Tag: Europe

German Federal Network Agency allows mail consolidators new numbering variant

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

The Federal Network Agency has called on Deutsche Post AG (DPAG) to end an anti-competitive practice. DPAG had refused to accept mail from consolidators, under their downstream access agreements, if it was not in conformity with DPAG’s specified numbering. Some of the competitors had called for a numbering method that differed slightly from DPAG’s and that would enable mail to be numbered consecutively at the same time as being automatically sorted to postal routing regions. “Doing away with a second processing run means that the consolidators, under their agreements, can consolidate larger volumes in the narrow time window they have between collection from the customer and dropoff at DPAG”, Matthias Kurth, Agency President, declared. “It will allow the consolidators to achieve bigger rate discounts for their customers – mostly SMEs – and to tap further customer potential.”

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OBI Germany contracts DHL with the delivery of its do-it-yourself stores

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

OBI, the leading provider in the area of do-it-yourself stores, is transferring its national logistics to DHL. The express and logistics specialist of Deutsche Post World Net will handle the logistics for 341 OBI stores in Germany starting in the spring of 2006. The goal of the cooperation is optimization of the entire value-added chain through more efficient processes and a need-centered management of corresponding processes. An expansion of the partnership to further logistics areas is being planned.

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DHL invests in its European express business

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

DHL Express is putting additional focus on local service to the customer in its European business activities. To accomplish this goal, the express and logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net will invest more than 1 billion euros in the years ahead. This money will flow into infrastructure programs, IT development and customer-focused services. Among other goals, the company plans to achieve a region-wide presence by the end of 2008 and expand its network to 30,000 customer drop points. A total of 20,000 sites are to be ready for private and business customers a year earlier.

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trans-o-flex further extends use of RFID applications with support from Oracle

Posted by | Oct 19, 2005 | |

trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst GmbH will place even more emphasis in future on innovative Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and sensory technology. Today the company, a specialist in the transport of sensitive goods, has a leading role in Europe in the practical use of RFID technology in logistics. Together with Oracle, the databank and software specialist, trans-o-flex is going to integrate RFID completely into its existing IT environment. “This integration is an important step for us. It will mean that we can make even better use of RFIDs possibilities and make these even more accessible for our customers. Furthermore, we can develop additional innovative solutions”, says Wolfgang Weber, Operations Director at trans-o-flex.

To derive further benefit in future from the possibilities of RFID, trans-o-flex has decided to use open and flexible software components from Oracle. These are based on established standards and are adaptable – specialists say scaleable – to growing data volumes. Oracle possesses special know-how in the RFID field and is a member of a number of leading specialist associations. One of these is EPC Global which leads the development of leading-edge standards in the worldwide use of RFID. In Germany, Oracle is a member of GS1 Germany and of the Informationsforum RFID e.V.

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TNT gets temporary reprieve from labour union strikes

Posted by | Oct 19, 2005 | |

TNT will not be confronted with strikes at its Dutch mail delivery operations starting Friday, a spokesman for the Abvakabo FNV trade union said. ‘TNT has indicated that there is room for compromise regarding our demands,’ said the spokesman. ‘The Friday ultimatum is therefore off the table and we await what TNT will offer next Tuesday, when we will enter a new round of negotiations to see how far the company is willing to compromise.’

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