Globe Express Services, a leading logistics services firm, recently hosted a meeting of its C-level executives from across the world at its office in France, aimed at reviewing its accomplishments in 2016 and to draft a three-year business plan.

The officials from all GES offices worldwide gathered to discuss a unified global strategy that strongly focuses on operational excellence and other key concerns such as market challenge and ways to exceed customer expectations, said a statement from the company.

During the two-day session, senior officials talked about ongoing improvements within the company such as the launch of the cargo management solution and the deployment of the next level of innovative technology, it said.

They also presented strategies for further developing the logistics business in various regions consolidated through the company’s offices and concentrating on the growth of trade lanes in key regions, it added.

Mustapha Kawam, president and CEO, GES, said: “The meeting was an important podium for us to discuss strategies to enhance performance and superior services.”

“This should begin with senior management who are the regional representatives as well as the backbone of the company and can make a difference by seizing crucial opportunities,” he said.

“Our achievements in 2016 motivate us to work with renewed enthusiasm on developing a road map for the next three years and addressing challenges in our evolving industry,” he added.

GES also launched its new corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaign – ‘One Shipment, One Dollar’ – with the objective of helping underprivileged children across the world get an education.

Through the initiative, the company has pledged to donate $1 per shipment from all their worldwide offices starting March 1 to August 31, to non-government organisations involved in child education.  

Kawam added: “We have witnessed new levels of optimism and self-confidence in most developing countries that are driving them towards higher future goals. This new-found enthusiasm has created tremendous opportunities for logistics firms such as ours.”

“Leveraging such upbeat settings, we will continue to push our goals higher to ensure renewed growth, expansion and transformation at all our offices worldwide. At our company, we aim to be a solution-oriented, knowledge-based organization that can push developing countries towards transformational change,” he concluded. – TradeArabia News Service