Tag: Asia

Expansion of postal network in India

Posted by | Mar 10, 2008 | |

The Franchisee Scheme which entails setting up of Franchisee Outlets of postal network is already in existence. The Franchisee Scheme was launched in February 2007 in select urban areas for providing increased access to postal counter services in areas where opening of a Post Office was not possible as per prescribed norms. The scheme has now been extended to cover areas of new upcoming urban townships, special economic zones, major highway projects, upcoming new industrial centres, colleges, etc. The opening of Franchisee Outlets is in addition to opening of Post Offices wherever justified.

Unemployed youth are not debarred from working as Franchisees of the Department. The applicant in this regard should fulfill the criteria for selection, such as minimum age requirement, educational qualification, etc. Criteria for selection of Franchisees are in view of the need to select persons with capacity to manage and market a range of products, along with a sense of the community needs and public aspects of the job and willingness to accept technological options. The preference is given to postal pensioners and those able to provide computers.

More can be also found online at http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36147

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FedEx Female Employees Shoulder Great Responsibilities

Posted by | Mar 7, 2008 | |

In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, FedEx Express, is recognizing the accomplishments of women around the world. Female employees are key contributors to the culture and success of FedEx. In China, female employees account for 32 pct of the workforce, which is more than 6,000, and play an increasingly strong and significant role in various functional groups.

FedEx People-Service-Profit (PSP) philosophy offers equal employment opportunities to the best-qualified individuals for every job opening when hiring and promoting. FedEx also has in place a committed and sustained program that nurtures female talent and expertise, and actively helps women rise through the ranks and take leading roles in the company.

At present, nearly 40 pct of the managing directors and about 30% of the management team in Asia Pacific at FedEx are women. The overall, management numbers of women have been growing exponentially in the past three or four years.

The China market presents dynamic challenges and opportunities, in which women often must balance work and family.

Long-committed to diversity both inside and outside the workplace, FedEx recognizes the contributions of female employees around the world and continues to embrace diversity as vital to the company’s continued success in today’s dynamic global marketplace.

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DHL introduces "green" service Asia Pacific

Posted by | Mar 7, 2008 | |

DHL launched an Asia Pacific service allowing clients to offset the carbon emissions generated by transporting their shipments.

DHL said in a statement from its regional headquarters in Singapore that customers who want to use the firm’s new DHL GOGREEN EXPRESS service are asked to pay a 3.0 per cent “green premium” on top of the standard charges.

The company then calculates the carbon emissions generated as a result of transporting the parcel and offset these by reinvesting in environmentally friendly projects such as fuel vehicle technology, solar panels and reforestation.

DHL said customers can choose to send all or just a selection of their shipments under the carbon-offsetting scheme which aims to help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

Switzerland-based Societe Generale de Surveillance, an independent certifying body, will verify the programme annually to ensure accountability and transparency, DHL said.

Customers will also receive a certificate from DHL yearly stating the total amount of carbon dioxide offset on their behalf. The certificate can be useful for companies reporting how they are cutting their carbon emissions.

The service is available to DHL customers in Europe and this is the first time the company is introducing it in the Asia Pacific.

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Barclays launches mobile banking service in India

Posted by | Mar 5, 2008 | |

UK bank Barclays has launched a mobile banking service in India that enables customers to transfer funds, pay bills and make account enquiries using their handsets.

The new m-banking service – called Hello Money – will cost customers Rs30 a month.

Customers signed up to the service dial a number before entering a PIN and choosing the option they want from a Hindi or English menu.

Hello Money is available through all GSM handsets on the Airtel, Vodafone and Idea networks in 40 Indian cities. The bank is looking to extend the service to CDMA handsets in the future.

Barclays says the system – which is based on ‘unstructured supplementary service data’ (USSD) technology – is easier to use than SMS and GPRS mobile banking services, which often involve several steps such as application downloads and can be costly as customers are charged for SMS or GPRS subscription every time they use the service.

The bank says its new m-bankig system can bring financial services to India’s 184 million unbanked population.

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FedEx to expand International Economy service

Posted by | Mar 4, 2008 | |

FedEx Express announced the expansion of its customer portfolio of services with the launch of FedEx International Economy service in 10 Asia-Pacific markets, with another introduction scheduled this March for three more Asian markets -the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.

FedEx International Economy is an economical, day-definite, customs-cleared, door-to-door service that features a transit time typically one to two days longer than premium FedEx International Priority service, which is designed for more time-sensitive shipments.

The new service effectively addresses the needs of customers who look for reliability and cost efficiency as a top priority in shipping.

FedEx International Economy is specially designed for customers with less urgent shipments of individual packages under 68 kilograms, but who require the reliability they have come to expect with FedEx.

No weight restrictions apply for multi-piece shipments.

Offered on competitive list rates and backed by a money-back guarantee, FedEx International Economy typically delivers intra-Asia packages in two business days, and shipments to the U.S. and major markets in Europe typically in three to four business days.

As with the FedEx International Priority service, customers can use fedex.com for online tracking with proactive e-mail notification in 15 languages.

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