Post Office networks Abroad
Post Office networks Abroad
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Demographics: The changing face of customers
Demographics: The changing face of customers
Read MorePrivatized post offices start delivering New Year's cards
Post offices across Japan started delivering New Year’s greeting cards the morning of New Year’s Day on Tuesday for the first time since the privatization of the country’s postal system in October.
According to Japan Post Service Co., a total of 2,033 million cards nationwide are to be delivered on New Year’s Day. The figure is up 6.5 percent from a year earlier.
Read MorePost office closures in Scotland
Campaigners yesterday warned communities across Scotland will face a “devastating” blow in the New Year with the closure of hundreds of post offices.
Details of around 40 post offices likely to close in the Highlands and Islands will be announced on January 8, with the list of the 44 to be axed in Glasgow, Central Scotland and Argyll and Bute published the following day.
Announcements on further closures elsewhere in the country will be made throughout the year as part of the UK Government’s plans to shut 2500 post offices to help tackle rising losses.
Postal bosses insist “the status quo is not an option” and that the large-scale closures will guarantee the service’s long-term future.
But the decision was criticised yesterday by politicians and postal workers, who warned of the “devastating” effect it will have on local communities, especially those in rural areas.
Mike Weir, the SNP’s spokesman on business and postal affairs at Westminster, criticised the UK Government for giving communities only six weeks to fight the plans.
A spokesman for Postwatch said they believed the consultation period for the closure plans should be doubled from six to 12 weeks.
Read MoreHand-held mobile scanning for Courier Express at SingPost
With the advent of wireless communications and internet, SingPost had to face expectations for faster and better service from its customers for express parcels.
Manual tracking of express parcels, with reduced accuracy and efficiency, more human resource involvement, and paper wastage, seemed so outdated.
SingPost which provides efficient and high quality domestic and international postal services in Singapore, recognized the problem. It became determined to meet and exceed the rising customer expectations. To do this, it had to do away with its existing system (in operation until 2004) whereby the old barcode readers were outmoded and the Internet service provider providing the public wireless network was decommissioned.
SingPost consulted with its information technology partner NCS Private Limited, over a period of six months, to define the project specifications and mapped out the entire process of the project.
Bring it up to the speed
After a series of stringent equipment definitions, preliminary research and testing, the task force identified that the Intermec 760 handheld mobiles were ideal for the barcode scanning function for its Speedpost operations, based on product reliability, customer service and technical support.
These devices were manufactured by Intermec, Inc., a firm which develops, manufactures and integrates technologies that identify, track and manage supply chain assets
The Intermec handheld mobiles were subjected to drop tests, splash tests, battery power consumption when using GPRS (general packet radio service) connections and field barcode scanning reliability.
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