Tag: Asia

TNT and Hongkong Post join forces to tap Indian market

Posted by | Nov 12, 2007 | |

TNT has signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide express services in India with Hongkong Post, the postal service provider in Hong Kong. The companies are also likely to tap into the emerging markets in the Middle East in the next couple of years.

The companies will together provide the Speedpost FreightPlus service, which enables Hongkong Post to deliver items to India in two to three days instead of five to six days as in the past. Shipments can also be handled in multiple pieces under one consignment, leading to greater flexibility.

Under the partnership agreement, Hongkong Post will provide collection and customer services for items to be delivered overseas by express. TNT will collect the items to be delivered to India. The items would be delivered through the Indian logistics company Speedage, which has an established network in India and was acquired by TNT in 2006. Hongkong Post will provide customer service support and manage item tracking and tracing requests.

TNT and Hongkong Post is also considering co-branding initiatives to provide time-definite and premium services for existing customers.

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Taiwan Post Deploys Nortel Metro Ethernet Solution

Posted by | Nov 12, 2007 | |

Taiwan Post, a postal, banking and insurance services provider in Taiwan has deployed a Nortel Metro Ethernet solution to ensure business continuity.

Nortel’s Metro Ethernet technology enables real-time information backup, access and recovery. Taiwan Post is also enhancing the effectiveness of its operations by converging multiple existing networks onto a simple, scalable and secure metro infrastructure. Based on Nortel’s Optical Metro 5200 DWDM multiservice platform, the new network will enable an efficient and effective information management process ensuring the security of Taiwan Post’s valuable information assets.

Hauman Technologies, Nortel’s Taiwan channel partner will deploy the newly converged network, which links Taiwan Post’s headquarters with an off-site facility in another part of Taiwan.

Y.K. Tsai, regional leader, Taiwan, Nortel explained that as Taiwan Post’s business operations grow, a key priority for Nortel is to provide them with a network that is simple, dependable and scalable. Nortel is delivering a secure and reliable optical networking solution that will enable them to transparently back up business-critical data from any application over a single converged network. This will help ensure that Taiwan Post’s data is protected.

Tsai said in a statement that Nortel was picked for this project because of their market position in optical networking and because they understand their business continuity needs for the present and into the future.

Nortel explains that the use of industry-standard Ethernet technology, even over long distances, ensures seamless interoperability between remote sites.
Thanks to Nortel Metro Ethernet Networking solutions portfolio, companies can consolidate layers of networking functionality, and simplify any-to-any connectivity. The solution also supports a rich set of business connectivity services.

Customers are thus able to reap the benefits of Hyperconnectivity, a new era of networking in which everything that can be connected to the network, is connected.

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India Post looks for consultants on Rs 23,000 million technology spend

Posted by | Nov 7, 2007 | |

India Post plans to invite consultants, such as KPMG International and Ernst & Young, to help the loss-making postal department buy technology solutions, including software applications and computer hardware, as it plans to spend around Rs 23,000 million on technology in a year’s time.

Postal revenues last year were Rs 14,000 million short of the department’s expenses in 2005-06, the latest data available showed.

An “expression of interest” inviting consultants “will be floated in few days’ time”, said a senior official at India Post, who did not wish to be named because the plan had not been finalized yet.

“We have been allocated Rs 23,000 million under the 11th Five Year Plan for computerization,” the official added.

For decades now, the department has been supported by the government in making up losses while running low-priced and inefficient services. A business software known as enterprise resource planning or ERP software, which integrates functions of finance, operations and distribution, is “very compelling for India Post for managing their large network”, said Arvind Mahajan, executive director at a Mumbai unit of KPMG International. “They would need a consultant to help evaluate different vendors for software applications and other services.”

Senior officials from India’s second largest software company, Infosys Technologies Ltd, have already met the India Post officials for providing application development, maintenance and system integration contract.

1 US Dollar = 39.31500 Indian Rupee

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FedEx's AP delivery center to start operation in Guangzhou airport by year end 2008

Posted by | Nov 7, 2007 | |

The U.S.-based logistics giant FedEx plans to start operation of its Asia-Pacific delivery center it is currently building within Guangzhou’s Baiyun Airport by yearend 2008, Guangzhou municipal government sources said.

The FedEx delivery center project, with a total investment of 2.5 billion yuan, takes an area of 2,843 mu and is expected to become a super large delivery center covering over 30 Asia-Pacific countries.

The project is expected to add about 1 million ton/year of cargo turnover for the Baiyun airport within the first year of operation.

FedEx predicts that its AP delivery center will churn out 11 billion US dollars in revenue by 2010 and 65 billion US dollars by 2020.

Construction of the project started in early 2006.

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Thai SMEs driving UPS sales growth

Posted by | Nov 7, 2007 | |

UPS expects higher growth from its Thai business next year, driven by a stronger economy after the Dec 23 election. Thai small and medium-sized companies, which have a tendency to export more, have been key drivers for UPS growth, according to Steve Okun, Senior Vice-President for UPS Asia Pacific.

UPS has reported double-digit growth rates for four years in a row despite the strong baht, which should have had a bigger impact on its international package delivery service.

Even in the face of the economic slowdown, the company expects the growth to continue this year.

Around half of its business activities in Thailand are driven by SMEs, as well as auto-parts makers, and apparel and jewellery industries.

To expand its SME client base, UPS has joined with the US Department of Commerce to promote trade between the US and Thai SMEs through a symposium called ”Moving Thailand Forward” held yesterday.

Thailand is the first country with which Washington has initiated promotion of SME trading activities.

Business matching activities and product sourcing are provided under the programme as well.

Washington sees Thailand as one of its key trade partners. The country ranked 15th in terms of export value, at USD 20 billion per year, while imports from US stand at $7 billion per year.

The US government also aims to assist American SMEs in expanding their businesses in Thailand to reduce the US’s trade deficit with the country.

UPS had earlier expected 50 companies to join the programme but so far 150 SMEs have already registered for the programme with the US Embassy in Thailand, said Mr Okun.

By linking with the US Department of Commerce, UPS could provide additional services to its SME clients beyond shipping services.

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