Year: 2005

UK to have national address register

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

Britain is to have its first national address register to improve service delivery across the public and private sectors, the government announced on Friday.

Inaccurate addresses can disrupt business deliveries, emergency response times and the collection of council tax. In the past, such problems have been viewed as modest or isolated and often resolved by the local knowledge of a postman or council worker.

But as computers and technology are increasingly used, small discrepancies in an address, irrelevant to a person, can lead to problems. A national call centre dependent on a database cannot know each locality, for example.

The aspirations for e-government, the introduction of electronic conveyancing, ID cards, offender tracking and a fraud free electoral system would all founder, if there was no recognisable address for each home.

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German govt pension fund for Telekom and Post workers needs capital

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

The German government’s pension fund for former Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche Telekom AG employees will run out of money next month, Spiegel magazine reported in an unsourced pre-release from Sunday’s edition. As a result of the shortfall, Finance Minister Hans Eichel will transfer funds raised through taxes to cover the pension obligations, the magazine wrote. Originally, Eichel wanted to raise 5.5 bln eur through a sale of pension fund receivables and use these monies in 2005 to pay the former Telekom and Post employees. However, Spiegel wrote that Morgan Stanley, whom the government contracted to organize the sale, has not yet come up with a plan for it.

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USPS recognised Internationally for Best Industry Practices

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service has been honored with four awards recognising excellence in the postal sector at the sixth annual World Mail Awards event held recently in Brussels, Belgium. Acknowledged as leaders in customer service, innovation, e-Commerce and security, the Postal Service was cited as setting the highest standard for the mailing industry.

The Postal Service was represented at the event by Charles Bravo, Senior Vice President of Intelligent Mail and Address Quality. Awards were presented in nine categories ranging from e-Commerce to marketing were presented by Triangle Management Services, founders of the World Mail Awards program.

“It’s a great honor to be recognised for our industry practices,” said Bravo. “We hope that by sharing what we’ve learned, we can benefit other postal administrations.”

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Swiss Post to sell newspapers, magazines in 30 trial offices

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

Swiss postal operator Die Post will start a pilot project to sell newspapers and magazines in 30 post offices on June 13, 2005.

Overall 50 domestic and foreign titles will be offered for six months in the post offices, Die Post said on May 27, 2005. If the results from the trial are positive, the project will be expanded to include 1,000 post offices.

The bulk of trial post offices will be in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, including offices in Aarau, Bern, Chur, Lucerne, Solothurn, Zug, Winterthur and Zurich.

Die Post did not state when the project will be introduced in the French-speaking cantons.

The company said papers and magazines were post-related goods and represented a reasonable supplement to its core activities.

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New Zealand Datamail goes postal

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

New Zealand Post subsidiary Datamail is broadening its operations in Australia by partnering with Connxion, an Australian document producer. David Allen, general manager of Datamail’s document solutions group, says the partnership allows Australian companies to print and lodge business documents in the New Zealand postal system. He says the company has been working with Connxion for some time and is now ready to go live with DHL. “DHL’s central hub is in Sydney and all its billing for New Zealand customers was done from Australia at significant cost.”

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Govt to provide all support to Postal Service to ensure better service

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday said the government will provide all support and resources to Pakistan Postal Service to enable it provide better and more efficient service to the people. He made these observations while reviewing the performance of Pakistan Post Office here at the Prime Minister House. The Prime Minister said that the post office was an important department which should be run with the mission to provide services to the people. Post Office provides useful services to the masses like mailing letters, banking, life insurance and accepting utility bills, he added. An expert has recently been appointed by UNDP on the directions of the Prime Minister to suggest recommendations for further improvement in the services of the Postal department and introduce modernization and automation to make it a world class organization.

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Italy Economy Ministry appoints Poste Italiane Chairman

Posted by | May 26, 2005 | |

The Italian Economy Ministry appointed Vittorio Mincato chairman of Italian state-owned postal services company Poste Italiane. Massimo Sarmi was appointed CEO. Francesco Mengozzi and Enzo Cardi stepped down from their positions of members of the board of directors. The new board now includes, apart from Vittorio Mincato and Massimo Sarmi, Salvatore Biasco, Roberto Colombo, Franco Corlaita, Nunzio Guglielmino, Angelo Mariano, Filippo Milone, Mauro Michielion, Francesco Pizzo and Giampaolo Rossi.

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An Post dismisses critical union report as ‘out of date’

Posted by | May 26, 2005 | |

An Post hit back yesterday at a report warning of a “graveyard decline” at the company, claiming much of its data was highly selective and out of date.

The report, drawn up by the firm’s group of unions, branded management style “obsolete” and confrontational and warned that An Post’s pricing policy could create an irreversible spiral of decline in mail volumes and revenue.

An Post said it needed a price rise and changes in working practices if it was to progress. A spokesperson said despite a rise in the number of households, real mail volumes were down by a quarter since 2001.

An Post had been discussing work practices and costs in the Labour Court for the last 18 months, a process nearing conclusion.

Changes in work practices, flexibility and 1,500 job cuts were needed. Once achieved, An Post could grow as a reliable service.

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