March, 2010

15 Years with the Company

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Anil Kumar
Director – Finance & Admin
CSS started as a small organization with limited personnel, infrastructure and resources. What kept us all focused was good leadership within a professional environment. I dedicate our growth over the past 15 years to our team spirit and healthy human relations. The main thing that attributed to our growth is our relationship with our partners, agents, customers and suppliers. We are a part of esteemed associations like NAFL, FIATA, GPLN, and THLG to keep us abreast with latest developments. Back in 1995 all our jobs were outsourced due to lack of staff and resources but over the time we have established our own in-house IT department and back office in India. Now, we have over 700 plus people working for CSS worldwide and we have surely grown from strength to strength in the past years and will continue to grow as there is no looking back.

U. B. Prince
COO- Twin Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
There are many factors which attributed to our growth. One major step was the implementation of technological infrastructure. The vision of our Chairman to invest on these infrastructures leveled the tolerance to meet the fast growth of volume seen in the later years. Today our software is regarded as the backbone of our operations at CSS, which brings in pride. Diversification was yet another remarkable achievement over the years. Now we are not only into Shipping and logistics, we are into IT & ITES, BPO services and many more.

Radhakrishnan (Babu)
Senior Manager – Air Freight
Integrity and fruitful reputation is very important to hold a company through good and bad times. The management has always taken good care of its employees and I believe that having smiling faces in the organization for about 15 years now is a big achievement for any company. The 21st century bought in glory for the Air Freight department when we acquired our own bonded warehouse facility at the Dubai Cargo Village, being close to the terminal 1 and 2 helped us develop close relations with Airlines and evade any restriction on size of cargo. Another achievement that we are proud of is the ability to handle dangerous goods cargo owing to our years of experience and well trained experienced professionals.

Santhosh Kumar
Team Leader
I began my journey by learning about shipping industry background, terms, import and export operations and moved on to handling B/L and D/O. To me, CSS means family and I truly cherish the times spent with my colleagues and management.

March, 2010

Celebrating 15 Years Of Excellence

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Consolidated Shipping Group is honoured to commemorate 15 years of excellence with a mission to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction and a vision to continually innovate and adapt to the latest trends within the industry. Providing cost effective and professional solutions has made CSS the most preferred service provider globally. Over the past 15 years, CSS has grown to be recognized as a complete logistics solutions provider and a trusted partner within the Shipping and Logistics fraternity. The Group’s strong conviction, drive to succeed and the ability to foresee the needs of its patrons has secured it an undisputed place in the market. CSS would like to take this opportunity to thank all its Customers, Global Network Partners, Shipping Lines, Airlines, Land Transport Operators, Business Associates / Institutions and Employees and the Government of the United Arab Emirates for their continuous support and commitment as it has been instrumental for our success. To extend our gratitude and mark the glorious occasion, CSS has planned a gala event for all its top agents and associates from across the world. The event is scheduled for the 16th, 17th & 18th of April, 2010. The guests will be welcomed by the hospitality of the Movenpick Hotel, Bur Dubai during the three day celebration. The conference is scheduled for the 17th April and will begin with a welcome note followed by CSS Presentations and open discussion opportunities with CSS Management and Senior Management. The festivities will continue through the evening with gathering of senior officials from the shipping fraternity followed by a grand gala dinner and entertainment night. A tour of Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower is reserved for the 18th morning followed by a warm reception at the Arabian Desert resort Bab Al Shams. The spectacular sunset, Arabian night themed dinner, traditional Shisha, Belly dancing, Falcon show and Camel riding will make the CSS 15th anniversary celebration memorable

January, 2010

Merry-Go-Round Resolutions

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Have you been on the New Year’s resolution merry-go-round? Do you have pet resolutions which you try to keep every year only to break them very quickly? Then “join the club” as around 80% never achieve their objectives. You are taking part in a tradition which goes back, some 4000 years ago, to the ancient Babylon era. Their New Year was held on March 23rd, a logical choice, as it is when spring begins. Subsequent tampering with the Roman calendar resulted in a year being synchronised with the sun, as distinct from seasons, and New Year becoming January 1st. There are religious parallels to this secular tradition but the overall concept is the same, to reflect upon self-improvement on an annual basis.

Why is it that many of us make resolutions and fail to keep them? Recent research shows that only about 12% actually achieve and/or maintain their goals by the end of the year. Others are just on a regular annual merry-go-round of pet resolution failures. Is it a case of living the motto, “Try, try, try again and you may succeed?” Apparently men get better results when they set targets i.e. Lose one pound (lb) a week rather than committing to just “losing weight”. This approach means 22% more men benefit. If women use this method their achievement results are raised by 10%. The key to being successful with your resolutions is getting help from family, work colleagues and friends. Unfortunately it is often well meaning friends who cause you to break your resolution. “Go on, one cake will not harm you” or “One cigarette will help you relax” is often the “help” some friends are keen to give. Beware as these friends are usually the ones who have already failed in their own attempts to succeed at self-improvement commitments.

So what are the most favourite resolution topics and is yours one of them? Well currently in the top ten, but not in any particular order are;

• Lose Weight.
• Save Money – less debt.
• Gain promotion.
• Become environmentally responsible.
• Eat healthily.
• Drink less alcohol.
• Quit smoking.
• Keep fit.
• Learn/do something new.
• Reduce stress.

If you are still sticking to your resolution, well done, but here’s some strange ones others have made. Hopefully they will give you a fillip to stick to yours and succeed – Learn a new party trick handstand push- ups or rolling ones tummy muscles – Eat as many different types of unusual vegetables as possible including “alfalfa”, “salsify” and “Chioggia Guards” – Read and memorise more poetry – Perform a back flip on a motorcycle. However for the very rich, what about the mega-millionaire who resolves to, “actually set foot in all my houses this year, if I can remember where they all are!”

Finally a word of help for those of you determined to stick with your resolution. Ideally you should have already prepared a plan and written down your resolution. This enables you to focus and keep a track of your progress. If you have not already done this you must create your plan immediately. Life also has a funny way of throwing the unexpected at us, so it is worth remembering that some flexibility is required to sometimes reach even the simplest of goals. Remember resolutions cannot be accomplished in one day so think what a hundred tiny steps may realise in a year. Stick to it and you will no longer be on the merry-go- round of pet resolutions as you will have achieved success. Good luck.

DAVE EAGER

January, 2010

CSS Group Awarded THLG Membership

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The Heavy Lift Group (THLG) has welcomed CSS Group to become a part of the prestigious association. The Heavy Lift Group is an international group of specialized heavy transport companies which combine their forces to offer the best expertise and service according to customer needs. The Heavy Lift Group was CSS Group awarded THLG membership founded in 1987 by a number of West European heavy lift operators in anticipation of the single European market and has since then expanded into a worldwide group having members in the United States, South America, the CIS, the Middle East and Asia. With the united know how, skills, experience and equipment of its membership THLG can cover any movement or transport requirement from a single domestic job to the largest international multimodal project. THLG members specialize in heavy lift transport by sea, air and overland, outsize cargo movements, crane operations, rigging, machinery installation, and large-scale project forwarding. The aim of THLG is to offer clients the united power of its members ensuring a world-wide service of excellent quality at realistic prices.

January, 2010

CSS Group Portal Launched

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CSS Group launched its Portal, designed and developed by Twin Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd, an India based BPO Company specialized in IT & ITES. This portal aims at meeting the customer service requirements of the group company with more ease. The entire system is divided primarily into three different sections or modules. The first module is exclusively created to satisfy the requirements of customers/agents and shippers and is named the customer portal. The second section is exclusively for the CSS Group staff and is called the employee portal, while the third module is crafted for the system administrators and it’s called the admin portal. The CSS portal carries innumerable features at launch level itself and is aiming at enhancing its features and incorporating new ones shortly. The portal can be accessed using the link http://www.cssgrouponline.com

Features of Customer Portal

Freight Forwarding

• Job view: To list the jobs in a specific period (max 90 days), or a specific job. Can be navigated to sub jobs from this if applicable.

Documentation

• Invoice view: To view the invoices in a specific period or specific invoices.
• Credit note view: To view credit notes in a specific period or specific credit notes.
• Cargo arrival notice view: To view cargo arrival notice in a specific period or job number or BL number must be specified.
• Manifest view: To view manifest in a specific period or job number or BL number must be specified.
• BL view: To view HBL/HAWB in a specific period or job number or BL number must be specified.
• EDI in CSS specific format: Job number must be specified or BL details.
• Outturn report: To generate outturn report for a job number or BL number must be specified.

Warehouse

• Stock register: Warehouse item stock for a particular item or a group of items or in a specific period.
• Goods receipt note (GRN): Specific GRN or GRNs in a specific period can be listed.

November, 2009

CSS Sales Strategy Meet 2010

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CSS Group will be conducting its Annual Sales Strategy Meet 2010 in Colombo, Sri Lanka from the 19th until 21st November, 2009.

During this meet the annual budget and accomplishments will be reviewed by Senior Management followed by a sales forecast along with outlining strategies and goals for 2010.

Like every year there is a theme associated to this event and the theme picked for this year is ‘Focus On The Future’. The ability to foresee, anticipate and organize for future potential represents one of the most outstanding traits of individuals. CSS is all geared up to take this event as an opportunity to highlight achievements and formulate vital strategies to attain significant growth in the coming year.