Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

High-Tech System Slashing UPS’s Fuel Use, Emissions in Oregon

Posted by | Aug 14, 2006 | |

UPS today said it had made substantial progress in deploying new route planning technology that is reducing the number of miles driven by its familiar brown package cars on Oregon’s roads, saving fuel and cutting emissions.

The technology, which UPS calls package flow technology, has now been implemented in more than 69 percent of the UPS locations in Oregon. Over the past 48 months, this has shaved roughly 773,400 miles off the normal route structures in Eugene, Springfield, Medford, Tualatin, Corvallis plus Vancouver, Wash., saving nearly 79,000 gallons of fuel and reducing annual CO2 emissions by 815 metric tons.

“As a transportation company, fuel is a necessity. But we have the technology now to better conserve fuel and operate more efficiently,” said UPS Oregon District Manager K.M. Liu. “And the ability to optimize our business with technology directly helps protect the environment as well.”

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SABIC Selects SNAS/DHL – Agreement aims to consolidate logistics service operations from more than 25 providers to single solution

Posted by | Aug 14, 2006 | |

SABIC basic industries has selected SNAS/DHL to be its global lead logistics provider (LLP) for all outgoing mail and service logistics, the Kingdom’s leading express logistics company has announced.

The contract, with a term of up to three years, consolidates SABIC’s logistics service operations from more than 25 service providers to a single logistics solution through SNAS/DHL.

SABIC basic industries has selected SNAS/DHL to be its global lead logistics provider (LLP) for all outgoing mail and service logistics, the Kingdom’s leading express logistics company has announced.

The agreement combines SNAS/DHL’s global logistics and distribution network capabilities. SNAS/DHL said it would streamline SABIC’s logistics processes by managing the distribution of all outgoing mail. SNAS/DHL’s transportation services for SABIC will include SNAS/DHL’s same day, express, ground and freight services.

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Japanese Inventors Develop Home Delivery Service Pay-By-Card Method

Posted by | Aug 14, 2006 | |

Takayuki Yamagami of Kyoto, Japan, and Takahiko Kurisu of Tokyo, have developed a pay-by-card method and a pay-by-card system for home delivery service.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: “A home delivery contractor enters into an affiliation contract with a credit card company and also enters into a merchandise price collection consignment contract with a merchandise seller. If a consumer orders merchandise with the merchandise seller on the Internet, then the merchandise seller makes a request to the home delivery contractor for home delivery. Upon receipt of the delivered merchandise, the consumer passes to the home delivery contractor a credit card of the credit card company who has entered into the affiliation contract with the home delivery contractor, whereby the home delivery contractor settles the price for the merchandise with a portable card reader device.”

The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,086,590 on Aug. 8.

The patent has been assigned to Sagawa Express Co. Ltd. of Kyoto, and JCB Co. Ltd., Tokyo.

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TNT to invest USD 1 million in Saudi Arabia

Posted by | Aug 13, 2006 | |

The company has recently opened nine additional depots, which also serve as walk in centres, in Jeddah, Riyadh, Dhahran, Madinah, Tabuk, Khamis Mushayt, Jubail, Yanbu and Buraidah. A further 22 are planned in other major cities across the country within the next 18 months.

‘Our ambition is to expand TNT’s nationwide coverage, offer an integrated product range and, by providing extra support and facilities to our customers and become the third largest domestic express player by 2015,’ said Taha Al-Harazy, Country General Manager, TNT/SAB Express.

‘We will expand in a phased manner, which would enable us to cater to the needs of medium and large scale customers demanding end-to-end logistics solutions. The aim is to make TNT more accessible within the Kingdom and our recent ISO9001 and ISO14001 certifications are official recognitions that we are doing this with the highest quality possible.’

‘Saudi Arabia is strategically located and bordered by eight countries, serving as a gateway to the Middle East. Therefore it is vital for a company wanting to develop its regional business to have a strong presence in the Kingdom,’ added Al-Harazy.

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DHL witnesses huge growth with retail expansion plan

Posted by | Aug 13, 2006 | |

DHL’s service points are convenient, accessible and user-friendly retail outlets designed with the key attributes of accessibility and convenience. They offer significant advantages to customers including a full range of packaging and simplified pricing to fulfil a variety of service requirements.

DHL has recently opened four new service points in the UAE as part of its commitment to be the most widely available express logistics provider in the country.

‘Being easy to do business with, is part of our strategy and our new service points ensure customers can deal with their shipments while they shop. Our goal is to facilitate customers’ lives by providing easy accessibility. The locations of upcoming and existing service points reflect the projected 180 per cent increase in the number of shopping centres in the country.’

The new service points, located at Deira and Sharjah City Centres, Mall of the Emirates and Dragon Mart, represent a major step in DHL’s ambitious retail expansion plans with shipments up 40% and further increases expected. The recently opened service points are part of 21 existing sites in the UAE, with others scheduled to be opened soon.

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