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Reorganization of the MORY TEAM Management Team

Posted by | Sep 27, 2007 | |

The Chief Executive Officer, Alain Bréau, has just implemented a new managerial team, on the beginning of this year.
He is now helped by:

– Lionel Radenne, new General Manager of the MORY TEAM network (replacing C. Thiébaud-Girard who left the company)

– Jean-Christophe Bernard, new Production Manager, in charge of the transportation plan and technical means

– Wim de Klerk, new Manager for International Activities, who takes the leadership on the International Platforms

– In addition, Francine Creyf is Sales Manager, and Serge Aréguian Supply Chain Manager

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DHL to increase service centres in Armenia

Posted by | Sep 25, 2007 | |

DHL is celebrating 15 years of activity in Armenia. DHL plans to increase the number of its service centres in Armenia, said DHL Regional Director in the CIS Edward Kaspersky. Thus, four DHL offices will operate in Armenia soon.

Kaspersky pointed out that DHL services are available for about 50 pct of Armenia’s population. About 85 pct of DHL customers are legal entities, particularly, embassies, international organizations, banks, enterprises, as well as industrial companies, consulting and travel and telecommunications agencies. The share of individuals is only 15 pct. According to him, this ratio corresponds to the world practice of DHL, as the company’s services are targeted at business.

Kaspersky pointed out that the company keeps enlarging the circle of activities in Armenia.

The strategic development of DHL in Armenia is based on the optimistic economic forecasts in the country, as well as the implementation of modern technologies and personnel training.

DHL entered Armenia’s market in 1992 after signing a cooperation agreement with the UMAKS Company. At present, two DHL offices are operating in the cities of Yerevan and Vanadzor.

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UPS assigns VP to lead new healthcare team

Posted by | Sep 25, 2007 | |

UPS named a senior UPS manager to direct a new enterprise team focused on serving the diverse needs of the global healthcare industry.

Bill Hook, who most recently oversaw UPS’s relationship with healthcare strategic accounts, has been named vice president of healthcare logistics. In his new role, Hook will direct a team that ties together for healthcare customer’s small package and heavy freight transportation services along with 3rd party logistics, distribution and a network of regulatory-compliant and controlled environment facilities.

The team will focus on healthcare companies engaged in biotechnical development or manufacture or coordinate research trials in the pharmaceutical, medical device and equipment and surgical supply markets.

The healthcare supply chain has become incredibly complicated over time through reliance on multi-level distribution partners. These can include suppliers and clinicians through hospitals and physicians as well as retail channels, direct-to-consumer delivery and technicians to repair sophisticated equipment.

The UPS healthcare logistics focus will be organized along four functional areas to address UPS products, customer relationships, global infrastructure and information technology. The team will constantly assess industry trends and emerging issues to develop the resources most useful to the healthcare industry.

Angela L. Watson, a 17-year veteran UPS manager, will succeed Hook as the vice president of healthcare strategic accounts. She most recently oversaw strategic accounts in the southern United States, developing a number of innovative enterprise solutions for customers.

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TNT Express wins SAP EMEA Quality Award

Posted by | Sep 24, 2007 | |

TNT Express, with support from Atos Origin, an international IT services company, has recently completed the 56th country in a global SAP implementation to 62 countries.

The global multi-million Euro program, which is already delivering savings and business benefits, was recognized at a recent SAP award ceremony, where TNT Express won the SAP EMEA Quality Award for Global Implementation and Roll-out.

To date, the benefits for TNT Express of the global SAP roll-out include savings in purchasing and inventory, strengthened reporting processes to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and improved management of IS/IT through a global customer competence centre. The success of this award winning project is due to the resolute commitment from TNT Express, the strong project team and the focus, energy and pragmatic style, with which Atos Origin has supported the implementation.

At a separate ceremony in London, Atos Origin won the UK SAP Partner Excellence award for Customer Satisfaction and Quality for the third year in succession. This highly coveted award is determined by an independent customer satisfaction survey, in which customers are asked to rate SAP partners on all aspects of the SAP implementation process, including professional competence, quality of consultants, SAP product know-how and ability to deliver on time and to budget.

The awards in Prague were led by Dr Svan Lembke, Vice President and in charge of the Quality Programme for SAP across EMEA. After the event, Dr Lembke concluded: “TNT Express have embraced key principles of quality early in their implementation and involved their partner Atos Origin and SAP to achieve a successful global roll-out. Having been involved with Atos Origin for more than 3 years it is tremendous to see them win the UK Partner Excellence Award and the win for TNT Express shows the collaboration in practice”.

Atos Origin has more than 20 years of experience with SAP applications and is a SAP Global Services Partner, a SAP Global Hosting Partner, a member of the SAP NetWeaver® Partnership Initiative and a leading member of the Enterprise SOA adoption program. Atos Origin has more than 4,560 SAP application consultants worldwide and SAP certified data centres in all geographical regions. The group was a finalist in the prestigious 2007 Global SAP Pinnacle Awards and two 2006 SAP Partner awards.

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FedEx Corp. elects Gary Loveman as new Director

Posted by | Sep 24, 2007 | |

Shareowners of FedEx Corp. today elected Gary W. Loveman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harrahs Entertainment, Inc., a provider of branded casino entertainment, to the corporations Board of Directors for a one-year term. The Board of Directors has appointed Loveman as a member of its Audit and Information Technology Oversight committees.

Gary is a highly welcome addition to our Board of Directors, said Frederick W. Smith, chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corp. We look forward to benefiting immediately from his leadership experience and keen insight.

Before joining Harrahs Entertainment in 1998, Loveman was an associate professor of business administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Loveman was awarded a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in economics from Wesleyan University. He serves on the board of directors of Harrahs Entertainment and is an outside director of Coach, Inc.

At its annual meeting today, shareowners also reelected the other thirteen director nominees, each for a one-year term: Frederick W. Smith, James L. Barksdale, August A. Busch IV, John A. Edwardson, Judith L. Estrin, Philip Greer, J.R. Hyde, III, Shirley A. Jackson, Steven R. Loranger, Charles T. Manatt, Joshua I. Smith, Paul S. Walsh and Peter S. Willmott.

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