Tag: Asia

DHL expands within SAARC region

Posted by | Aug 13, 2008 | |

DHL is looking at expanding its business within the SAARC region (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation) with an integrated product portfolio that will bolster transportation and trade between SAARC nations.
DHL is the first logistics player to foray into the SAARC segment and plans to service the estimated 120 pound Express market share in the region.
This set of innovative logistics solutions will help in quicker transit times, better customer service through online track and trace, one invoice, door-to-door delivery and special SAARC zone pricing.
These services use DHL’s enhanced infrastructural support to gain direct connections to key SAARC destinations – Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
It has been observed that trade can significantly increase once trade barriers are lifted. According to an AT Kearney study in 2007, with implementation of NAFTA, ASEAN EU in 2003, trade grew significantly by 44 pct, 49 pct & 63pct respectively since implementation.

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India Postal dept to write off PIN system

Posted by | Aug 13, 2008 | |

The department of post (DoP) proposes to introduce postal address locator (PAL) to replace the existing postal index (PIN) code. The DoP plans to make the PAL code, the standard universal post code. The existing PIN code system is getting outdated and tedious as it is primarily based on delivery post office (DPO) and not on geographical location, wherein a unique code is permanently allotted to a location.

Moreover, incomplete PIN code is of no use. In India, a district is the most well known administrative or geographical entity and since no code is allotted to a district in the PIN code system, it appears to have destroyed the district based sorting, which was the norm before 1972 when PIN was first introduced, he added. “In the new PAL code system, a unique code has to be allotted to each geographical location including village, town, locality, building, street, road, zone and city. Each digit in the code has to denote some location and most importantly, any addition of digits to the code must lead to simplification of solution and not compounding the problem,” the official noted.

The official also said that the intellectual property right for the concept and design on the PAL code is with the DoP and that no postal administration across the world could adopt it for its postal code without the prior consent of the DoP. He said, “We are undergoing a major transformation. What we need is ‘appropriate technology’ including integrated postal software, networked post offices, GPS-based mail van fleet and a fleet of aircraft for quick transmission of mails between cities and states.” He also said that if the proposal gets through, the process of introducing the PAL code will barely take 2-3 months.

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DHL Express Singapore Renames Product Portfolio to Reflect Time Specific Services

Posted by | Aug 12, 2008 | |

DHL announced that it has completed an across-the-board portfolio renaming of its best-in-class products in Singapore. The renaming exercise is part of the global alignment of product portfolio which began in more than 220 countries and territories serviced by DHL’s global network in January 2008, and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Its completion has enabled DHL Express Singapore to harmonize a variety of product names to a single set of standard, logical and easy-to-understand names that aids recall and helps customers to select the products that best meet their express shipping needs.

The new names reflect the time specific nature of shipments to their destinations. By offering products based on a logical system of time-definite and day-definite choices, customers can now choose product services that offer flexibility and reliability based on speed, destinations and weights.

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UPS hopes China ads deliver

Posted by | Aug 11, 2008 | |

UPS may spend as much as USD 60 million this time on Olympics-related activities from ads to hospitality, says Jim Andrews, Editorial Director of the IEG Sponsorship Report.

For UPS, making a good impression during the Games is crucial. The company believes China’s appetite for American products will grow exponentially in coming years, driving the market for deliveries across the Pacific and within Asia. In 2006, it conducted a survey of what it identified as 1,200 “middle-class consumers” in six Chinese cities. The findings suggested growing demand for U.S. products ranging from beauty products to DVDs.

In China, UPS is competing fiercely with FedEx Corp.UPS has had to play catch-up since 1995, when FedEx acquired what were the only existing rights to make all-cargo flights directly to China from the U.S. In 2005, FedEx also became the first express carrier with a direct flight from mainland China to Europe.

Before 2004, the Chinese government permitted 20 cargo-only flights a week by American companies between the U.S. and China. But that is scheduled to increase to 131 flights a week by 2010 as China eases its restrictions, according to Robert Dahl, Project Manager of Air Cargo Management Group, a Seattle-based aviation consulting firm.

FedEx and UPS, which each have about 6,000 workers in the country, are building new airport hubs in China that are set to open later this year — UPS’s in Shanghai and FedEx’s in Guangzhou. UPS is also competing against DHL and TNT.

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15,000 DHL employees drive large-scale volunteerism initiative across Asia Pacific

Posted by | Aug 11, 2008 | |

DHL announced that more than 15,000 DHL employees participated in community engagement programs as part of ‘DHL Volunteer Day’, a community outreach program conducted in over 20 countries across Asia Pacific that seeks to encourage the spirit of volunteerism among employees.

This year’s events took place across the region from 6 to 10 August.

The company’s Corporate Sustainability Program is a three-pronged approach emphasizing the Environment, Social Responsibility and Employees. Program initiatives include the DHL GoGreen climate protection program; disaster management through the DHL Disaster Response Team; UNICEF partnerships; and ongoing green initiatives driven by DHL employees.

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