Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL expands Time Definite Delivery service to US

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

DHL announced today the expansion of its Time Definite Delivery (TDD) service to the United States.

A suite of time-definite delivery products, DHL’s TDD portfolio comprises StartDay Express for guaranteed delivery by 9 a.m., and MidDay Express for delivery by noon. With this latest service enhancement, DHL will begin offering MidDay Express for United States-bound documents. This new service allows customers in Japan to send documents to the major business area in San Francisco, Los Angels and New York by noon of the next business day for an additional 1,500 yen on top of normal shipment charges. DHL will be providing this service for United States-bound documents for only an additional 500 yen in a promotional campaign until the end of April.

Furthermore, in addition to the current handling of India-bound documents, DHL also began offering MidDay Express for parcels on April 5, 2007, with guaranteed delivery of parcels to India by noon of the second business day for an additional 3,000 yen on top of standard charges.

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BBC Industrial Relations Head joins Royal Mail

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

Gillian Alford, the BBC’s head of employee relations and policy for the past nine years, has joined Royal Mail as head of industrial relations for the letters business.

Kevin Green, Director of People and Organisational Development for Royal Mail Letters, said: “I am delighted to welcome an industrial relations specialist of Gillian’s calibre and experience.

“She brings with her a strong track record in successfully helping to manage a large workforce and tackling tough challenges in a rapidly changing environment.

“Royal Mail is facing the key challenge of competing effectively in a market open to full competition. At a time when competitor activity is intensifying, we look forward to Gillian playing a central role in the transformation of Royal Mail.”

Gillian said: “I’ve enjoyed working with committed managers and trade union officials during my time at the BBC and I’m grateful for their support. I look forward to building the same relationships in Royal Mail Letters.”

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UPS applauds new trade deal with South Korea

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

UPS congratulated the U.S. and South Korean governments for brokering a free trade agreement that will strengthen the countries’ economic ties.

“The United States and South Korea have reached a trade accord that establishes new opportunities for small and large companies on either side of the Pacific,” said Alan Gershenhorn, president of UPS International. “The increase in trade that will come from this agreement means more jobs and more global competitiveness for the two countries.”

The U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement contains vital provisions for the express delivery industry, including enhanced market access and improved customs clearance times that allow companies such as UPS to better serve their customers.

South Korea is the seventh-largest trading partner of the U.S., totaling some USD 78 billion in bilateral trade. More than a quarter of U.S. exports to South Korea come from small- and medium-sized businesses.

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Retail progress helps domestic courier services grow in Romania

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

DHL Romania last year witnessed a 60% growth in the sector of domestic delivery services, with this sector expected to continue as one of the company’s main growth drivers in the future, says Gian Sharp country manager with DHL.

He explained that while document delivery will not experience a rise, as documents can now be sent by e-mail, express parcel shipment services would certainly witness growth.

Though internal courier services account for only around 10 percent of the company’s turnover the growth remains significant.

In 2005, DHL derived around 18 million euros from courier services alone, with the company’s representatives putting last year’s growth rate at more than 20%, which means the company’s 2006 turnover for this sector exceeded 20 million euros.

Consecutively the company posted a 21.7% increase on the sector of express imports, which was bolstered by rising online sales with Romanians now able to buy products from abroad by using the Internet. As regards the volume of express import services, the company also expects significant increases this year, but the biggest increase will be witnessed on the segment of day definite services.

According to the company’s representatives DHL is a global as well as domestic leader in the segment of express delivery services. DHL expects its domestic turnover to increase by 35-40% this year, having already witnessed growth of over 30% in the first three months of 2007 against the same period last year.

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Germany rethinks board structure after corruption scandals

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

Under German law, companies are required to give as many as half of their supervisory board seats to labor representatives. That increasingly appears to be leading to conflicts of interest and bribery in corporate Germany, because executives need a board’s support to keep their jobs and carry out strategies.

Nowhere in Europe are the ties between labor and management so close.
Germany requires any company with more than 2,000 employees to grant half its board seats to labor.

Its advocates say that the consensus-driven corporate culture helped the country emerge from the devastating effects of hyperinflation and two world wars over the last century to become a powerhouse in the global economy.
But German media are beginning to point to questionable practices between labor representatives and management at other German companies, such as Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Post.

At Deutsche Post World Net, the German postal company and operator of the DHL express delivery service, the chief executive, Klaus Zumwinkel, has also been accused of getting too cozy with labor. Good relations will be important next year when a commitment of no layoffs expires.
In one example, Deutsche Post has 530 employees who have put their normal jobs aside to act as full-time labor representatives, often with company cars and private secretaries. This is well above the legal minimum of about 400 for the company, which has more than 500,000 workers and is one of the world’s largest employers.

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