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Michael Regan named to head UPU Postal Operations Council

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

USPS Director of International Postal Affairs Michael Regan will serve as chair of the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) Postal Operations Council upon International Business VP Jim Wade’s retirement Aug. 3. Wade was elected council chair in 2004.

The UPU, a specialized agency of the United Nations, has 190 member countries. Its Operations Council oversees most aspects of the UPU, including technical, economic, commercial and operational areas.

Regan joined USPS as a Management Intern Specialist in International Postal Affairs in 1968. He has held a variety of positions, all in the International Business area, including extensive work on UPU programs, events and issues.

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Could a first-class disaster soon wipe the smile off this postmaster's face? Post offices have provided key services for years, but with the industry in crisis we may just have to learn to live without them.

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

How much is a community worth? That is the decision confronting MPs and MSPs in a few weeks, as the nation wakes up to the fact that more than 10,000 post offices, including more than 1100 in Scotland, are now under real threat of closure.

Post Office chiefs told MPs last week that only 4000 offices out of 14,400 were viable, while losses had doubled from GBP2m to GBP4m a week directly due to loss of government business. In September, an obligation to stop avoidable closures runs out, and the government is due to give notice on what in 18 months will replace a GBP3m-a-week subsidy for “rural” offices – serving communities of up to 10,000 people each. A petition calling on the government to save the network last week reached two million signatures.

Postwatch, the independent watchdog, says it has been expecting government consultation to begin since last December, but it has been “repeatedly delayed and will not now take place in time to inform the decision on future funding”. In May the government said John Prescott would chair a cabinet committee on the Post Office. It is at last to meet for the first time this week, just as MPs head off for their 11-week summer break.

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Zimpost set to open three more branches

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

Postal service provider Zimpost will open three more branches this year as the company intensifies its expansion programme.

An official with Zimpost said the branches would be in Matabeleland North, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central.

“The network expansion is in line with our expansion programme to bring more services to rural areas where most people live,” said the official.

Zimpost has been expanding its branch network in recent years, with emphasis on the rural areas.

The new branches, which are expected to be fully operational by the end of the year, will add to the current 360 dotted across the country.

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Postal Service HR system moving to Web

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

The Postal Service is replacing dozens of unconnected human resources systems nationwide with one that will allow its 700,000 employees to make benefit and payroll changes on a single Internet site.

The PostalPEOPLE system, using software from German company SAP AG, will be the largest in the world when finished, says Andy Malay, a vice president at SAP America in Washington. It is being rolled out in phases to replace a hodgepodge of more than 70 systems, used by 3,800 HR managers across the U.S.

Similar to Web-based human-resources programs that are increasingly common in private companies, PostalPEOPLE allows workers to access benefits, compensation, and retirement and separation files and other HR-related information from any computer with an Internet connection.

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Estonia: Baltic Logistic System boosts H1 sales by half

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

Baltic Logistic System Estonia (BLS Estonia) has posted sales of 30.1 million kroons (EUR 1.92 mln) for the first six months of 2006, a 48 percent increase over the same period of 2005.

The number of parcels handled by BLS Estonia also grew by half, to 537,000 parcels, the company announced.

In the fall BLS Estonia will start bringing its services under a single trade mark, DPD.

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DHL announces new senior appointments in UAE

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

Express logistics provider DHL UAE has announced two key senior appointments to its marketing and sales team. As part of the new assignments, Neil Kuschel became DHL UAE’s National Marketing and Sales Manager, and Bill Pudney was brought in as Strategic Customer Channel Manager.

The move highlights DHL’s intention to consolidate its position as market leader in the UAE, where the express logistics leader currently holds over 40% market share. DHL has been offering world-class express logistics services to customers in the Middle East for over 30 years, the success of which, David Wild, DHL UAE General Manager attributes to a strong customer-centric focus and a commitment to providing high quality services.

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UPS 2nd Quarter Produces Solid Earnings on 15% Revenue Gain

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

UPS today reported a strong gain in consolidated revenue and a 10.2% improvement in earnings per diluted share to 0.97 USD. Global small package volume rose 6% or 841,000 additional packages each day.

UPS closed the quarter with 2.85 billion USD in cash and marketable securities.

U.S. Package. All levels of service posted gains. Daily ground volume increased 4.6%, while average daily volume for Next Day Air® rose 4.2% and deferred air volume climbed 7.6%. Total revenue per piece remained firm with a gain of 2.7%.

Total international package volume grew 16.5%. Export volume increased 6.5% and non-U.S. domestic volume was up 23.6% aided by acquisitions.

Revenue and profit improvements in Supply Chain and Freight segment were primarily driven by the acquisition last August of a leading LTL carrier, Overnite, now re-branded UPS Freight.

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Mail ads with credit card offers dropping off

Posted by | Jul 25, 2006 | |

The pesky piles of credit card offers that clog many Americans’ mailboxes might start to taper off.

Since the early 1990s, the volume of credit card solicitations mailed to U.S. consumers has soared more than sixfold, with card companies last year sending out more than 6 billion offers, according to market-research firm Synovate.

But the pitches have been losing effectiveness. Just three out of every 1,000 offers generated responses last year, down from about 28 per 1,000 in 1992.

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