Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

UPS stays committed to its networks

Posted by | Dec 19, 2005 | |

US global integrator will not be following TNT’s example in quitting logistics.
Announcing its decision largely to withdraw from logistics next year, TNT said earlier this month it had concluded the group’s strength lay in ‘designing, implementing and running delivery network businesses’. The implication was that the majority of TNT’s logistics activities were not ‘network’ operations. In contrast, rival global integrator UPS apparently remains committed to developing its worldwide logistics business as very much a network-based activity. That certainly was the picture painted by Ian Chong, European director of strategy for the US company’s UPS Supply Chain Solutions division when he outlined his organisation’s thinking on that issue after the TNT announcement. ‘In our world, logistics is a network service,’ he said. ‘That is the main focus for us now and has been from day one.’ By that, he confirmed, he meant that a large percentage of the product handled by UPS SCS was routed through the parent company’s package and freight networks.

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SNAS/DHL signs with top Saudi bank to extend express and logistics network

Posted by | Dec 17, 2005 | |

SNAS/DHL and the National Commercial Bank (NCB) recently held an official opening for the new state-of-the-art mailroom located in the Bank’s headquarters. Under the terms of the agreement SNAS/DHL’s express and logistics services will support the operations of the bank’s branches, ensuring the network operates seamlessly throughout the Kingdom and that customers receive the same quality of service regardless of their location. A tie-up has existed between SNAS/DHL and NCB for more than 25 years but the latest deal puts the seal on a multi-phased agreement to extend the partnership. The initiative to incorporate NCB’s branches into the agreement marks the final phase of a project that began in 1980 to utilise SNAS/DHL’s expertise to transform the scope of the bank’s services.

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Dutch TNT and Pirelli Tyres Australia sign contract

Posted by | Dec 16, 2005 | |

TNT NV has won a three-year contract from tyre maker Pirelli Tyres Australia (PTA) for the provision of logistics services to Pirelli Tyres, TNT said on December 16, 2005. No financial details of the deal were provided. Under the contract, TNT’s unit TNT Logistics will provide services to Pirelli Tyres’ Australian customers from a central warehouse in Sydney and regional distribution centres in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

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VSL Logistics Award 2005 goes to trans-o-flex apprentice

Posted by | Dec 15, 2005 | |

The Transport & Logistics Association (VSL) of Baden-Wuerttemberg has awarded its Logistics Award for 2005 to a thesis by Ralf Messing, an apprentice at trans-o-flex. The award, which carries prize money of €600, was given for his essay “Possible uses of RFID at trans-o-flex.” Mr. Messing has graduated with a Forwarding, Transport & Traffic major from the Vocational University in Mannheim. In their text accompanying the award to the “far above-average thesis” the jury emphasized that Mr. Messing’s examination of alternative identification and information systems (barcode vs. RFID) was based on very comprehensive and up-to-date source material and was well structured and presented in an easily comprehensible way. “This work is convincing in its careful representation of advantages and disadvantages, taking account of cost-performance models and scenarios in the organizational and operational parts of the company. The conclusions and prognoses are of great practical relevance for the logistics industry.”

In addition to Ralf Messing, two other trans-o-flex apprentices have completed their courses at the Vocational University in Mannheim with above-average success. Helen Ehrbar received a grade 2.2 for her degree in Business IT and Michael Grosshans received a 2.1 in Forwarding, Transport & Logistics. Courses at the Vocational University are part of the Dual Apprenticeship System which is a focus at trans-o-flex. It involves a three-month practical phase in the company followed by three months of academic study at the VU, the course running over a three-year period. At the same time as making the Apprenticeship Agreement, trans-o-flex reserves a place at the VU. At present, 15 young people are undergoing this type of apprenticeship. A further 24 apprentices are on the traditional commercial training path.

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TNT wins 5-yr order from Karstadt Quelle worth over 100 mln eur

Posted by | Dec 15, 2005 | |

TNT NV said Karstadt Quelle AG has renewed and expanded a five-year contract worth over 100 mln eur with a unit of TNT’s Mail division, for the distribution of a variety of parcel consignments. From 2006 onwards, it will deliver several million parcels each year for various KarstadtQuelle units in the Netherlands, including Quelle Nederland, Neckermann Nederland and Bonaparte.

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