Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Update on further strike action announced by the Communication Workers Union

Posted by | Aug 2, 2007 | |

Commenting on the CWU’s announcement, a Royal Mail spokesman said:
“Royal Mail and the CWU have met on a number of occasions under the auspices of Acas and at the request of Acas are meeting again this afternoon and evening, so it is hard to understand why the CWU is calling for further talks when our teams are actively engaged in talks.

“Royal Mail also deplores the move by the union, in spite of these talks, to attempt to cause further disruption to customers’ mail. As the CWU is responsible for calling the strikes, they are clearly free to stop this damaging action at any time. Royal Mail urges them to do so, in the interests of our customers, our people, and the future of the business.

“Royal Mail has been talking to the union since March about the need to comply with new EU legislation, which restricts the speed of 7.5 tones vehicles to 56 mph, to make changes to cope with the later arrival of mail into many delivery offices. The time of last deliveries will not change. As we have discussed with the union, it is better to make this change in the summer when volumes are lighter, and we will advise all our people when we believe it is most practical to introduce the change needed to comply with the law.

“Royal Mail will again do all it can to mitigate the impact of any industrial action, including using non-operational managers to help keep the mail moving.

“We now ask the CWU to engage with the company on using the GBP 1.2 billion loan which the shareholder – the Government – has made available to invest in modern automated equipment to achieve world-class productivity.”

Royal Mail is already losing business because its costs and therefore its prices are too high against rivals who have more efficient operations and, as a result, lower prices. It means business customers, who post 90% pct of the mail, are choosing to take business elsewhere.

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on line commerce data

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (2005)

As much as 28 percent of all transportation costs occur in the last mile.

Geminus: Poland 2005

54% of online purchasers said secure home delivery was critical to their decision to buy from an online store. 40% said it was critical if buying from an auctions site.

E-Thematics EU: 2005

550 Million Euro per annum would be saved in the EU through a reduction of 50ù in first time delivery failures

Taiwan: Govt report 2006

The most common delivery methods are door-to-door by private courier (48.4%) and convenience store pick-up (30.0%), followed by postal service delivery (11.7%), and direct delivery by the online vendor (8.7%).

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GLS establishes start-up in Romania

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Parcel network in Eastern Europe expanded: GLS Romania went into operation on August 1st. Headquartered in Sibiu, the new subsidiary will be headed by Gabor Szemkeo, Managing Director GLS Europe East. The investment volume amounts to five million euros.

From the very beginning, GLS will be offering a national regular delivery time of 24 hours in Rumania: full-area distribution will be achieved by the hub in Sibiu as well as ten depots in Sibiu, Brasov, Pitesti, Bucuresti (Bucharest), Targu Mures, Cluj Napoca, Baia Mare, Oradea, Timisoara and Deva. The start-up company is linked to GLS’ European network via regular line haul transports to the Austrian hub in Ansfelden and the Hungarian hub in Budapest. “From our European transhipment centre in Neuenstein, Germany, the hub for our international line haul transports, we are able to realise a regular delivery time of 72 hours for Rumanian import parcels”, explains Rico Back, CEO at GLS B.V., Amsterdam.

GLS already has experience in establishing start-up companies in growth markets: already a year before its entry into the EU, GLS Hungary was a hundred per cent subsidiary of the GLS Group. In May 2004, GLS Slovakia was launched; in April 2005, GLS Czech Republic began its operations. “We want to be present for our customers in eastern European EU markets to meet the increase in demand”, says Back.

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Chinese CEP market to outgrow Germany

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

The booming Chinese courier, express and parcel (CEP) market will outgrow Europe’s largest market, Germany, within fi ve years if it maintains its current dynamic growth rates. The world’s four leading express players, DHL, FedEx, TNT and UPS, look set to win signifi cant market share from Chinese operators by expanding their domestic services. In response, Chinese players are trying to strengthen their fi nancial basis and enhance their services. Those are the key fi ndings of a new “CEP Market Fact Sheet China” from Hamburg-based market researchorganisation, CEP-Research.

The Chinese CEP market has soared with average annual growth rates of about 25 percent in recent years, nearly quadrupling in value from about EUR 1 billion in 2000 to over EUR 3.8 billionin 2006, according to CEP.

Demand has been driven by economic liberalisation, a surge in foreign trade and the emergence of a strong domestic consumer market. Looking ahead, growth rates in the 25 percent- 30 percent range are expected for the next few years, taking the market to over EUR 12.5 billion in 2011, CEP-Research forecasts. This would make China bigger than Germany, France and UK, the three largest express and parcel marketsin Europe.

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