Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL raises ante on RFID

Posted by | Aug 1, 2005 | |

The race to deploy radio-frequency identification technology moved into a new stage. A major carrier has jumped into the mix, which may prompt shippers to take a fresh look at the technology. In June, DHL said it will place RFID tags on all of the more than 1 billion packages it ships annually by 2015, becoming the first major package carrier to commit to a complete RFID rollout by a certain date. “They’ve made it very clear they’re going to spend whatever it takes for RFID,” said Bob Berg, RFID manager at DHL Americas. The development generated predictions that DHL’s plan will advance the technology’s maturation and spur shippers to give it a closer look. “By 2015, RFID will already have established itself as the primary track-and-trace technology,” said Jack Grasso, senior director of corporate communications at GS1 U.S., the automated identification standards development and implementation body formerly known as the Uniform Code Council.

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DHL expands US SCS

Posted by | Aug 1, 2005 | |

DHL on Monday said it has expanded its DHL Solutions unit in the American marketplace. The move combines the logistics activities of three former Americas business units — Express Logistics, Airborne Logistics Services, and Solutions — into the global DHL Solutions business unit. DHL Solutions offers customized end-to-end supply chain services ranging from consulting and supply chain design to warehousing, distribution logistics and order management. The unit is located at DHL’s U.S. headquarters in Plantation, Fla. It operates in 27 countries across the Western Hemisphere, with main distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico and more than 3,500 employees. Operations include 28 logistics centers and nearly 200 strategic parts centers with a total storage capacity of approximately 8 million square feet. DHL’s global reach includes 33 million square feet of global warehouse space in more than 300 logistics centers in Europe, the Middle East/Africa, Americas, and Asia.

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DHL Selected by Sun Microsystems as service parts logistics provider

Posted by | Aug 1, 2005 | |

DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, today announced it has been selected by Sun Microsystems as its exclusive global logistics provider for after-market service parts.

The agreement leverages DHL’s international network and the company’s expertise in logistics, express shipping, and air and ocean freight to provide Sun with a comprehensive, seamless global logistics solution customized to Sun’s business requirements. The contract will involve over 300 logistics facilities housing thousands of parts to be used for service support to 1.5 million Sun customer systems in over 100 countries.

“As a truly global technology company, our objective was to identify a global logistics provider with the infrastructure and expertise needed to deliver a supply chain solution to serve our customers in every corner of the world,” said Brad Schultz, Vice President, Services Readiness & Operations, Sun Microsystems.

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Empost launches ‘Litedox’ courier service to India and UAE

Posted by | Jul 30, 2005 | |

Empost, the UAE’s national courier company, has launched ‘Litedox’, an innovative courier service for the delivery of light documents to India as well as within the UAE. The door-to-door courier service is designed to cater primarily to the need for sending original documents, certificates, statements and letters to India, whose expatriate community is the largest in the UAE. The service will be expanded to other international and regional countries at a later stage.

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TNT – Record margin in Express and strong margin in Mail

Posted by | Jul 29, 2005 | |

France Logistics refocuses to strategic areas
Highlights:
– Strong margin in Mail of 20.8%
– Record high margin in Express of 10.1%
– Mixed picture in Contract Logistics
– Interim dividend up 10% to 22 cents

CEO Peter Bakker:
“In the second quarter of this year we see a continued good performance of our Mail and Express divisions. The Mail division reported another strong operating margin, despite higher pension costs, and our European Mail Networks business continued to record strong organic revenue growth of 20%. Express revenues grew double digit and operating income was up 28%, reaching another margin record. The division is firmly on track to reach its ambitious target of a 10% operating margin in 2007. In Logistics, our freight management operations continue to make progress but achieving growth in some of our contract logistics business has been difficult. We have reviewed our French Logistics business unit carefully and today we announce our plans – we intend to withdraw from basic transportion activities and refocus on the areas of contract logistics where we can earn our cost of capital.”

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