Latvia’s state -owned Latvijas Pasts postal service is planing to invest 10 million lats (EUR 15 mln) this year towards development. Latvijas Pasts director general Gints Skodovs said that around 5 million lats are expected to be spent on a new postal sorting complex at the Riga airport, set to be completed by July next year.
The company also plans to modernize its post offices numbering over 960.
NZ Post is reviewing the future of the country’s postcode system, used to help with the computer-assisted sorting of mail.
It is evaluating “two or three options” for the future of the addressing system, says spokesman Iain Long, and aims to consult widely over the course of the next few months.
NZ Post has asked companies involved in the GIS (geographical information systems) business for their views, but is reluctant at the moment to discuss the possible options.
Address manager Stuart McKenzie accepts NZ Post doesn’t exploit the potential of postcodes as heavily as overseas postal operators do in countries such Britain.
Read MoreThe postal regulator has launched an investigation into the raft of new services being offered by the Post Office, after concern that they may not be meeting the needs of customers.
In the past few months the Post Office has expanded to offer car and travel insurance and personal loans. It plans to offer a fixed-line telephone service early next year.
But Postcomm is unsure that these services will be attractive to the Post Office’s customers in deprived urban areas.
“Postcomm is not totally convinced that the products are right,” said a well-placed source.
Read MoreAnnual overview of the Direct Mail industry in the UK. It provides information on the amount of direct mail this is received by both customers and businesses. It addresses peoples attitudes towards the medium and treatment of what they receive.
Research Library L13961
Table of Contents
1. Overview………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
2. North American 3PL Growth…………………………………………………………………………….5
2.1 3PL Services Trends ……………………………………………………………………………….5
2.2 3PL Value-Added Services……………………………………………………………………….7
2.3 3PL Service Revenues Growth………………………………………………………………….8
2.4 Competitive Pressure ………………………………………………………………………………9
3. Key Consolidation Drivers – 3PL market ………………………………………………………….10
3.1 Globalization…………………………………………………………………………………………10
3.2 Technology and its Impact………………………………………………………………………11
3.2.1 Warehouse Solutions – RFID and Voice-Activated Technology ……………………………11
3.3 Emergence of cash rich logistics acquirers ………………………………………………..12
3.4 Emergence of Lead Logistics Providers…………………………………………………….12
3.5 4PL/LLP Trends and their Impact on the 3PL Industry…………………………………13
4. Trends in SCM while supporting 3PL……………………………………………………………….15
4.1 Supply Chain Offering…………………………………………………………………………….15
4.1.1 Service Network Optimization…………………………………………………………………………. 15
4.1.2 Global Visibility Across Companies …………………………………………………………………. 16
4.1.3 Collaborative Product Development Approach………………………………………………….. 16
4.1.4 3PL Players using IT to Redefine SCM……………………………………………………………. 17
4.1.5 Performance-Based Logistics, a mandatory standard………………………………………… 17
4.2 Increasing pressure on profit margins and measures…………………………………..17
5 3PL Round-Up 2003………………………………………………………………………………………19
6. Top 20 North American Logistics Companies……………………………………………………21
7. Top Market Players – A Brief Overview……………………………………………………………21
Exel ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….21
Ryder………………………………………………………………………………………………………..21
Schneider ………………………………………………………………………………………………….22
UPS Supply Chain Solutions ………………………………………………………………………..22
Danzas Management Ltd (DHL Danzas Air & Ocean) ………………………………………22
Penske ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..22
Caterpillar Logistics Services………………………………………………………………………..22
Tibbett & Britten Group………………………………………………………………………………..23
APL Logistics……………………………………………………………………………………………..23
Expeditors Int’l of Washington, Inc…………………………………………………………………23
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LYNX Express has forged a new alliance with PALLET-TRACK, the fast growing specialist pallet network to create a new force in pallet distribution. The move is a major opportunity for LYNX to increase significantly its already large share of the overnight pallet market. The service will be distinct and separate from that currently provided on a captive basis by the wholly owned LYNX Express depot network and fleet. The pricing structure, service proposition and terms of transport will be more closely aligned to meet demand for specialised pallet movements, particularly multiple part shipments. LYNX joins the expanding PALLET-TRACK network as one of the company’s new members alongside 55 others operating on a well established system which currently handles over 1400 pallets per night.
Read MoreIncludes financials, organisation chart, volumes & statistics
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An Post’s loss-making parcel division SDS has been suffering from poor sales activity, high absenteeism, poor credit control and a failure to implement change, according to a confidential internal report.
This week the company announced it was closing SDS and seeking 270 voluntary redundancies. Chief executive Mr Donal Curtin said SDS had become a serious drain on the company, losing 20 million in the last two years alone.
The report by consultants Paul Sweeney and Associates was commissioned by a joint management-union group and circulated internally last February. It warned that closing the division could have a negative impact on the industrial relations climate at An Post generally.
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