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In the year under review, we initiated the “Food for Afghanistan” program in
conjunction with the international charity CARE and the North Dakota Farmers
Union. A total of 1,000 tonnes of wheat – a donation by the North Dakota farmers –
was transported to Afghanistan free of charge by Deutsche Post World Net; it was
then distributed to widows and their children in Kabul by CARE.
In the US, we founded the “Deutsche Post USA Scholarship Fund” in the name
of our 16,000 US-based employees. The fund, which is run in conjunction with the
renowned Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of America, has a total volume of 500,000
US dollars. It awards scholarships to young US citizens suffering in the aftermath of
the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Group-wide procurement bundled
In the year under review, Corporate Purchasing entered into a number of worldwide
agreements with global suppliers for goods and services with a high procurement vol-
ume. This has helped to increase the Group’s security of supply, while at the same
time creating a cheaper economic basis for our procurement departments. A
central agreement database gives all buyers within the Group access to the relevant
information.
The annual procurement volume within the Group is currently €15.6 billion.
Of this amount, €8.2 billion is attributable to transportation alone; the remaining
€7.4 billion is due to so-called indirect goods and services, such as IT, vehicles and
production systems. This procurement volume offers considerable potential for sav-
ings; for this reason, we analyzed all of the procurement processes and organizations
within the Group as part of the STAR value creation program. As a result of this
analysis, we intend to introduce binding Group-wide standards for procurement.
Employees
Headcount increases
As of December 31, 2002, Deutsche Post World Net had a workforce of 327,676
(calculated as full-time employees), representing a year-on-year increase of 18.6% or
51,441 employees. This growth can be attributed to the first-time consolidation of
DHL. On a like-for-like basis, the number of employees at the end of the year under
review would have fallen year-on-year to 269,093.
The number of employees in the EXPRESS Corporate Division increased sub-
stantially by 126.7% to 107,587; without DHL, the number of employees would have
increased by 3.3% to 49,004 full-time employees. At 45,250, the workforce in the
LOGISTICS Corporate Division remained almost constant; however, the number of
employees in the MAIL and FINANCIAL SERVICES Corporate Divisions fell by 4.8%
to 130,546 and by 4.6% to 34,082 respectively. The workforce reduction was carried
out exclusively in a socially responsible manner by not refilling open positions.
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Management Report
Safeguarding the Future/Employees