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TNT Post receive the ZOOMtxt Power User Award 2008

Posted by | Aug 4, 2008 | |

Kodime announced that the marketing department at TNT Post is receiving the Power User Award 2008 for their advanced ongoing use of its ZOOMtxt mobile marketing software solution.

Simon Dolph, Head of Marketing TNT Post, remarked: “Over the past year we have begun to actively use Mobile marketing in a variety of scenarios, from recruitment via B2B information services to supporting our efforts to lower the carbon emissions of our entire supply chain. In all cases, ZOOMtxt has proven itself to be a very flexible and reliable solution, and has allowed us to easily explore and learn what works best for TNT Post in mobile communications.”

ZOOMtxt is Kodime’s complete software solution for mobile marketing. Enabling a complete set of mobile marketing and messaging scenarios, ZOOMtxt is 100 pct software as a service (hosted solution), connects to all UK mobile operators, is easy to use and backed by an experienced support team. From two-way SMS communication to shortcode numbers, mobile internet sites, instant response and outbound push campaigns, interactivity such as SMS to win, SMS to vote, mobile content distribution and more, ZOOMtxt enables organisations to easily operate a range of mobile marketing activities without occurring overheads.

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Wrongly addressed mail damages brands says Veridata (UK)

Posted by | Aug 4, 2008 | |

Veridata says that mailing out millions of pieces of direct mail needs to be done responsibly and that it can be a waste of money as well as actually damage a company’s reputation by delivering to the wrong address/recipient effectively becoming an annoyance rather than a way to reach potential buyers.

Veridata, which specialises in providing data capture solutions, says that that around 10 pct of all direct mail fails to even reach its target and that 13 pct of the population move very year. With pressure on direct marketing companies to update mailing lists and reduce the volume of paper that goes to landfill, accurate databases are essential says Veridata.

The UK government has already asked the direct marketing industry to get its house in order or face sweeping measures to curb what some householders and business see as a deluge of unwanted and irrelevant sales literature, and much of the problem is down to companies using old or outdated mailing lists.

Veridata handles returned mail from marketing campaigns, extracting the contents, scanning relevant address, verifying and collating the data and then returns this information to direct marketers to provide up-to-date information which reduces waste.

‘Stop Junk Mail’, the main lobby group calling for strict limitations on junk mail, says that people can reduce the amount they get through their door by opting out. Royal Mail which is the single largest distributor of door-to-door mail does have an opt-out facility although it warns that you could lose important information distributed by local authorities and other organisations.

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USPS Selects AspireHR Software for E-Recruiting Initiative

Posted by | Aug 4, 2008 | |

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has selected AspireHR’s TalentScout software and eQuest for updating their e-recruiting implementation, according to Todd Hall, AspireHR’s Software Sales Manager.

AspireHR, the largest SAP partner focused exclusively on the needs of the HR marketplace, and eQuest, the global leader in job posting and Internet recruitment management services, have partnered to provide USPS with the technology and software to make their e-recruiting program more efficient, increase productivity, and expand their sourcing reach.

“The project will feature AspireHR’s TalentScout Job Board Aggregator Tool,” said Hall. “This tool allows recruiters to initiate a single job transaction which can then be sent to multiple job boards globally by eQuest. In addition, it is an enhancement to e-recruiting that will add tremendous time savings.”

AspireHR specializes in human capital management (HCM) for SAP. This focus has enabled the company to develop unparalleled expertise in HCM, superior HR project management, and packaged software applications that add real value for our customers. These functional resources coupled with the company’s software development center enable AspireHR to do high quality implementations quickly, efficiently and with high customer satisfaction.

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UK Mail Costs Priced Daily by Swedish Software

Posted by | Aug 4, 2008 | |

21grams iSort product utilises the commercial offerings from the various postal operators and optimises the mail on a day by day basis to minimise postal costs by splitting a particular day’s posting the most cost effective way between the different postal operators and tariffs available at that time.

iSort is a ‘soft’ solution that sits in the mail creation process and sorts the mail electronically into the cheapest solution before its sent to the printer. Then it simply comes off the printers and inserting machines in the correct order and is ready for the post.

iSort is already success in its home country of Sweden, and Swedish business is benefiting with optimised and cheaper mail on a day by day basis. Currently 10 pct of all Swedish mail goes through iSort customers today.

iSort beat over 100 other technical innovative products in the mail industry this year to win the Global Mail technology award in Budapest in June. As well as the Swedish and UK home markets, iSort is being released into the German and Dutch markets in 2009. There is also an international product for optimising overseas mail going to multiple overseas markets.

21Grams are currently offering free analysis of mailing lists to businesses to allow them to benchmark their costs against the various UK postal solutions and to show just how cheap post really could be using this technology. Postal discounts and cheap business mail are the order of the day for every business in the current economic climate.

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500 post offices to be upgraded

Posted by | Aug 3, 2008 | |

Five hundred post offices across the country will be upgraded under a special project to be launched later this month, Minister of State for IT and Communication Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Saturday. Addressing mediapersons here, Scindia spoke about the proposed facelift of postal network under project Arrow, which would be inaugurated Aug 16-17.
He said a proposal was chalked out for modernization of the postal department.
Scindia said that the human resource development ministry had accepted the demand of granting priority to children of rural postmen in admission to central schools.
He also spoke about plans to install additional towers, catering to both the CDMA and GSM systems, in Madhya Pradesh to improve the mobile telephony network and added that broadband services would soon be made available in each district of the state.

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Postal workers to get red carpet treatment

Posted by | Aug 3, 2008 | |

Fatigue at work can be due to many things, but Correos, the Spanish postal operator, is to make fundamental changes to mail centres which it says will improve staff health and improve productivity.

After succesful trials last year, Correos is to introduce new floor surfaces designed to reduce fatigue and make tasks that necessitate standing for long periods, more comfortable. It had been recognised that hard floors were a problem for many workers and the new surfaces reduce vibration as well as insulating employees from the cold. Seating and tables are also to be replaced where possible, with more ergonomic designs. The introduction of better equipment is also likely to improve conditions for Correos employees.

Over the next five months, most key mail centres will benefit from improved flooring including those at Valencia, Oviedo, Tenerife, Vitoria, Bilbao, Barcelona, Seville, Valladolid, Malaga, Santiago, Granada, Saragossa, the Balearics, Merida, Alicante, and Madrid

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Aramex Delivers Strong Results for First Half of 2008

Posted by | Aug 3, 2008 | |

Aramex announced that for the second quarter ending June 30, 2008, revenues rose from AED 437.5 million to AED 539.3 million, resulting in double-digit growth of 23pct over the same period in 2007. Second quarter net profits climbed 15pct to AED 38.4 million, compared to AED 33.5 million for the same period in 2007.

Overall, net profits for the first half of 2008 climbed by 18pct to AED 74.6 million from AED 63.4 million for the first half of 2007. Revenues for the first six months of 2008 also registered 23pct growth, climbing to AED 1033.7 million, from AED 837.0 million for the same period in 2007.

Driven by increases in fuel prices, in addition to escalating operating and overhead costs, Aramex’s total overhead as a percentage of revenues increased to 41pct in the second quarter 2008 compared to 39pct for the same quarter of 2007.

So far, the global logistics provider has been able to achieve its positive results without comprising its strong commitment to environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable business activities.

During the first half of 2008, Aramex was involved in a number of landmark sustainability-related projects, including the introduction of hybrid cars into its ground fleet, and the adoption of eco-friendly packages across all operations.

1 AED = 0.272244 USD

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Quality of Service Fund extended until 2016

Posted by | Aug 1, 2008 | |

UPU Congress Committee 8 (Development Cooperation) decided to extend the lifespan of the Quality of Service Fund (QSF). Initially scheduled to run from 2001 to 2012, the QSF will now continue until 2016. Created by the 1999 Beijing Congress, the QSF finances projects aimed at improving postal service quality in developing countries. All member countries, except least developed countries, contribute to the Fund through an increase in their terminal dues payments.

In its first eight years, the QSF has financed over 400 projects, worth almost 60 million USD. These projects have helped to raise the quality of the postal services of more than 150 beneficiary postal operators, making the QSF an essential plank of the UPU’s development cooperation system.

The Committee also decided that the link between the Fund and terminal dues should be maintained; that QSF projects should continue to focus on the quality of service of beneficiary postal operators, particularly as regards mail flows subject to terminal dues; and that new elections should be held after the 24th Congress for the 9 countries represented on the Board of Trustees, the body that oversees the Fund.

There is general agreement that the QSF has proven its worth. Extending the Fund is fully in step with the World Postal Strategy. One of its objectives is to improve quality and efficiency in the international postal network. As such, the QSF represents a valuable source of funding for activities relating to interoperability, interconnection and integrity of networks, quality of service measurement, mail security and implementation of cost accounting systems.

This new lease of life will allow the QSF to build on the positive results achieved in the first few years of operations.

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