Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Ciblex – Key Figures

Posted by | May 1, 2007 | |

Key figures:

Ciblex France

o 2005/2006 turnover: EUR 126 m
o 760 staff members
o 80,000 parcels delivered every day
o 1500 technical operations carried out every day
o A network of 200 technical operators covering France
o 17 agencies and 92 technical depots guarantee complete nationwide coverage
o 3400 local delivery points for parcel pick-up
o A warehouse storage capacity of 39,000m2
o 700 sub-contractors bound to Ciblex France by a Quality charter: “Référentiel exactitude” (exactness standards)
o 36,000 towns covered in France
o A connection with a reliable European express network with partners in every country

Ciblex Belgium

o 2005/2006 turnover: EUR 13.6 m
o 4500 parcels and 40,000 letters delivered daily
o 42 staff members
o A central platform at Zaventem and an agency in Liège
o A warehouse storage capacity of 1800m2
o 60 sub-contractors

Ciblex Holland
o 2005/2006 turnover: €0.9 m
o An agency in Utrecht
o A network of 10 delivery vehicles

Read More

FedEx announces 2008 pension freeze

Posted by | May 1, 2007 | |

FedEx is planning to freeze its traditionally-defined benefit plans, moving employees to an existing cash-balance plan. The FedEx freeze of its USD 11.5 billion plan is effective June 1, 2008.

Watchdog groups have long suspected that older workers are being “squeezed out” of FedEx in order to reduce pension payments and other benefits to employees based on seniority.

FedEx bean-counters may be hoping the news of the pension freeze will cause more of FedEx’s older workers to choose early retirement.

Because benefits earned before the point of the pension freeze are protected by law, workers and retirees who leave employment before the freeze do not stand to lose benefits. A pension freeze only affects those employees who continue to work for the company.

Pension freezes often have the strongest impact on older workers. In 2005, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report which found that a typical cash balance plan provides lower benefits for most workers than a traditional plan. The report states that this decline in benefits tends to be largest for older workers.

Read More

Global package race puts major carriers to the test

Posted by | May 1, 2007 | |

How hard is it to deliver a package to Ouagadougou? A group from the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, one of the most respected logistics programs in the world, puts the major carriers (UPS, FedEx and DHL) to the test every year with its Great Package Race, a contest to see which carrier can get a package to a very challenging locale the fastest and in the best condition.
A group of 60 logistics students, led by logistics expert John Bartholdi, a professor in the Stewart School, sends identical boxes bound for places like Lomé, Togo and Split, Croatia. With no indication that there’s a competition underway, each carrier picks up its parcel, and the race begins.

Admittedly, the race is an extreme test of the carriers’ ability to deliver anywhere in the world, Bartholdi said. This year’s packages were sent on April 13 to Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma); Tikrit, Iraq (one of the centers of Sunni insurgency); Floranopolis, Brazil (a small island); Harare, Zimbabwe and Apia, Samoa. Most packages arrived with a week or two, but one has yet to be delivered or returned.

DHL beat the competition this year, delivering first to three of the five locations and second to the remaining two. FedEx managed to deliver to three locations, and UPS delivered parcels to two. The remaining packages from FedEx and UPS went undelivered for a variety of reasons. In past races, the carriers traded wins in different locales.

Read More

FedEx Trade Networks launches redesigned WorldTariff web site

Posted by | May 1, 2007 | |

FedEx Trade Networks, Inc., is launching its redesigned WorldTariffSM Web site. The Web site, located at www.worldtariff.com, provides complete duty and tax information for 123 countries, updated by an editorial staff with region-specific tariff knowledge and local language skills.
The redesigned WorldTariff Web site includes more online duty and tax content, an improved look and feel, on-demand access, and simplified pricing. In addition to annual subscription offerings, WorldTariff now enters the on-demand trade facilitation content market by providing convenient access to duty and tax information without an annual commitment or minimum purchase requirement.
Customers can now register online and pay with a credit card for only USD7 per online query. A USD7 online query provides customers complete duty and tax information for an entire 4-digit heading pertaining to the destination country of their choice (up to 123 countries), including:
• Every fully qualified Harmonized System (HS) code under a chosen 4-digit heading
• Most Favored Nation (MFN) applied duty rate, Value Added Tax (VAT), excise tax and miscellaneous taxes assessed at import
• Preferences that pertain to fully-qualified HS codes under the chosen heading, from all origin countries in the WorldTariff database, all on the same screen
• Tariff descriptions in English
• No annual commitment or minimum purchase requirement (frequent users may still opt for annual subscriptions)

Read More

Japan Post business plan to create giants

Posted by | May 1, 2007 | |

The Japan Post group, to be born via privatization in October, will consist of five companies that will dwarf or equal private-sector rivals, according to a business plan submitted to the government.

The plan, sent for approval Friday to internal affairs minister Yoshihide Suga by Japan Post Corp., a privatization preparatory firm, expects the Japan Post group’s net profit to hit 587 billion yen in fiscal 2011, exceeding the 500 million yen of the NTT group–one of Japan’s largest corporate entities.

The group’s five companies will have a total 241,400 employees, compared with NTT’s 200,000.

The Japan Post group will consist of a holding company and four operating firms, each of which will be in charge of mail delivery, post office management, postal savings and postal life insurance.

The four operating companies will exceed, or at least equal, the biggest players in the private sector in their respective fields.

The postal savings bank, for example, is expected to manage 164 trillion yen in deposits in fiscal 2011. The balance will nearly equal the combined deposits at two of the nation’s three largest financial groups–Mitsubishi UFJ, with 100 trillion yen, and Mizuho, with 70 trillion yen.

The postal bank will be the Japan Post group’s key money maker, projecting 304 billion yen in net profits in fiscal 2011.

To stem the decline in profits, the postal bank plans to offer new businesses, such as housing loans and credit cards as early as next year, a move that is likely to heat up competition with private-sector rivals.

The postal life insurer plans to boost profits from its fund management amid rising interest rates.

By contrast, the mail delivery company and the post office management company, which have more than 100,000 employees each, expect modest profits.

The mail delivery company plans to enter the direct mail service sector, which is the turf of private home delivery companies.

To attract customers to its outlets, the post office management company will sell life and nonlife insurance products offered by private insurers

Read More

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

P&P Poll

Loading

What's the future of the postal USO?

Thank you for voting
You have already voted on this poll!
Please select an option!



View ResultsHide Results

Post & Parcel Magazine


Post & Parcel Magazine is our print publication, released 3 times a year. Packed with original content and thought-provoking features, Post & Parcel Magazine is a must-read for those who want the inside track on the industry.

Subscribe to the Magazine

 

Pin It on Pinterest