Courier and Parcel Logistics Summit 2007, 2-4 October
Courier and Parcel Logistics Summit 2007, 2-4 October
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Velocity Systems Adds St. Louis & Kansas City MO as Franchise Markets
Velocity Express Corporation, the nation’s largest provider of time definite regional delivery solutions, announced today that its subsidiary, Velocity Systems Franchising Corporation (VSFC), has signed an agreement with Delivery Logistics Inc. to become a Velocity Express franchisee in St. Louis and Kansas City, MO.
“By partnering with Jim Pepper and his company Delivery Logistics Inc, we can now provide branded Velocity Express services in St. Louis and Kansas City, thus creating a significant competitive advantage for our Company and providing our customers with new alternatives in two key Midwest markets. We are pleased to have Jim and his team at Delivery Logistics as a Velocity licensee,” stated Stuart Hyden, Senior Vice President of Franchising Operations.
Delivery Logistics President & CEO Jim Pepper commented: “The Velocity vision is clearly cutting edge and forward thinking with the engineering and introduction of franchise partnerships to time sensitive parcel and courier logistics. In my 25 years experience in the industry I have never been as excited to build a relationship as I am today with Velocity. When it comes to technology, efficiency, service and rate containment, it would certainly appear that Velocity has the market cornered.”
About Velocity Express
Velocity Express has one of the largest time definite nationwide delivery networks, providing a national footprint for customers desiring same day service throughout the United States. The Company’s services are supported by a customer-focused technology infrastructure, providing customers with the reliability and information they need to manage their transportation and logistics systems, including a proprietary package tracking system that enables customers to view the status of any package via a flexible web reporting system.
Read MoreUPS names new District Executive
Mike Horman, a 22-year veteran of UPS will become Director of Sales for the UPS Central Florida District. In his new role, Horman will direct all sales and marketing activities in a large part of central Florida stretching from Orlando to Tampa.
Horman, who will be based in Orlando, most recently served as director of sales in UPS’s Prairie Mountain District covering Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. He began his UPS career in 1985 as a loader and part-time package handler in the Indiana District. He then moved through a series of jobs with increasing responsibility in sales and marketing.
Read MoreDHL New Zealand Survey: Exporters turning to E-commerce
The majority of exporters are now using the Internet for deliveries, pick up and shipping of their goods, according to a survey by express and logistics company DHL.
The DHL Online Trade Survey asked over 250 New Zealand importers and exporters their views on eCommerce, with 60 percent saying they used the Internet.
The survey found that of those exporters who use the internet for deliveries, pick up and shipping of their goods, 57 per cent stated it was because it was more time efficient and 25 per cent claimed it was because they found booking online easy to use.
Of those companies who did not use the internet, only four per cent stated it was because they had fears around security.
Five per cent said it was because the process was too confusing. The majority, 68 per cent stated it was because they prefer to speak to someone in person.
DHL Express General Manager, Derek Anderson, says 81 per cent of exporters have a website for sales and marketing. Of those companies 64 per cent of the queries or sales orders coming from within New Zealand.
The next largest number of responses was from the U.S with 12 per cent.
Mr. Anderson says having a website can be a powerful marketing and reference tool.
However he says when developing off shore markets, face-to-face meetings are always going to be the strongest way to make business connections, which might explain why the majority of the queries and sales leads come from within New Zealand.
Read MoreCitySprint won the Capital Fleet of the Year award
CitySprint won the Capital Fleet of the Year award
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