IMD-3-1783 © 2008
Pucik, Vladimir; Lief, Colleen
Abstract: In the spring 2005, senior supervisors of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), a Norwegian and swedish global transport and logistics company, satisfied in Chicago to go over the finest method forward after their New Jersey-based subsidiary WWL Americas had actually gotten Distribution and Auto Service, Inc. (DAS). WWL's moms and dads' long history in shipping, integrated with its own more current experience with naturally established land-based automobile logistics, made WWL positive that this company made sense all the method around.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Building An Integrated Global Enterprise Case Study Solution
Even with preliminary uneasiness and issue over whether the business would be an excellent match, the brand-new group rapidly started to map exactly what it would take to be effective in both the ocean transportation and the logistics jobs. Which elements of the brand-new company should be integrated or kept different?
Subjects: Mergers and acquisitions; M&A; Integration; Capability development; Personal competency development; Corporate culture; training; Product/process innovation
Settings: North America; Scandinavia; Global ; Ocean transportation; Vehicle logistics ; US$2.3 billion in annual revenues ; 1999- 2008
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