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Objectives and strategies
CORPORATE STRATEGY
Strategy  – our Group-wide framework
In , we introduced our Strategy , which represents the Group-wide frame-
work for our vision, mission, values and objectives. Our guiding principle is to remain
the postal service for Germany and to become the logistics company for the world. e
mission associated with this principle reects our values and customer promise, namely:
We want to make our customers, employees and investors more successful, we
always show respect, without compromising on results; we make our customers’ lives
easier and we want to be a part of making our world a better place in which to live.
To this end, our strategy pursues three key objectives: we want to become the provider
of choice for customers, the employer of choice for our sta and prospective employees
and an attractive investment for shareholders. Our progress is routinely measured using
indicators relevant for internal management.
In the reporting year, signicant progress was again made on a Group-wide basis.
is is reected, for example, in customer satisfaction rates, the results of our annual
employee opinion survey as well as the development of key nancial gures such as ,
 and operating cash flow. Our ranking in “Fortune World’s most admired companies
” also reects how satised customers and employees are with Deutsche Post DHL:
we come out top in our industry.
In  we shall focus primarily on increasing protability and generating cash.
. Strategic approaches
Innovations Infrastructure Go to market

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 , 
 
Group-wide initiatives
Divisional focus
Unified corporate culture
Group-wide initiatives complement business strategies
Our divisional business strategies are supplemented by Group-wide strategic initia-
tives which we use as levers to help us achieve our goals. One example is  Customer
Solutions & Innovation . In the reporting year, this unit strengthened our sector
management and, in conjunction with our customers, developed sector-specic products
and services.
Our First Choice management approach helps us to continuously improve
intern al processes. Group-wide, over , employees have now been certied in
this methodology.
Group management, page  f.
Customers and quality, page  ff.
Employees, page 
Results of operations, page ff.
31Deutsche Post DHL 2013 Annual Report
General Information
Objectives and strategies
Group Management Report