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DHL Express launches field test in Deutsche Post retail outlets

Posted by | Oct 4, 2004 | |

The end of October marks the start of a field test for a new DHL Express delivery variant. The target groups are mail recipients rarely at home during the day. With DEPOTSERVICE customers will be able in the future to have their parcels sent to selected Deutsche Post retail outlets instead of to their home address. The recipients are notified via e-mail or SMS once items addressed to them have been received at the retail outlet, and they can then pick up their parcels.

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Delivering America

Posted by | Oct 4, 2004 | |

Until DHL came along, FedEx and UPS had a seemingly comfortable duopoly in package delivery. It is getting less comfortable.

The German post office is not so German anymore. Deutsche Post World Net, as it is now named, still earned most of its USD1.7 billion in profits last year delivering letters. But Chairman Klaus Zumwinkel has bought some independence from economic stagnation at home with USD18 billion worth of acquisitions, most prominently DHL International.

Now his air and ground forces have launched a U.S. invasion under the DHL banner–right into the teeth of a FedEx-UPS duopoly that holds 79percent of this market.

DHL’s USD50 billion (revenues) parent is already the world’s largest airfreight carrier, flying to more places than anyone else. Deutsche Post had a small investment in the San Francisco-based courier for years but bought the company lock, stock and delivery van two years ago. Outside of Germany it looks more like the intrepid DHL took over Deutsche Post than the other way around. Either way, what Zumwinkel wants is to rule global logistics.

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Daily Yamazaki to handle Japan Post parcels at all outlets

Posted by | Oct 4, 2004 | |

Major convenience store chain Daily Yamazaki Co. plans to start handling parcels for Japan Post’s door-to-door delivery service at all its 2,000 outlets across Japan next spring, company officials said Monday.

Daily Yamazaki currently accepts Japan Post parcels at 16 outlets in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with Nippon Express Co. in charge of transporting them to nearby post offices.

Daily Yamazaki will expand the service nationwide, the officials said. Daily Yamazaki began handling parcel delivery for Japan Post at six outlets in June.

The expanded tie-up marks another move by the state-backed postal entity to step up parcel-delivery services in cooperation with the private sector, following its recent linkup with major convenience store operator Lawson Inc.

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am/pm stores to handle Japan Post parcels

Posted by | Oct 4, 2004 | |

Major convenience store chain am/pm Japan Co. plans to start handling parcels for Japan Post’s door-to-door delivery service at all its 1,400 outlets across Japan next spring, company officials said Monday.

am/pm Japan has already started testing the service at 10 outlets, the officials said.

The company has been handling Nippon Express Co.’s Pelican parcel-delivery service. The convenience store chain plans to handle Japan Post parcels in parallel with the Pelican service, they said.

Earlier in the day, officials at Daily Yamazaki Co., the operator of 2,000 convenience stores across Japan, said the company plans to start handling Japan Post parcels at all of the outlets next spring.

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DHL to expand Global Information Services Centre in Asia Pacific

Posted by | Oct 4, 2004 | |

DHL will invest more than USD13 million to expand the company’s Global Information Services (GIS) Centre located at Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor in Cyberjaya, a key facility in the global co-ordination of information technology initiatives throughout the DHL network. This brings DHL’s total investments in Asia Pacific over the past few years to over USD1.15 billion, reflecting DHL’s commitment to service excellence.

One of three strategic Information Services Centres serving DHL’s worldwide network, GIS Cyberjaya is responsible for the design, development, implementation and the service delivery management of DHL’s IT solutions.

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Deutsche Post/DHL Brand Conversion

Posted by | Oct 4, 2004 | |

Europe’s largest postal service will convert all business operations outside its home market of Germany to the DHL brand, Die Welt reported, without saying where it got the information. The shares climbed 39 cents, or 2.5 percent, to 16.02 euros.

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Lockheed Martin group wins 3 billion dollar USPS contract

Posted by | Oct 4, 2004 | |

A group of technology and telecommunications heavyweights led by Lockheed Martin Corp has won a potential three billion dollar contract from the US Postal Service to revamp its vast data communication networks, Lockheed Martin said Monday.

The deal requires the Lockheed team to provide managed network services across the entire US Postal Service, covering more than 37,000 locations.

“The UCC program enables the US Postal Service to procure all network and telecommunication services via one supplier, which will deliver significant efficiencies and reduce overall operational costs for processing and delivering the mail,” Judy Marks, president of Lockheed Martin’s Distribution Technologies business, said in a statement.

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