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Government to constitute high powered postal services management board

Posted by | Mar 15, 2007 | |

The federal government has given approval for the setting up of a high powered management board for Pakistan Post to tone up efficiency of postal services, it was officially learnt here Thursday.
The director general of Pakistan Post will be the chairman of the board.
Sources said the postal department needed disciplinary and financial autonomy because of increasing competition from private operators in the field.
“The customers’ expectations and technological advances have created enormous challenges for the Pakistan Post which necessitated the setting up of the board,” sources said.
Talking about the steps already in place to improve the postal efficiency, a top official said a new mail routing and circulation system under the name of “District Wise Sorting System” has been introduced.
“This has replaced the old system mostly dependent on railways network inherited from the time of independence,” the official said.
He said in view of the improved road conditions, Pakistan Post Office has introduced “Pakistan State Mail” service on important routes exclusively for conveyance of mail.

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Hermes wins German market share and targets Austria

Posted by | Mar 14, 2007 | |

Hermes Logistik, the German consumer parcels company, today announced double-digit growth, a surge in the number of parcels sent by consumers, and its entry into the Austrian market this summer.

The operator, a subsidiary of Europe’s largest mail-order company, Otto Group, increased gross sales in the business year ending February 28, 2007, by 11.5% to EUR 1,016 million, with net sales up to EUR 872 million. It does not disclose profit figures.

Volumes in the business-to-consume (B2C) segment grew by 10.3% to 235 million shipments, increasing its German B2C market share to 37% from 35%, it said in a statement. The ProfiPaketService for medium-sized firms launched in February 2006 generated 3,000 new customers its first year.

The fastest-growing business, however, was the consumer-to-consumer (C2C) parcel business. “ We are particularly proud of massive growth in private parcels,” said managing director Hanjo Schneider “With an increase of 79% to 23.6 million items we have substantially reduced the gap on the current market leader.”

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TNT opens life sciences regional distribution centre in Singapore

Posted by | Mar 14, 2007 | |

TNT has officially opened its largest life sciences-focused regional distribution centre in Singapore, which costs over S$8 million.

The facility at Changi South is expected to handle over USD 100 million worth of medical equipment alone every year.

TNT’s new Life Sciences Express Hub uses the latest in cold chain management technology to safely transport and store goods.

This ranges from medical devices and clinical diagnostics, to pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

The 65,500-square-foot facility serves as a regional logistics centre for TNT’s multinational customers in the life sciences industry.

Their products are consolidated at the Singapore facility before being delivered across Asia.

Industry estimates show that the medical devices and diagnostic market, as well as the pharmaceutical market in the region, are set to grow over 10 percent in the next five years.

TNT currently controls 60 percent of the outsourced R&D logistics for the life sciences industry in Singapore.

TNT plans to continue to grow its life sciences logistics business in Singapore.

The segment represents about 10 percent of the company’s total revenue here and TNT is targeting to double this figure over the next few years.

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Correos – Post office electronically tags letters, parcels

Posted by | Mar 14, 2007 | |

The post office is electronically tagging some letters and parcels to make sure they get to their intended recipients.

In the first scheme of its kind in Europe, Correos has begun to electronically tag the mail to cut costs and improve efficiency.

The system, which is being used in a pioneering project involving 10,000 letters a month, involves tagging mail with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to allow it to be tracked electronically.

The Spanish daily El Pais reported on Wednesday the system may be expanded.

Correos has spent one million euros installing 1,900 antennas and 330 tag readers at 16 automated mail sorting centres around the country

It plans to use the system mainly with parcel services.

In an effort to dispel concerns of a Big Brother-type scheme, Correos says no personal information about the sender or the recipient is exchanged.

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