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USPS Pay-for-Performance system will improve management

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

A new performance-review system for 70,000 U.S. Postal Service managers will result in improved mail operations, postmaster general John E. Potter told the Washington Post.

“If our people are happy, our customers will be happy because service will be up and costs will be down,” Potter said, according to the Post. “If we have unhappy folks, the system will be sending a message that they haven’t performed. To me, that is truly a breakthrough — that we’re able to get through the entitlement culture and get to people and say, ‘OK, listen, there is no more mystery here. This is what your job is. These are the indicators that you are being held accountable for.’ ” Managers were getting raises of 2.5 percent to 3 percent every year, regardless of their performance. Under the new system, raises are determined by how well they meet customer service goals, improve workplace safety and control overtime and other measurable costs. There are no guaranteed increases or cost-of-living adjustments.

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UK Freightroute has joined the Fortec pallet distribution network

Posted by | Jan 19, 2004 | |

Freightroute has joined the Fortec pallet distribution network.

The company runs a pallet operation in its own right between its headquarters in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, and five other depots. It was previously with Pall-Ex for six years.

“Their plans for the future did not fit with our own strategy, ” said Andrew Harrison, Freightroute commercial director.

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US mailers seek to share processing work

Posted by | Jan 19, 2004 | |

Several large magazine publishers are seeking approval to take over more mail-processing work from the U.S. Postal Service in exchange for cheaper mailing rates.

If successful, the change could mean periodical mailers will perform work now done at Postal Service facilities — sorting, applying bar codes, and other work — a process known as work sharing.

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No decision on more Brussels night flights for DHL

Posted by | Jan 19, 2004 | |

The two-day cabinet meeting failed to produce binding decisions on a number of issues, and in particular on the controversial problem of night flights at Brussels International Airport in Zaventem (Brussels Brabant).

A clear decision on DHL and the limit of 25,000 night flights per year has been postponed until later on this summer or autumn, until well after the regional elections on June 13.

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UPS to buy out Japanese Yamato Express stake

Posted by | Jan 19, 2004 | |

United Parcel Service Inc has reached an agreement to buy out Yamato Transport Co, Japan’s largest door-to-door parcel delivery service, from their Japan joint venture, as the US firm moves to develop its own delivery network.

UPS will buy Yamato’s 49 pct stake in UPS Yamato Express Co by the end of March at an undisclosed price, turning the joint venture into a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Brussels International Airport Company hits back

Posted by | Jan 19, 2004 | |

Brussels International Airport Company (BIAC) has refuted claims from environmental and residents’ groups that it has overstated the benefits of DHL’s planned expansion.

DHL expects its European hub to be handling 781,000 tonnes by 2012, compared with 312,000 tonnes today. There would be 4,200 extra staff at an expanded hub, compared with a loss of 3,900 jobs if Brussels was only a sub-hub, BIAC has claimed.

“DHL relocation would significantly affect the airline companies as they carry almost 30% of the parcels forwarded by DHL, ” BIAC said.

Extrapolated figures on DHL’s likely future contribution to the Belgian economy and the growth in airport-related economic activity and indirect employment have angered interest groups, but BIAC has accused them of slander.

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What next for Dutch TPG?

Posted by | Jan 19, 2004 | |

What next for TPG, the Dutch mail, parcels and logistics giant, now that industry fixture Alan Jones has quit as managing director of the TNT Express division?

Although the surprise announcement in December spoke of an ‘amicable’ agreement, it is an open secret that the root cause of Mr Jones’ departure, after 23 years with TNT, was a difference of opinion over future strategy.

Industry insiders suggest that straight-talking Mr Jones wanted to keep the express parcel and logistics businesses as two distinct entities.

Opposite him was Peter Bakker, chief executive of parent group TPG, who wanted closer and seamless co-operation between the two.

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