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Summer and soccer. (trends of business enterprises)

Posted by | Jun 15, 2006 | |

Pallet networks have had some good times of late, but garden centre produce and the World Cup will fade and the network business will enter a new phase, says Glyn Jones

Pallet traffic has picked up again of late. In the past three months, for example, Palletline has seen around a 20% year-on-year increase in volume. But I find it hard to conceive of this level of growth continuing in the long term. We are planning for a much lower level of growth for the remainder of this year and ever tougher commercial competition.

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Japan Post to revise mail section's profit upward to fix input error

Posted by | Jun 14, 2006 | |

Japan Post will soon have to revise upward its net profit figures for fiscal 2005 due to the discovery of a computer input error in the course of the compilation of its earnings results, Japan Post officials said Wednesday. On May 24, Japan Post released its preliminary financial results for the business year to March 31, saying net profit at its mail segment was 200 million yen. But the segment actually gained a net profit of 2.6 billion yen, they said.
The correction will lead the government-backed provider of mail, postal savings and insurance services to revise the net profit figure for all of the three service segments for the 12-month period, the officials said.

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US Postal Service wins Closing the Circle award for biodiesel use

Posted by | Jun 14, 2006 | |

The US Postal Service (USPS) has received the 2006 Closing the Circle (CTC) Award from the office of the Federal Environmental Executive for its use of biodiesel fuel in its fleets. Accepting the CTC award on behalf of the USPS, Han Dinh, programme director of vehicle engineering, said, “Our research into the technical and operational implications of biodiesel use in motor vehicles continues to generate important data that is being shared with regulators, automotive engineers, equipment manufacturers and other stakeholders. Such information is critical to the acceptance and widespread use of biodiesel fuels by the general public.”

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Spanish Correos to change strategy

Posted by | Jun 14, 2006 | |

The aspirations of Spanish state-owned postal services operator Correos are much more modest than those of its counterparts in other European countries, after recognising that the commercial agreement between Correos and German counterpart Deutsche Post never really worked. According to Correos chairman Jose Damian Santiago, the arrangement did not work because Correos was trying to sell products that did not take into account the target market of customers who visited Correos branches.

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Astec wins £8.2m TNT contract

Posted by | Jun 14, 2006 | |

TNT has awarded Astec Conveyors a contract to design a reversible materials handling system as its new £8.2 million Birmingham depot. According to TNT, this is the first operation in the UK to be fitted with a high tech hub-style sorting system.

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ARCEP (France) issues the first postal licence to Adrexo (Groupe Ouest France)

Posted by | Jun 13, 2006 | |

Under the postal regulation law of May 2005, ARCEP is responsible for issuing licences for items of correspondence to La Poste’s competitors. This morning, ARCEP issued the first licence to Adrexo (subsidiary of SPIR, Groupe Ouest France) to offer services in France, at a national level, excluding Corsica. The authorisation regime concerns items of correspondence open to competition, i.e. items of correspondence with a unit weight greater than 50 g or a price greater than EUR 1.325, that is two-and-a-half times the base tariff.

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FedEx launches critical inventory logistics program for customers

Posted by | Jun 13, 2006 | |

FedEx Corp. today announced the launch of FedEx Critical Inventory Logistics, a supply chain service that will enable customers to more efficiently manage high value and time critical inventory by utilizing the power and reach of the FedEx portfolio of companies. The service will focus on customers in telecommunication, semiconductor, biomedical and other high technology industries. “Customers are increasingly looking to FedEx for our expertise in managing just-in-time, critical inventories,” said Tom Schmitt, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Global Supply Chain Services. “Our unique mix of networks allows FedEx to create customized solutions to address almost every supply chain need.”

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