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DHL Selected by Sun Microsystems as service parts logistics provider

Posted by | Aug 1, 2005 | |

DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, today announced it has been selected by Sun Microsystems as its exclusive global logistics provider for after-market service parts.

The agreement leverages DHL’s international network and the company’s expertise in logistics, express shipping, and air and ocean freight to provide Sun with a comprehensive, seamless global logistics solution customized to Sun’s business requirements. The contract will involve over 300 logistics facilities housing thousands of parts to be used for service support to 1.5 million Sun customer systems in over 100 countries.

“As a truly global technology company, our objective was to identify a global logistics provider with the infrastructure and expertise needed to deliver a supply chain solution to serve our customers in every corner of the world,” said Brad Schultz, Vice President, Services Readiness & Operations, Sun Microsystems.

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An Post consider cutting down Irish postal services

Posted by | Jul 31, 2005 | |

Irish postal services could be slashed under recommendations currently under consideration by the board of An Post. A report endorsed by the Labour Court proposes giving “low priority” to some postal routes and “collapsing” others in the event of staff absences. A technical group seeking a resolution to a row over wages at An Post wants to close some offices, limit the collection of undelivered mail to a three-hour period, cease the already minuscule number of Saturday deliveries, and prevent postmen from leaving early to do their rounds. The 63-page document, recommends stopping the sorting of mail on Saturdays and says collections on Sundays and public holidays should cease. It also suggests “commercial customers” should be “prioritised” for early deliveries.

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Empost launches ‘Litedox’ courier service to India and UAE

Posted by | Jul 30, 2005 | |

Empost, the UAE’s national courier company, has launched ‘Litedox’, an innovative courier service for the delivery of light documents to India as well as within the UAE. The door-to-door courier service is designed to cater primarily to the need for sending original documents, certificates, statements and letters to India, whose expatriate community is the largest in the UAE. The service will be expanded to other international and regional countries at a later stage.

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TNT – Record margin in Express and strong margin in Mail

Posted by | Jul 29, 2005 | |

France Logistics refocuses to strategic areas
Highlights:
– Strong margin in Mail of 20.8%
– Record high margin in Express of 10.1%
– Mixed picture in Contract Logistics
– Interim dividend up 10% to 22 cents

CEO Peter Bakker:
“In the second quarter of this year we see a continued good performance of our Mail and Express divisions. The Mail division reported another strong operating margin, despite higher pension costs, and our European Mail Networks business continued to record strong organic revenue growth of 20%. Express revenues grew double digit and operating income was up 28%, reaching another margin record. The division is firmly on track to reach its ambitious target of a 10% operating margin in 2007. In Logistics, our freight management operations continue to make progress but achieving growth in some of our contract logistics business has been difficult. We have reviewed our French Logistics business unit carefully and today we announce our plans – we intend to withdraw from basic transportion activities and refocus on the areas of contract logistics where we can earn our cost of capital.”

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Pos Malaysia seeks alliances with ASEAN posts

Posted by | Jul 29, 2005 | |

Pos Malaysia Bhd is looking at business alliances and collaboration with postal organizations of Asean nations to strengthen its competitiveness and enhance its postal delivery service. Chairman, Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim said projects planned with the Asean postal organizations included joint marketing strategies on express mail services, promotion of parcel services and joint stamp and philatelic products among the Asean countries. “Pos Malaysia is also upgrading its international remittances services to speed up payment transaction,” he said at a press conference after the launch of the 12th Asean Postal Business Meeting. Ikmal said Pos Malaysia non-postal services such as payment of utilities and remittance services were growing as a significant contributor to group’s turnover. He said the current de-pegging of the ringgit would also be positive to Pos Malaysia as it would help to lower operating cost structure.

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Postal-reform legislation hailed as a much-needed repair to the ailing USPS

Posted by | Jul 29, 2005 | |

The postal-reform legislation that passed overwhelmingly in the House on Tuesday has been hailed as a much-needed repair to the ailing United States Postal Service. Unfortunately it doesn’t fix the postal service’s biggest problem. In the face of falling mail volumes and massive liabilities, the USPS has claimed for years that greater pricing flexibility would solve its financial woes. Free of existing regulation, its managers argued, the USPS could respond quickly to market opportunities and thereby increase earnings. It looks like the USPS is finally getting what it wanted: At the core of the new bill are measures that free up the pricing system. To really mend itself, however, the postal service needs not so much flexibility on pricing as the flexibility to cut its massive labor costs. And the new legislation doesn’t give it that.

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Nepalese Government to monitor private postal and courier service providers

Posted by | Jul 29, 2005 | |

The Nepalese Government is all set to introduce Private Sector Postal Service Operating Regulation 2005 to monitor all private postal and courier service providers in the country. The regulation is being enforced as per the policy of Department of Postal Services (DPS) that envisages to monitoring and enhancing the services of the private operators. Private postal and courier service providers currently operate with licenses issued by Company Registrar under Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS). Although the certificate gives legality to the business, it fails to spell the terms and conditions for their operations.

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