Tag: Australia

DHL going regional

Posted by | Nov 28, 2006 | |

The Illawarra region in New South Wales is one of the first places in Australia where DHL has entered into an agreement with a local owner-operator courier to trade under the DHL brand, ensuring locals get all the benefits of a global company delivered with a good dose of local knowledge.

And according to Mr Neil Carter it’s been a busy start: “It has also been a challenge to make sure that I am taking the time to get to know my customers’ wants and needs and ensure I’m helping them out.

The dedicated service to the Illawarra region is giving local businesses, in particular, speedier access to DHL’s door-to-door express services, meaning they can quickly and easily send a package across the country or to any of the more than 220 countries serviced by DHL worldwide.

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DHL launches next day 'direct to pharmacy' distribution service across Australia

Posted by | Nov 14, 2006 | |

DHL Exel Supply Chain, part of the world’s leading logistics company, has recently launched in Australia DHL Pharmacy Supply, the ‘direct to pharmacy’ pharmaceutical distribution business. Supported by a five-year contract DHL Pharmacy Supply will offer a 24 hour pharmaceutical distribution service to community pharmacies across the nation. Using its comprehensive distribution network, DHL Pharmacy Supply is contracted to deliver Government-subsidized Prescription Benefit Scheme (PBS) medicines from pharmaceutical manufacturers to approximately 5,000 pharmacies throughout metropolitan, regional and rural areas of Australia.

DHL Exel Supply Chain will deliver the ‘direct to pharmacy’ service by leveraging its existing pre-wholesale network capability and its storage and material handling systems in its new 20,000 sq m pharmaceutical distribution facility at Greystanes, Sydney. DHL has invested heavily in developing a national capability at Greystanes in order to deliver a more efficient order fulfillment pre-wholesale operation to the pharmaceutical sector, enabling direct to market business. The project will utilize approximately 7,150 square meters for order picking from seven distribution facilities around the country.

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Toll aims to buy Chinese logistics firms

Posted by | Oct 27, 2006 | |

Toll Holdings, Australia’s leading transport and logistics group, is seeking to acquire logistics companies in China to expand its growing Asian business. It also plans to use its majority stake in domestic airline Virgin Blue to grow its air freight business.

Toll CEO Paul Little told the company’s AGM this week that Toll was continuing to seek small “ bolt-on” acquisitions to enhance its Asian services. Speaking later to Australian media, he said any deals in China would be “very significant” in terms of bringing value to its transport and logistics services, particularly from China to Australia.

The Australian market leader recently re-branded SembLog, the Singapore-based logistics company it acquired earlier this year, as Toll Asia in order to set the stage for expanding its logistics business through Asia. China is now a major importer of Australian raw materials while Australia imports large amounts of Chinese-made products.

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New FedEX facility speeds delivery

Posted by | Oct 27, 2006 | |

Global transport and logistics company FedEx has moved into a new facility at the airport, which promises to speed up delivery times and make room for the future possibility of company aircraft flying directly into Brisbane.

The purpose-built, AUD3.5 million facility is close to the runway in Export Park, Qantas Dr, and more than doubles FedEx’s capacity for air express freight in Brisbane.

The 7850sq m facility provides more than 2000sq m of warehouse and distribution space, making it more than twice the size of its former facility in Herston and with sufficient land for future expansion.

It is now FedEx’s largest facility in Queensland, including a number of specially designed features to enable faster cargo clearance and provide Brisbane with closer and faster access to world trade.

FedEx regional vice-president South Pacific, David Ross, who visited Brisbane this week for the official opening, said he remembered approaching the Brisbane Airport Corporation just 16 months ago about building a facility and now it was up and running.
“Brisbane is one of the key centres for growth which is why we are investing in this facility”

FedEx has acquired a 10-year lease with a five-year option of the BAC land for the facility.

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Online auctions lift post profits

Posted by | Oct 24, 2006 | |

Technology helped Australia Post lift its revenue by nearly 5 per cent to AUD4.5 billion in the year to June 30.
It posted a net profit of AUD367.8 million, up AUD26.6 million on the previous year.
Australia Post increased its handling of mail by 1 per cent due to strong growth in international letters and direct marketing, driven by the acquisition of mail and document software provider PrintSoft in 2005. Meanwhile eLetter Solutions (formerly EDI Post), extended its range of services from traditional bulk production of statements and invoices to web-based direct mail, document archiving and retrieval, and ticket production.
For the first time, its parcels and logistics business surpassed letters in earnings, with an increased profit of AUD43 million based on 20 per cent growth. Much of the growth in domestic parcels was in business-to-consumer deliveries, notably through online purchases of wine, electronics, books and DVDs, and from internet trading on auction sites.
The company has invested in a joint venture with China Post to provide regional supply-chain services, while its alliance with postal authorities in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and the US has created a regional express courier network.

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