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Changes in management of Polish Post

Posted by | Mar 27, 2007 | |

Zbigniew Niezgoda resigned from his position as Polish Post’s General Director. Jerzy Polaczek, the Minister of Transport, accepted Mr Niezgoda’s resingation on 23rd March 2007, after consultating with Polish Post’s Board of Directors. The Minister of Transport thanked Mr Niezgoda for almost one and a half years of successful work.

Andrzej Polakowski, formerly Director at Polish Post, was appointed as the new Deputy General Director.

In addition to that, on 27th March 2007 Konrad Mirowski was instated as the Vice General Director of Polish Post.

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Deutsche Post opens DHL innovation center

Posted by | Mar 27, 2007 | |

Deutsche Post World Net has opened a DHL Innovation Center in Troisdorf near Bonn in a bid to develop marketable, innovative products from logistics trends of the future.

The center also forms an umbrella organization for all areas of technical innovation management that the company has been exploring. What Deutsche Post is calling ‘the laboratory of the future’ plays a key role in the group’s strategy to become the world’s most innovative logistics company. Chairman Dr Klaus Zumwinkel stressed this in his address at the opening ceremony: “Today, we are the largest logistics company in the world. But size alone is no measure of success. What counts is our customers’ satisfaction. This is why we will amaze our customers with even newer and more future-oriented products.”The projects at the DHL Innovation Center are being conducted jointly with partners. The innovation partners from the business world include IBM, Intel and SAP. The center also maintains research partnerships with the logistics institutes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston and Zaragoza, and the German Fraunhofer institutes.

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Where winners are fast rather than large

Posted by | Mar 27, 2007 | |

Few industries are more exposed to the forces of globalisation than logistics. As supply chains are stretched across oceans and continents, manufacturers and retailers are increasingly looking for logistics partners with international capabilities.

By far the biggest deal was Deutsche Post’s GBP3.7bn takeover of Exel, the UK-based logistics group, in 2005. Others included the USD1.1bn merger of Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, and Bax Global, the logistics arm of US-based Brink’s. Another was the EUR490m acquisition of Paris-based ACR Logistics by Kuhne & Nagel of Switzerland.

John Allan, chief executive of DHL Logistics says consolidation is likely to continue. He points out that the world’s top 10 freight forwarding companies command less than 40 per cent of the global market.

Deutsche Post’s takeover of Exel accelerated its transformation from a German mail and express delivery group into a global freight and logistics giant.
Mr Allan says DHL is already reaping the rewards of the increased scale and capabilities provided by Exel.

DHL is not the only express delivery group expanding into other supply chain services. UPS has invested more than USD2bn in about 30 acquisitions over recent years – most of them involving freight and logistics businesses.

FedEx, UPS’s biggest US rival, has a large road freight operation and is keen to expand its ocean freight-forwarding capabilities.

The most decisive rejection of diversification has come from TNT of the Netherlands, which sold its logistics and freight forwarding operations last year to refocus on mail and express delivery.

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Deutsche Post World Net opens future lab DHL Innovation Center

Posted by | Mar 27, 2007 | |

Deutsche Post World Net opened the DHL Innovation Center in Troisdorf near Bonn today. The goal and mission of the DHL Innovation Center are to develop marketable, highly innovative products from logistics trends of the future. In addition, the laboratory of the future forms an umbrella organization for all areas of technical innovation management that the company has been exploring. The laboratory of the future plays a key role in the Group’s strategy, with which Deutsche Post World Net as the No. 1 company in the global logistics market intends to become the world’s most innovative logistics company.

The projects at the DHL Innovation Center are being conducted jointly with partners. The innovation partners from the business world include IBM, Intel and SAP. The DHL Innovation Center also maintains research partnerships with the logistics institutes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston and Zaragoza, and the German Fraunhofer institutes. About 20 permanent employees are working on innovation projects in the center. An additional 10 jobs are filled by employees from the innovation and research partners.

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DHL Japan vehicle fleet fuel-cell verification tests feature in DaimlerChrysler Japan report

Posted by | Mar 26, 2007 | |

DHL has participated in a study on fleet-run verification tests of the F-cell, a fuel-cell vehicle from DaimlerChrysler AG. DHL Japan has been using the F-cell for delivery and pick-up operations since July 2006, as part of DHL’s Green Logistics environmental initiative in Japan. Initial results of the study were presented by DaimlerChrysler Japan Co., Ltd. (DCJ), at the 2007 JHFC Workshop on Monday 12 March 2007.

The fleet-run verification tests by DHL Japan and DCJ have been performed in accordance with principles established by the Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Demonstration Project (JHFC Project), which aims to “verify and evaluate a variety of effects regarding the use of fuel-cell vehicles and hydrogen energy through actual use by business”. At the 2007 JHFC Workshop, which was held at Asahi Hall in Yurakucho for the purpose of reporting on JHFC Project activities, a DCJ spokesperson presented initial results of the fleet-run verification, including data on mileage and hydrogen consumption since July 2006, a video showing the F-cell being used by DHL for pick-up and delivery services, and feedback from DHL drivers, who praised the vehicle’s high accelerating performance, quietness and eco-friendly non-gas emissions.

DHL’s position in global logistics also means recognizing the impact of its activities on the environment and working to reduce the environmental costs of operations. In July 2006, DHL launched its new environmental initiative, Green Logistics, in Japan. The F-cell, which was introduced for DHL Japan’s pickup and delivery services as the first phase of this initiative, is the world’s first mass-produced fuel-cell car.

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