Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Tesco switches contract as UK postal strike bites

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

Supermarket giant Tesco have switched a delivery contract from the Royal Mail because of the worsening unofficial dispute which is crippling postal services across many parts of the UK.

Meanwhile private firms holding licences to deliver a limited amount of bulk mail were given permission to carry any mail they wanted because of the dispute.

Delivery of books ordered from Tesco online was given to private firm Parcelnet in a big blow to the postal organisation as it struggles to cope with the effects of wildcat strikes.

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TNT Logistics and Rolls-Royce win second IT award

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

The information technology system developed by TNT Logistics UK and Rolls-Royce plc to manage and control inbound supply chains has gained its second prestigious technology award in four months.

The two companies have been presented with the Technology Award at the Supply Chain Awards 2003, organised by Motor Transport, the leading UK publication for the haulage, distribution and supply chain industry.

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Emirates Post slashes courier service charges

Posted by | Oct 30, 2003 | |

A series of initiatives have been approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Emirates Post.

The new measures include reduction in Mumtaz mail charges from Dh40 to Dh10, as well as a project offering direct marketing services through the company’s database and a plan for a three-storey post-office building in the Al Falah area of Abu Dhabi at a cost of Dh40 million.The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Ahmad Humaid Al Tayer, UAE Minister of Communications, at the Emirates Post headquarters in Dubai.

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UPS Builds Platform for Profitable Growth

Posted by | Oct 30, 2003 | |

UPS expects to grow significantly next year and into the future because of a strategy of building capabilities to synchronize global commerce, company executives said. It is doing so by streamlining its domestic operations, extending the reach of its highly integrated international network and expanding its capability to manage complex supply chains. Earnings in 2004 should grow between 12-to-18%. By 2007, when UPS celebrates its 100th anniversary, all three of its operating segments should be delivering profit margins over 15%, said UPS Chief Financial Officer Scott Davis.

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UPS teams up with US Postal’s Parcel Select

Posted by | Oct 30, 2003 | |

United Parcel Service is to introduce a customised service combining its ground delivery service with the US Postal Service’s Parcel Select.

UPS will use Parcel Select for deliveries up to five pounds, primarily to rural or super-rural areas. After moving these packages through its ground network, UPS will identify those for delivery to the rural areas and hand them over to the local post office for final delivery.

Industry insiders have suggested that FedEx might announce a similar partnership soon.

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