Palletline’ s Jones leaves
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DPD Polska introduces – DPD Consumer Premium
First on the market product, which considers the business customers as well as individual recipients needs in the B2C segment, especially concerning e-commerce.
Development of e-business, growing customer needs for a professional logistic service regarding Internet trade as well as expectations of end consumers, have contributed to the creation of a complex product called DPD Consumer Premium.
DPD Polska, aiming at: raising the company’s customers competitiveness; creating a flexible solution considering the B2C market features and improving quality and efficiency of deliveries to individual consumers; introduces the product DPD Consumer Premium. DPD CP grants the possibility of tailoring the offer to the individual needs of the consumer, who himself determines the time and place of delivery. The recipient decides how he wants to be informed about the delivery, chooses from available options, and as a result defines the final price of the service.
The DPD Consumer Premium product links existing services with new available options: COD, return documents, direct delivery, deliveries in time zones 12-15:00, 15-18:00, 18-21:00 for certain postal codes, recipient’s data verification, return parcel and SMS or e-mail information. The product is targeted at companies requiring high quality and efficient deliveries.
Read MoreVietnam Post and Motorola sign cooperation agreement on WiMAX
On June 21, under the witness of President Nguyen Minh Triet and Minister of Posts and Telematics Do Trung Ta, the Vietnam Data Communications Company (VDC), a subsidiary of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), signed an agreement with Motorola on the pilot implementation of WiMAX in Hanoi and HCM City.
The test will take place over one year, starting from October 2007. The first phase will be carried out in central Hanoi and the second phase will be in central HCM City.
“We believe that wireless broadband can really contribute to improving the living standards in Vietnam and help Vietnamese people access the knowledge-based economy. The use of WiMAX is the best way to serve our customers and subscribers in the future,” said VNPT Chairman Pham Long Tran.
The implementation of wi4 WiMAX solution of Motorola is expected to help VDC have more Internet subscribers, satisfy its client�s demands for broadband and provide IP (Internet Protocol) services such as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) without wire infrastructure.
Motorola Vietnam General Director David Knapp said that this test showed the vision and the effort of VNPT in improving the national network infrastructure.
The WiMAX technology is part of the set of wireless solutions and services of Motorola, which provides and expands IP network coverage everywhere.
Read MoreUSPS certifies Melissa Data with NCOALink
Data quality solutions provider Melissa Data is now licensed as an NCOALink Full Service Provider by the U.S. Postal Service.
USPS’s NCOALink identifies customers who have moved, improving mail deliverability and reducing the costs and time required to forward mail. NCOALink fulfills the Move Update requirement for First-Class Mail automation and presort discounts. The Move Update requirement also will become mandatory to receive automation and presort discounts for Standard Mail in 2008. The USPS estimates that approximately 18- to 20-percent of households and businesses in America move each year. Businesses can save thousands of dollars on wasted, undeliverable mail by using NCOALink to find relocated individuals, families, and businesses.
As one of only a handful of full service providers, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA-based Melissa Data can update third-party mailing lists and customer files against the full 48-month change-of-address file containing more than 160 million change-of-address records, as opposed to the 18-month file provided to Limited Service Provider licensees.
In addition to offering full 48-month NCOALink processing, it is the first provider to offer a 24-month processing service for the price of their 18-month service – with very low minimums so customers can affordably update small files.
Read MoreRoyal Mail – Compensation Delay
Royal Mail is asking Postcomm if it can suspend compensation to bulk mailers for failing to deliver on time due to postal strikes.
No figures are available as to what the compensation payouts could amount to, but even if the compensation is delayed for two years as Royal Mail has requested, if strikes are extensive, it could run into millions of pounds that could put further pressure on jobs.
Postcomm have yet to make a decision on Royal Mail’s application. Currently, if Royal Mail misses their quality of service target by more than 1%, bulk mailers may be entitled to receive compensation. Eligible customers are compensated based on a percentage of their yearly spend on the product concerned.
Transmile, DHL Partner in Malasia, involved in accounting scandal
Malaysian cargo airline Transmile, a DHL Express partner for inner-Asian and transpacific routes, has been hit by an accounting scandal that has forced the resignation of its chief executive.
Transmile Group Bhd’s founder and chief executive officer, Gan Boon Aun, has relinquished his post following the recent disclosure of a string of irregularities in the company’s accounts.
Transmile also said that its board of directors has lodged a report with the police and the Securities Commission over the false statements and documents in relation to its revenue, property, plant and equipment and payments to third parties as reported by Moores Rowland Risk Management Sdn Bhd.
Transmile added that Moores Rowland will carry out a special audit covering areas including possible under-billing and non-billing of genuine sales between Transmile Air Services Sdn Bhd and CEN Worldwide.
The firm has remained silent on whether it will take action against those responsible since it told Bursa Malaysia on May 7 that its audit could not be finalised due to the absence of some documents.
Meanwhile, shares of Transmile dived 17.4 per cent to a three-year low when they resumed trading yesterday. Trading has been halted at the company’s request since Friday. The stock has fallen some 60 per cent so far this year.
Based on the special audit by Moores Rowland, Transmile would post pre-tax losses, not profits, in fiscal years 2005 and 2006, and see a much smaller profit in fiscal year 2004.
Read MoreMatthew Robertson moves from TNT Post to NetDespatch as Commercial Director
Matthew Robertson, previously Group Development Director at TNT Post, has joined leading on-demand express transport software company NetDespatch in the newly created role of Commercial Director. Robertson joins as part of the recent expansion of the senior management team, and will lead market development for the company’s leading-edge web-based software and services. Robertson will also take responsibility for partnership development and management.
With a career spanning over 10 years in express parcels and packets and doorstep delivery environments, Robertson will assist CEO Becky Clark to maintain their market lead and expand business in the UK and abroad. Robertson spent 3 years with TNT Post as Group Development Director and was instrumental in the adoption and implementation of NetDespatch Velocity in the Packets and Parcels division of the leading alternative Business-to-Consumer (B2C) postal service. Prior to TNT Post, Robertson held senior positions at Arla Foods, where he served 4 years as Business Development Director for the Doorstep Delivery division, and also Royal Mail, where he led market development for B2C parcels and packets for 3 years.
“Matthew arrives at a very exciting time in the growth of NetDespatch. His extensive knowledge and experience gained at the user side of our market will prove invaluable as we move the company forward,” says NetDespatch CEO Becky Clark.
Read MorePostal service to go green in Gujarat
The Department of Postal Service has decided to convert its fleet of mail delivery vans to run on compressed natural gas. The entire fleet will be phased out and it will be replaced by the new CNG vans.
The implementation has already begun from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where four CNG vans have been included in the fleet. The department has taken the step as a part of its social responsibility.
The implementation of the decision will be done in a phased manner.
The department has over 250 mail delivery vans in its fleet in Gujarat. Gujarat is divided into three regions — Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara.
Dashora refused to reveal the expenditure on this project but said that the expenditure will be funded by the Indian Postal service department.
The mail delivery van fleet falls under the Motor Mail Service of the Indian Postal Service and the department will be responsible for implementing the decision.
Dashora said that it is not possible for him to give any timeframe for the process to end as the existing vans will be replaced with CNG ones as they get old.
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