Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL to employ latest generation wi-fi systems throughout US network

Posted by | Jan 16, 2007 | |

DHL announced it is adopting the latest “new generation” scanning technology, deploying a single system across the entire DHL US network to provide enhanced shipment visibility for DHL customers. The new scanning devices, used to capture shipment information by couriers and other operations personnel and utilizing a Wi-Fi (wireless local area network connectivity) communications system, will be deployed nationwide by third quarter 2007.

Unlike many systems used throughout the transportation industry, the DHL wireless scanners leverage the latest GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) technologies, which will enable DHL to transmit customer shipment information automatically – from pickup to final delivery – without the need to wait and place a device within a transmission cradle. The information will be immediately fed into DHL back-end systems, providing instant visibility to customers looking for shipment status through calls to customer service, the DHL web site, or DHL shipping systems.

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Foreign Capital swarmed into China Logistics

Posted by | Jan 15, 2007 | |

Many foreign companies made investments in China’s logistics last year because of the opening up in 2005.

The competition in logistics mainly focuses on cargo transportation and express services. FedEx, the world’s largest express company, offers services to more than 220 Chinese cities. The number will increase by 100 in the following four or five years.

UPS, a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services in the US, operates six direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai and has set up offices in over 20 cities, including Shenzhen, Qingdao, and Xiamen.

TNT, a world leading provider of express delivery services, logistics supply chain solutions and mail services, has had more than 2,000 service networks in China.

Meanwhile, foreign capital also focuses on auto logistics, energy transportation and port logistics.

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DHL chief in Thailand promoted to regional manager

Posted by | Jan 15, 2007 | |

DHL has appointed Herbert Vongpusanachai, the country manager of DHL Express Thailand, as DHL Express’s Indochina region manager, the Bangkok Post reports.

The appointment highlights the company’s plan to consolidate its position as the market leader in the Indochina region, according to Yasmin Aladad Khan, senior vice-president of DHL Express Southeast Asia. Mr HVpngpousanachai will be based in Thailand.

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DHL Express (Malaysia) confident of double-digit growth

Posted by | Jan 15, 2007 | |

DHL Express expects to continue its double-digit revenue and volume growth in its Malaysian operations this year, outpacing the market.

“The international air express market in Malaysia is growing at a healthy pace because of the shift in the country’s economy from lower value-added manufacturing to more high technology, high-value goods,” DHL Express (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd country manager Sam Leong told Business Times in a written reply.

DHL is the leading express delivery company in Malaysia, with a more than 40 per cent share of the market. It has been registering a growth of 15-20 per cent in revenue in the last few years.

Leong said last year, several factors have contributed to the company ’s growth in Malaysia. There are investments in its infrastructure, product innovation, strong exports as well as its people.

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DHL cuts US losses

Posted by | Jan 15, 2007 | |

The usually dark clouds that hovered over express and logistics giant DHL’s US business are now beginning to show the proverbial silver lining. John Mullen, parent Deutsche Post’s top man in the US, told an investors’ conference in New York that DHL can reach profitability in a matter of two to three years – as early as 2008.

Mullen’s prediction is a departure from the past forecast by the group that its loss-making express business in the US would become profitable only after 2009.

Mullen said that the group’s US express business expects to reduce losses in the second half of 2006 by about USUSD150 million to USD200 million over the previous year. In 2005, DHL recorded a loss of USD508 million.

The German group has a “long and tough way” to tread in the fiercely competitive US express business, Mullen acknowledged. On a long-term basis, DHL would like to achieve a margin of three to five percent in the United States – much less than its competitors UPS and FedEx.

DHL suffered from organisation problems as it tried to put together its two US aviation hubs at Wilmington airport in Ohio in 2005 which resulted in the group losing several clients.

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