Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

FedEx Kinko’s escalates expansion efforts

Posted by | Aug 6, 2007 | |

FedEx Kinko’s, an operating company of FedEx Corp today officially announced an aggressive expansion plan to open 300 new office and print centers in the United States throughout fiscal 2008. The company also will redesign 110 existing centers and introduce 20 new locations internationally. These changes are part of the company’s overall plan to provide small businesses and traveling professionals with even greater access to the company’s office and print services and the FedEx transportation network.

FedEx Kinko’s has more than 1,700 locations in operation today, and this latest push for growth comes on the heels of the successful execution of its expansion plan in fiscal 2007. Last August, the company introduced a smaller store format and announced plans to open 200 centers nationwide with the new design. These centers have an average footprint of 1,800 square feet and carry more than 700 different office products. In addition, they offer the same services as a traditional center and have generated positive customer feedback since the launch. Based on the strong results, the 300 domestic locations scheduled to open in fiscal 2008 will feature the small-format design as well.

FedEx Kinko’s also plans to embark on its most aggressive international expansion effort to date by opening 20 new centers outside the United States during fiscal 2008. These new centers will be focused in the Asia-Pacific region with 12 in China, four in Japan, two in Korea, and one in Australia. In addition, one new center will be opened in Canada. Currently, the company has 159 locations outside the United States.

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Post offices accused of second blackmail

Posted by | Aug 5, 2007 | |

Post office bosses were last night accused of a second blackmail after thousands of staff has been offered GBP 1,000 bonuses to keep quiet about branch mergers.

It comes just days after the Daily Mail revealed that Post Office bosses considered spying on sub-postmasters to ensure they were cooperating with their closure programme.

Thousands of post-office staff have been offered GBP 1,000 bonuses to keep quiet about branch mergers

Alan Cook, the Post Office’s managing director, has sent a letter to all staff who work for ‘crown’ – or main – post offices threatening to withdraw the bonus if they oppose the mergers.

Mr Cook’s letter is set to provoke fury among staff as it comes amid reports that he is in line for a GBP 1 million bonus.

The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has warned that workers who switch over to WH Smith are facing pay cuts – as the company pays just over the minimum wage of GBP 5.35-an-hour – and reduced pension provisions.

Many employees were told in July whether theirs was one of the 2,500 branches to close – but were warned not to update customers for another three months.

From January next year, Royal Mail is to start closing 2,500 of the country’s 14,300 post offices in a move which it says is essential to ensure the long-term prospects of government-owned company.

The Royal Mail first announced the WH Smith plans last year.

Under the proposals, around 85 crown post offices will be replaced with a post office counter at their nearest branch of the retailer.

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Postal services to be modernized with Treasury help

Posted by | Aug 5, 2007 | |

The Postal Department will prepare a budget to obtain financial assistance from the Treasury to modernize postal services and upgrade its facilities Post Master General Shervyn Senadheera told the Sunday Observer.

He said postal services across the globe have moved into financial transactions, banking services, logistics and other value added services meeting customer expectations as a one-stop shop.

Senadheera said it is important to train employees in human resource development, IT, marketing skills, business development and customer services which will help them widen their knowledge and develop skills.

The post office is the hub in the village for transactions and other vital services. A change of attitude and efficiency in delivering services is what is needed. Most employees act as government officers and not as marketing officers. If the postal department is profit making then there will be revenue to provide customers more services.

Lack of communication technology and IT facilities in the postal department are the major obstacles to provide a better service to the people.

Providing financial services, banking agency services, insurance and third party bill payments are strategic measures to increase profits”, the Post Master General said.

The Postal Department has taken measures to address the salary anomalies, promotions and malparctices following the postal trade union demands.

The Department which was set up in 1798 has 20,000 employees, 637 post offices and 3,500 sub post offices. Over 7,000 postmen carry out a major task.

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UPS talking pension issues

Posted by | Aug 4, 2007 | |

UPS hopes to resume talks with the Teamsters union toward a new contract soon, a company spokesman said yesterday.

The two sides put talks on hold last month while UPS sought more information about a union pension plan that draws support from UPS and other employers. Teamsters officials have said UPS wants to pull its employees out of the plan.

The union says the company and the troubled Central States Fund have an agreement on “establishing conditions for a potential UPS withdrawal.”

UPS and the Teamsters, which represent about 246,000 workers at the company, have been in contract talks since September. The current contract expires Aug. 1, 2008.

The shipping operates its Worldport hub at Louisville International Airport, and has more than 20,000 employees in the metro area.

The Central States Fund has been an issue because as the number of employers paying into the fund declines, more of a burden falls on UPS.

In May, the union said UPS expressed willingness to jointly manage a new pension plan with the Teamsters as a way to get out of the fund.

The fund raised health-insurance costs and lowered pensions for some future retirees in 2003.

The agreement disclosed last Thursday “does not mean that UPS is free to withdraw from Central States,” the union said on its Web site. Teamsters officials said they would not agree with a UPS withdrawal from the fund unless they are satisfied it would be in the interest of all Teamsters.

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EMS Russian Post offers new delivery speed for express services

Posted by | Aug 3, 2007 | |

Beginning of 1st of August 2007 «EMS Russian Post», affiliated branch of FSUE Russian Post improves speed of express mails delivered within the territory of the Russian Federation. It became possible due to optimizing routes network, launching additional transport routes and opening regional sorting centers of EMS Russian Post this year numbered 19 units.

Reduction of delivery terms of EMS items touches the main routes within Russia, i.e. from Moscow to the major part of regional centers of the Central Federal District (Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Tambov, Ivanovo and other ones), Privolzhskiy Federal District (Samara, Perm, Ufa), Siberian Federal District (Novosibirsk, Omsk) and other interregional delivery routes. Now minimal delivery term of express-mail sent to other cities within the territory of the Russian federation is one day only.

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