New Zealand Post: Christmas mail volumes down
Postal workers are handling up to five million items per day – which is one to two million more than normal volumes.
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Corporate responsibility key to future business success
Ethical behaviour and business sustainability through planned corporate responsibility programmes are essential to future business success, New Zealand Post Group Chief Executive John Allen said.
Read MorePost Fiji signs up with Escher Group
Post Fiji partners with the Escher Group to upgrade its counter automation system at its 29 online outlets throughout Fiji.
Read MoreFedEx plans trade mission to India
FedEx Corp. is collaborating with the Commerce Department’s U.S. Commercial Service on a trade mission to India in November 2008 for U.S.-based businesses interested in expanding into the Indian marketplace. FedEx is the first private-sector company to lead a trade mission to India in conjunction with the Commercial Service.
With visits scheduled to New Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai from Nov. 9-14, 2008, the trade mission will enable U.S. businesses to better understand trade opportunities across key economic hubs in the country. In addition, it will help Indian companies looking to pursue new buying opportunities with American businesses.
The companies participating in the trade mission represent small and medium-sized businesses and sectors in manufacturing, transportation equipment, engineering, business services, consulting, architecture, information technologies, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, and more.
Read MoreAustralia Post slashes 700 applications by half
AUSTRALIA Post has kicked off an ambitious technology transformation program that’s poised to slash 700 applications by half, starting with about AUD 112 million (USD 72 million) allocated for mainly SAP-related projects.
Reducing applications for retail, parcels and logistics is the key to lowering Australia Post’s tech costs
Australia Post chief information officer Wayne Saunders said the expenditure comprised three main components, including a massive SAP enterprise resource planning system upgrade.
SAP financial and asset management applications are among the products being used at the 35,000-employee outfit, which includes 860 people in the IT department.
The remaining IT budget was split between a track-and-trace project and a four-year enterprise agreement with SAP.
The new system is believed to improve Australia Post’s parcel tracing capabilities, especially for lost items.
The track-and-trace system was built using SAP’s core event management engine and was expected to launch in mid-2009, Mr Saunders said.
Australia Post completed a SAP enterprise agreement in mid-2008.
Australia Post has about 700 applications to manage that service three parts of the business: post, retail and parcels, and logistics.
Reducing the number of applications is key to lowering the cost of technology.
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