Tag: Asia

TNT plans new Penang-Singapore service

Posted by | Jul 23, 2007 | |

TNT Express Worldwide plans to launch a new direct, next-day delivery service between Penang and Singapore on the Asia Road Network in the next few months.

Asia Road Network is TNT’s door-to-door delivery service, which uses an integrated road network linking Kuala Lumpur to Singapore and Bangkok and more recently, Vietnam.

The new service is expected to offer customers up to 40 per cent cost-savings compared to air freight and a 30 per cent reduction in transit time compared to the earlier schedule.

TNT is targeting high technology manufacturing companies in Penang as its would-be customers.

TNT Malaysia managing director Gerry Power said he expects the new Penang-Singapore direct service to contribute a further 30 per cent growth in volumes to the Asia Road Network. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of the company’s new Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) facility.

The new 14,500 sq ft facility is three times the size of its previous facility in KLIA and is equipped with the latest technology in supply chain management.

Meanwhile, Gerry also said that TNT has plans to extend the Asia Road Network to China as early as December 2007.

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DHL launches Japan’s first 3PL-operated clinical trial logistics hub

Posted by | Jul 23, 2007 | |

DHL announced the launch of Tokyo-based Clinical Trial Logistics Hub following the successful implementation of its first customer, a leading global pharmaceutical company. DHL’s Clinical Trial Logistics Hub is located in Yashio, Shinagawa-ku and has been providing services since May 2007. This hub is the first of its kind in Japan to be operated by a Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider and specifically designed to meet the logistical needs of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials in Japan.

In this logistics hub, DHL Exel Supply Chain offers pharmaceutical companies a clinical trial materials supply chain solution, including warehousing and transport, to streamline track and trace capabilities, enhance quality performance management, and improve operational processes strictly managed under the policies and procedures dictated by the pharmaceutical industry’s Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Good Distribution Practices (GDP) standards. The DHL-managed operations can handle clinical trial materials in two temperature zones (temperature: 2-8°C and 15-25°C) with strict controls for adherence to tolerances and automatic alarms and backup procedures and equipment. DHL also offers customized cold-chain packaging to maintain strict temperature tolerances during material dispatch to the investigator.

DHL aims to provide its pharmaceutical customers with improved visibility, control, and quality assurance of its clinical trial materials storage and shipping by leveraging DHL’s global pharmaceutical industry expertise, global distribution network, customs brokerage expertise, local logistics know-how, and information technology (IT) solutions.

DHL Exel Supply Chain is one of the business units in logistics in DPWN Group, operated under DHL Supply Chain Ltd. in Japan. The company currently meets a diverse range of logistics needs using leading-edge design, IT and project management methodologies. Its services enable reduction of cost, inventory and lead time and improvements in customer service through warehouse management, including Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and service logistics, as well as domestic distribution and transport, reverse logistics, packaging design, disposal, and recycling.

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UPS faces protective challenges with India

Posted by | Jul 22, 2007 | |

India’s postal service wants to rein in international express couriers doing business in India, in what many here see as a backward step in the liberalization of the country’s economy.
A recent proposal to be reviewed by Parliament gives the postal service exclusive rights for express delivery of letters weighing up to 300 grams within the country, virtually shielding the government agency from competition.
The proposal also blocks foreign ownership of express couriers operating in India and requires large private courier services to fork over 10 percent of their profits to a fund that helps the government improve its delivery service to the country’s rural areas.
For now, UPS is hoping its retail stores bring more brand-name recognition in a country where many people still go to streetside letter-wallahs who type up their correspondence on manual typewriters.
Already, international express carriers are part of a new trade route as millions of Indian expatriates living in the U.S. and Canada use companies like UPS to send an endless stream of birthday and wedding gifts, as well as the latest technological gadgets that might be hard to find in India. In return, Indian families here send their relatives abroad hard-to-find Indian spices, textiles and other gifts from the homeland, turning international companies like UPS into the modern-day equivalent of ancient trade routes. The UPS Store chain offers packaging and express shipping, as well as digital printing, office supplies and ticketing services for Jet Airways, one of India’s largest airlines.

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Hutch enters into collaboration with Indian postal services

Posted by | Jul 21, 2007 | |

India’s leading telecom service provider Hutch and the Indian Postal services today announced a unique public-private partnership in an endeavor to promote telecom services among the masses.

”Under this partnership subscribers can now submit their Hutch bills at their nearest post office. The payment has to be made through cash. Subscriber will receive an electronic receipt after transaction. Service will be available at 255 locations in Gujarat with the first phase covering 135 locations,” Hutch’s Gujarat senior vice president (sales and marketing) Mr Balesh Sharma told reporters here.

The company has been exploring innovative options to make bill payment a simple process. Mr Sharma said and stressed that accessibility of services is the key to customer satisfaction.

”Through this latest service initiative, Hutch subscribers can conveniently pay their bills by cash at the nearest post office,” Mr Sharma said.

The service is completely automated and will be available across 255 locations in various districts of Gujarat including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Gandhidham, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat and Vapi.

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