Tag: Asia

DHL wins prestigious regional award for its Flu Pandemic Preparedness Handbook

Posted by | Nov 15, 2007 | |

DHL has won the top award for ‘Corporate Publications’ at the ‘Asia Pacific PR Awards’ for its pioneering employee publication, Be Informed – Be Prepared: DHL Employee Flu Pandemic Preparedness Handbook. The Certificate of Excellence was bestowed on DHL – the only winner in the category – at a ceremony in Hong Kong on 14 November 2007.

The ‘Asia Pacific PR Awards’ is one of the foremost events in the Public Relations calendar in the region, rewarding work across all the disciplines that are essential in the PR process. A panel of leading PR and communications specialists and clients are responsible for judging the Awards.

Anita Gupta, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Sustainability, DHL Asia Pacific, said, “DHL is extremely honoured to receive this award. The Preparedness Handbook is a ground-breaking initiative to educate DHL employees across Asia Pacific. The safety of our employees and customers is of utmost importance to us; hence this recognition as a corporate leader in raising awareness of a potentially global health threat is very gratifying.”

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Express delivery industry to realise standardised operation

Posted by | Nov 14, 2007 | |

China’s express delivery industry has made considerable progress after 20 years of development since it was initiated in 1987. Statistics show there has been 2,422 legal enterprises engaged in express delivery service, with 227,000 employees by the end of 2006; a total of 1.06 billion pieces have been sent via express delivery, generating a total of revenue of RMB30 billion, which are 693 times and 375 times respectively the figures in 1987.

An overview of the development of express delivery industry shows that no matter the major industry players, staff or the total service amount, all of them have kept an annual growth of 20 percent. Express delivery industry sees rapid growth in scale, and the demand is very vast.

Furthermore, the express delivery industry also presents huge development potential and broad market prospect. The market share of express delivery in the economically developed eastern China has accounted above 2/3 of that national total. There are also broad markets on the secondary markets and in middle and western China

Express delivery companies have improved their service capabilities greatly. The housing construction area, production area, and the number of outlets owned by the express delivery companies have increased greatly, with a total of 50,000 sets of transport facilities. Moreover, the investment for computer and mobile phone has also significantly increased, attaining 53.1 percent and 119.8 percent respectively. Therefore, the informatisation processing level from mail collecting and sorting out, to mail delivery and inquiry service have been upgraded effectively, giving strong material support for the improvement of service capabilities of express delivery industry.

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DHL in Thailand receives first customs bonded warehouse license

Posted by | Nov 14, 2007 | |

DHL announced that DHL Exel Supply Chain has officially received its first Bonded Warehouse License from the Director General of the Customs Authority Department of Thailand. The new 8,650sqm facility is located in Laem Chabang, Chonburi Province, five kilometers from the Deep Sea Port of Laem Chabang and is the same distance from its principal client’s – Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd – passenger car production plant.

DHL Exel Supply Chain has officially received its first Bonded Warehouse License.
“Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) has been using the services of DHL Exel Supply Chain Thailand for several years. During this time they have proven to be extremely cost effective and provided good solutions,” remarked Songsak Tapsuvonnawor, General Manager of Logistics for Mitsubishi Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. “At all times their service levels have been reliable and professional,” he added.

This is a major milestone for DHL in Thailand and demonstrates the company’s commitment to Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) by providing a broad range of value added solutions supporting their continuing domestic and export market growth plans in Thailand. “The award of this license could not have been possible without the joint working partnership and valuable support of the Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) and DHL management teams,” acknowledged Darren Plested, DHL Exel Supply Chain’s Head of Automotive for Asia Pacific.

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Pitney Bowes Opens Regional Headquarters in Singapore

Posted by | Nov 13, 2007 | |

Pitney Bowes Inc., the leading mailstream technology company, today announced plans for expansion in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region with the opening of its regional headquarters here.

The new 3,500sq ft headquarters, located at Keppel Towers, will be a strategic hub providing a comprehensive suite of mailstream hardware and software solutions, and services for the region. It will provide support to the Pitney Bowes’ offices in Asia Pacific markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand, as well as the Middle East.

Pitney Bowes employs 1,000 people in the Asia Pacific and Middle East and the region currently contributes approximately 10 per cent of the company’s non-US revenues.

Pitney Bowes is well positioned with an all encompassing suite of business solutions as well as products and services for document creation to production, distribution and management. With the recent formation of a new Pitney Bowes Software organization, created by the merger of Group 1 Software, a leader in enterprise data quality and data integration software, and MapInfo, which specialises in location intelligence software, data and services, Pitney Bowes is well poised to provide the most comprehensive and accurate consumer and business-to-business data for marketing or business transactions.

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