The Three Tiers of Latin America’s Logistics Market
The Three Tiers of Latin America’s Logistics Market
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Proposed Japanese postal savings bank to form branches in all prefectures
The government is considering having the envisioned postal savings bank set up a main branch in every prefecture in Japan, government sources told Kyodo News on Sunday.
The 47 core branches would be in charge of supervising loan application examinations at all local post offices following the planned privatisation of Japan Post, the sources said.
The postal savings bank is one of four units to be placed under a holding company when Japan Post is split up in April 2007 initiating a 10-year transitional period for privatisation.
The four units will respectively take charge of mail services, postal savings, postal life insurance and over-the-counter services. The over-the-counter services unit will take over the operation of the 24,700 post offices across the nation.
Read MoreSPECIAL REPORT – FULFILMENT: Receiving end
The tenet that the customer is always right does not seem to have permeated the home delivery sphere, with many packages turning up at unspecified, inconvenient times. But with new entrants raising standards, the old school may be forced to mend its ways.
Home shopping may be big business, but it is no longer the sole domain of big businesses, with everyone from Amazon to the local corner shop now offering an online or catalogue shopping experience. But while the rest of the retail world has been moving speedily towards home shopping solutions, it would seem that most delivery companies have been standing still.
Home shopping exists to cater for consumers who are too busy to visit the high street, so it should come as no surprise that they may not be able to wait at home all day to receive a package.
Read MoreGeoPost/DPD – multi million investments
The French mall service provider La Poste wants to invest up to EUR 1 billion in the global expansion of its parcel subsidiary GeoPost, which operates under the brand name DPD. A competitive global network for international parcel services is to be created by take-overs, joint ventures and cooperations. The man is forcing the pace. Claude Béglé, CEO of GeoPost International Management & Development GmbH, lists the targets for GeoPost and DPD for 2005 in one quick breath. The most important ones are: to promote strong growth of sales and earnings, the introduction of a new core product for Europe, the expansion of warehouse capacities in the hub and above all the rapid intercontinental enhancement of the DPD network. The bill for the additional expansion in Europe and the remainder of the world could cost as much as EUR 1 billion in the coming years, said the Swiss national at a press conference in Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
Read MoreCourier grows with networks
Courier Logistics says offering a full complement of express services through the APC parcel and Pallet-Track networks has helped it increase its annual turnover by 43% from £2.8m to £4m. Managing Director Paul Johnson says: ‘We are finding it easier now we are selling the complete service, parcels and pallets, and that APC customers are now using the Pallet-Track service. We are now able to compete with the likes of TNT.’
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