Question

Highlight Hub and Spoke operational model of Kuehne+Nagel and Deutsche Post DHL Group logistics network along with the
various transportation modes provided –air, land and water. Select your preference
with reasons to support?

Answer 1

Answer:

Kuehne+Nagel is present in 190 countries and has 1935 hubs to deliver the packages of around 400000 of their customers. They follow hub and spoke network for a particular hub and the cities and villages being acting as a spoke of the company to which it delivers the packages through the air transport or through the water transport from its one hub to the other within that country.

DHL is present in 220 countries across the world and serve around 380000 customers. Its hubs are connected with each other mostly through the spokes of air transport and it transfers the shipment from one hub to other through its own managed network of air transport.

I would choose DHL’s air transport as they are highly prompt in their services and offers a wide range of options in terms of urgency of delivery to transport the shipment to its destination. Company ships the shipment with a very high speed within the duration as that has been promised by the company during accepting the shipment and the cost of the services of DHL is quite less as compared to Kuehne+Nagel. Thus, DHL is an economical option to ship the consignment in any part of the world.