. Operating in a changing market: restructuring to create long-term value
. Capacity, cost efficiency and delivery: investing wisely in technology
. Integrating letter and parcel processing to achieve improved profitability and service quality
. Adopting best practice: drawing inspiration from outside the postal sector
Sagawa Express Co, one of Japan’s big four transport firms, will set up a new cargo airline in April in a tie-up with Japan Airlines Corp (JAL), the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, quoting company sources.
The planned new venture, the first fully-fledged cargo airline in Japan in 15 years, will start operations in March next year, it said.
The firm aims to offer cargo transport services at prices 20-50 pct lower than those of its rivals — Yamato Transport Co and Nippon Express Co — using its own planes, the business daily said.
The firm, to be capitalized at 5 bln yen, will be owned 50 pct by Sagawa Express, which is asking major trading houses, like Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsui and Co, as well as JAL, to hold the remaining stakes in the venture, it said.
Read MoreFedEx Express may acquire its local partner Tianjin Datian W Group soon, becoming the second US express service provider to go solo in China as the market opens up, the Economic Observer reported.
The newspaper said FedEx Express China chief Eddy Chan denied that any such plans were being considered but it quoted sources as saying that FedEx has hired Baker & McKenzie as its legal adviser for a possible takeover.
The newspaper did not give any timeframe for the deal or provide possible financial details.
FedEx rival United Parcel Service Inc has already bought out its local partner Sinotrans, paying 100 mln usd to end a 16-year relationship.
China will allow freight forwarders to set up wholly-owned units by December of this year in accordance with its commitments to the World Trade Organization.
Read More‘The launch has been an absolute success’, says Mr. Nour Suliman, DHL Bahrain Country Manager, ‘and the feedback from our clients and partners could not be more encouraging. The fact is that now they can finally make the most convenient choice of service according to their specific needs. Furthermore, as the premium system has disappeared and the prices are clearly structured, managing their own costs has become much easier.’
‘We have more than doubled -almost tripled- our expectations regarding established clients using the new products. We are very satisfied with the results so far.’
One month after the global launch of their new suite of Time and Day Definite products in Bahrain, DHL has proceeded to the first business review of the new services with outstanding results.
Read MoreComplaints about lost or misdirected letters will cost the Royal Mail nearly pounds 50 a time, under a new scheme for funding postal watchdog Postwatch. The watchdog, which handled 273,000 complaints last financial year and spent over pounds 10m, or pounds 37 a complaint, has always been funded by the Royal Mail through a licence fee. However, the Royal Mail said yesterday it would now pay Postwatch directly and in proportion to the complaints received. For the first 27,500 complaints received, Royal Mail will pay pounds 45. Any complaints after that will cost pounds 36.
Read MoreFedEx has alloted USD450 million to relocate its hub in Asia by 2007 to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) from its present site at the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA).
FedEx has a 12-year lease contract with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Though its contract has yet to expire in 2007, the firm needs to start constructing its new hub in Clark this year to ensure smooth transition of its cargo operations.
Adelberto Yap, president and chief-executive-officer of Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC), said FedEx has yet to maintain Subic for two years after 2007 for scaling down operations.
Read MoreExternal Quality of Service Monitoring,Improving the Quality of International Mail.
Quality of service among Postal operators in Europe continued at a high level in 2004 in spite of restructuring and change management demands on postal operations preparing for postal liberalisation. Overall, IPC members delivered 93.7 per cent of first class international letters in Europe within three days of posting (J+3), and 98.4 per cent within five days (J+5). Average delivery time was just 2.2 days.
Quality of service performance was measured by IPC’s UNEX end-to-end monitoring
system. The results show that both speed (J+3) and reliability (J+5) were again far above the European Union’s (EU) performance objectives for delivery of 85 per cent of intra-EU mail within three days, and 97 per cent within five days.
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Finland’s national postal services provider Suomen Posti will close down or privatise 100 of its post offices in Finland in 2005 and 2006, it was reported on March 4, 2005.
The company has published a list of 30 offices which are due for closure or privatisation in the spring of 2005. Thirty offices more will be closed down or privatised in the autumn of 2005 and the remaining 40 in 2006.
Post offices will be privatised only in case there is a company which is willing to buy and run them. Otherwise Suomen Posti will look for retailers in the affected regions, which will handle the post.
Suomen Posti’s strategy is to reduce the number of its post offices in order to cut costs.
In Sweden, local postal authority Posten Sverige, closed down all its post offices some years ago. Currently all post in Sweden is handled by supermarkets, small shops, video shops and other retailers.
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