NetDespatch achieves 2010 growth
UK-based NetDespatch has achieved 100% transaction growth in 2010. The company enables hundreds of thousands of organisations globally to use advanced web services to produce shipping labels and track deliveries through their chosen carrier networks.
NetDespatch works in partnership with carriers such as Yodel, New Zealand Post, APC Overnight, DHL Sameday, Collect+, Nightline, Nordic Parcels and Royal Mail.
End users include online retailers such as Marks and Spencer and Boohoo.com, catalogue companies such as Shop Direct Group and many specialist suppliers of wine, food and gifts, such as Berry Bros, Cook Foods and The Cheese Society.
“These companies use a variety of electronic methods of integration to link their warehouse systems directly to the NetDespatch Velocity platform, ensuring accuracy of data, cost savings in the supply chain and improved delivery performance,” a company statement said.
“We won several major contracts this year, including Home Delivery Network – now part of Yodel – which is the UK’s largest home delivery network. More than a thousand Yodel customers are now using NetDespatch Velocity web services and systems integration tools. We are also responsible for the entire processing platform for Collect+, the innovative parcel returns and collections service available through 3,500 PayPoint stores in the UK,” said Becky Clark, NetDespatch CEO.
“In the postal sector, Royal Mail will shortly introduce NetDespatch powered Tracked services for both next day and standard services, and overseas, New Zealand Post has built its ground-breaking RedClick on-line lodgement tool for retailers and wholesalers on the Velocity platform. RedClick already allows on line booking for New Zealand Post domestic, inbound and international parcels and packets, producing all the customs documentation and the specific labels required for each of its many services. In 2011, RedClick services will be extended to include Direct Entry Mail into several countries, including Royal Mail in the UK.”
Commercial director Matthew Robertson commented: “NetDespatch has also broadened its end user base to include consumers, by launching eTrader2 an updated version of our ‘shopping cart for couriers’. This is an out of the box solution that allows couriers to quickly create an online presence for non-account customers, with slick booking screens, payment secured through PayPal and immediate notification to the carrier. Already used by DHL Same Day and Collect+ we expect this product to take off in 2011.”
