FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, is set to open 63 additional FedEx Home Delivery terminals throughout the United States to expand the service’s geographic reach to 80 percent of the U.S. population. (9/26/2001)
Read MoreConsignia is exploring the potential of new-style deliveries which mean people do not have to be at home to receive goods ordered from catalogues or via the internet.
The organisation has linked up with five providers of drop box systems to test consumer demand and the ways in which they work. Around two dozen retailers are also involved, including Oddbins, Sainsbury, Tesco, Taste for Wine and Penny Plain, the women’s fashion mail order company.
It is the latest initiative in Consignia’s drive to resolve last mile delivery issues and unlock one of the accepted barriers to even more rapid growth in the home shopping market.
Read MoreEscher Group, Ltd., a
leading provider of peer-to-peer messaging and data management solutions,
today announced that Jersey Post has selected WebRiposte(TM) to automate the
island’s post office network and to re-engineer its associated counter and
back-office processes. Jersey Post chose WebRiposte as its platform to grow
and diversify its revenue base, deliver operational efficiency and improve
service. In addition to the software license, Escher Group will provide the
Post with legacy-free hardware.
Inefficiency of the postal department is one of the chronic and
apparently incurable problems of the administration. The question
is whether all of it is plain inefficiency. Perhaps it is not only
due to incompetence that books and magazines mailed to addresses
almost never reach their destinations. The more high-priced and
marketable a journal is, the less is its chance of being received
by the addressee. These are chronic irritants which were never
seriously dealt with. What is even more disgraceful is that stamps
valued at no more than a few taka are removed from letters, which
forces people to take their letters to the post office for getting
the stamps cancelled in their presence instead of dropping the
letters in the nearest post box.
Walon and Toyota have developed a true partnership which continues to benefit from open dialogue and shared initiatives. This integrated approach has allowed both parties to develop technical and logistical activities to optimise the total supply chain. Judges said there was clear evidence that this long term relationship was working at every level, producing real benefits and delivering savings for the partners, employees and customers.
Read MorePanalpina Fischer emphasised the company’s independence at his annual press conference in Zurich: “Our shareholder [the Ernst Gohner Foundation] is dosely watching potential alliances but regards the recent concentration and acquisition euphoria in logistics as a thing of the past.”
In this context Fischer welcomed the fact that SairLogistics had sold back its 10% stake in Panalpina and 45% share of SwissGlobalCargo back to Goihner and Panalpina (Airtrade, May). “This gives us back our entrepreneurial freedom: we no longer have to consider minority interests.” He added; “When we decided to get out, we did not know where SAirGroup (now Swissair Group) was going”.
Read MorePITTSBURGH, Sep 25, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, FedEx Ground, a subsidiary
of FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX), will open 63 additional FedEx Home Delivery
terminals throughout the United States to expand the service’s geographic
reach to 80 percent of the U.S. population. FedEx Ground will co-locate 56 of the new FedEx Home Delivery terminals with
existing FedEx Ground facilities to optimize its network. (Please see below
for a complete list of expansion cities.) “Shippers and their customers continue to respond enthusiastically to the
service and we are expanding the network to achieve full U.S. coverage, more
than one year ahead of schedule,” said Daniel J. Sullivan, president and chief
executive officer of FedEx Ground. “We are committed to rolling out FedEx Home
Delivery at an accelerated rate and are pleased to extend the service to more
residential consumers across the country.” “More and more shippers are finding they can improve their own brand image by
adding value to their customers’ delivery experience at a competitive price,”
said T. Michael Glenn, president and chief executive officer for FedEx
Services. “Since its inception, FedEx Home Delivery volumes have steadily
grown and we expect them to continue to grow significantly over the next year
as a result of the service’s ability to serve a larger segment of the market
with its unmatched features and superior service.”
A Bill To Reform The Postal Laws Of The United States
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