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SNAS/DHL signs with top Saudi bank to extend express and logistics network

Posted by | Dec 17, 2005 | |

SNAS/DHL and the National Commercial Bank (NCB) recently held an official opening for the new state-of-the-art mailroom located in the Bank’s headquarters. Under the terms of the agreement SNAS/DHL’s express and logistics services will support the operations of the bank’s branches, ensuring the network operates seamlessly throughout the Kingdom and that customers receive the same quality of service regardless of their location. A tie-up has existed between SNAS/DHL and NCB for more than 25 years but the latest deal puts the seal on a multi-phased agreement to extend the partnership. The initiative to incorporate NCB’s branches into the agreement marks the final phase of a project that began in 1980 to utilise SNAS/DHL’s expertise to transform the scope of the bank’s services.

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Dutch TNT and Pirelli Tyres Australia sign contract

Posted by | Dec 16, 2005 | |

TNT NV has won a three-year contract from tyre maker Pirelli Tyres Australia (PTA) for the provision of logistics services to Pirelli Tyres, TNT said on December 16, 2005. No financial details of the deal were provided. Under the contract, TNT’s unit TNT Logistics will provide services to Pirelli Tyres’ Australian customers from a central warehouse in Sydney and regional distribution centres in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

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Correos de Chile back on its feet

Posted by | Dec 16, 2005 | |

Between 1998 and 2003, the situation of the state postal group Correos de Chile was a precarious one as private postal services started up and robbed it of market share. However, Correos de Chile appears to have turned the corner: according to general director Jose Luis Mardones, last year the group managed to stabilise business and then push on to a 10% rise in sales (30% in its packages segment) aided by the national economic climate. In 2005, Correos Chile’s turnover should be around US$115mil. The packages segment was worth 7% of business a few years ago but has now doubled; the firm expects it to do just that all over again by 2009 to reach 30%.

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Belgian PostPunten number up to 130 in 2006

Posted by | Dec 16, 2005 | |

Belgian postal service company De Post/La Poste will increase the number of its PostPunten sales counters to some 130 in 2006, the De Staandard daily said on December 15, 2005. De Post/La Poste plans to install the sales counters in supermarkets, newspaper retail stores, banks and train stations. The company installed the first string of 14 PostPunten in November 2004. The number was later raised to 46.

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R.R. Donnelley buys UK mail services firm

Posted by | Dec 16, 2005 | |

Printer RR Donnelley & Sons Company acquired print-and-mail services company Critical Mail Continuity Services Ltd. CMCS, based in Britain, serves financial services, telecommunications, utility, government and other large organizations with disaster recovery, business continuity, digital print and print-and-mail services. Clients use it to ensure that vital communications are not interrupted by catastrophic damage to in-house processing centers and to handle peak-period volumes.

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VSL Logistics Award 2005 goes to trans-o-flex apprentice

Posted by | Dec 15, 2005 | |

The Transport & Logistics Association (VSL) of Baden-Wuerttemberg has awarded its Logistics Award for 2005 to a thesis by Ralf Messing, an apprentice at trans-o-flex. The award, which carries prize money of €600, was given for his essay “Possible uses of RFID at trans-o-flex.” Mr. Messing has graduated with a Forwarding, Transport & Traffic major from the Vocational University in Mannheim. In their text accompanying the award to the “far above-average thesis” the jury emphasized that Mr. Messing’s examination of alternative identification and information systems (barcode vs. RFID) was based on very comprehensive and up-to-date source material and was well structured and presented in an easily comprehensible way. “This work is convincing in its careful representation of advantages and disadvantages, taking account of cost-performance models and scenarios in the organizational and operational parts of the company. The conclusions and prognoses are of great practical relevance for the logistics industry.”

In addition to Ralf Messing, two other trans-o-flex apprentices have completed their courses at the Vocational University in Mannheim with above-average success. Helen Ehrbar received a grade 2.2 for her degree in Business IT and Michael Grosshans received a 2.1 in Forwarding, Transport & Logistics. Courses at the Vocational University are part of the Dual Apprenticeship System which is a focus at trans-o-flex. It involves a three-month practical phase in the company followed by three months of academic study at the VU, the course running over a three-year period. At the same time as making the Apprenticeship Agreement, trans-o-flex reserves a place at the VU. At present, 15 young people are undergoing this type of apprenticeship. A further 24 apprentices are on the traditional commercial training path.

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PPA wins first round against UK Royal Mail’s price hike proposal

Posted by | Dec 15, 2005 | |

Magazine industry chiefs have claimed a partial victory in their fight to prevent Royal Mail being allowed to make hefty price increases on its distribution products. The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) has persuaded regulator Postcomm to recommend continued price-capping of Royal Mail’s Presstream 1 product. It feared extra distribution costs would be passed on to consumers via cover price rises. The “next- day” service is used by about a quarter of publishers to distribute trade press across the UK. But the PPA remains concerned that Postcomm will allow the removal of price controls on three-day service Presstream 2, which is used by the remaining publishers.

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Postcom chairman struggles against a 2nd class service

Posted by | Dec 15, 2005 | |

Why anyone would abandon the comfort zone of life at the top in corporate Britain to work for the government is an utter mystery. It is even more so when the new job is running the Postal Commission, or Postcom. Why anyone would abandon the comfort zone of life at the top in corporate Britain to work for the government is an utter mystery. It is the body charged with making sure the notoriously inefficient Royal Mail is doing a good job and that the postal worker feels the hot breath of competition on the collar. The avuncular Nigel Stapleton, Postcom chairman, believes his background in industry was just the kind of training he needed to make sure that the Royal Mail does better and actually manages to deliver the Christmas post on time.

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