahan saling berkaitan.

2. Konsistensi

Tak sedikit karyawan yang berhenti dari perusahaan karena alasan yang sulit diungkapkan. Tapi dalam hatinya, selalu ada perasaan merasa disepelekan karena alasan yang sederhana, cara dirinya diperlakukan di kantor.

Bagi para atasan, bersikapkah konsisten dalam berhubungan dengan orang lain di kantor, khususnya bawahan. Banyak karyawan hebat yang berhenti karena merasa tak percaya diri setelah sering memperoleh instruksi yang berubah-ubah dari atasan.

Saat Anda mengatakan akan melakukan sesuatu, maka lakukankah. Saat berkomitmen, meski terlihat tak penting, tulislah dan wujudkan. Tunjukkan pada karyawan sikap yang konsisten dan mereka pun akan meniru sikap positif tersebut.

3. Peluang untuk melakukan pekerjaan besar

Tak seorangpun mendapatkan peluang kerja besar jika Anda terus fokus melakukan berbagai hal penting. Beberapa karyawan tak bisa memperoleh kesempatan lain, saat hanya fokus pada orang-orang yang Anda pikir akan bekerja dengan baik.

Berikan kesempatan untuk melakukan pekerjaan besar bagi setiap karyawan secara merata. Setidaknya, ke depan Anda akan memiliki gambaran karyawan mana yang memanfaatkan setiap peluang dengan baik.

4. Pilih manajer sumber daya manusia yang tepat

Tak sedikit bagian sumber daya manusia (SDM) di kantor-kantor yang tak memperhatikan kinerja, kredibilitas atau masalah yang dialami karyawan.

Kebanyakan manajer SDM hanya berpura-pura melakukan sesuatu di kantor. Padahal seharusnya mereka turun ke bawah dan mengatasi berbagai masalah kekaryawanan yang muncul.

Perlu diketahui, salah satu alasan tertinggi yang membuat seseorang keluar dari kantor adalah manajer yang buruk.

Manajer SDM yang tepat memiliki semua sikap yang menyenangkan karyawan. Diantaranya komunikatif, konsisten, memberikan peluang secara merata dan kompeten dalam mengelola karyawan didalamnya.

Manajer yang baik dapat menangkap potensi atau masalah yang ditimbulkan karyawan. (Sis/Nur)

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