We must work with Royal Mail – not fight it
Two views: Royal Mail/Consignia is potentially abusing its monopoly or Consignia should become more involved in the industry
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Siemens relaunches Datatrak system
IEMENS DATATRAK, ThE VEHICLE position monitoring company, relaunched itself last week with
the promise of new success in the truck sector and a blistering attack on its ubiquitous rival system, GPS.
Datatrak, a unique, self-contained system that uses its own low-frequency radio masts, was developed by Securicor in the 1980s to help protect its cash transport vehicles.
Siemens, the German technology and communications giant, bought the business last
year to move into the positioning market and believes that it can make much more of the
system than Securicor did here and abroad.
Consignia buys minor stake in Mail Marketing International, citing long-term strategy, UK
Before the dust had settled on the row over the Postal Preference Service,
Consignia was already signing on the dotted line for an even more contentious
foray into the direct marketing business.
Moving the Furniture
Restructuring its distribution network is not something that any company can undertake lightly. But furniture and kitchen retailer MFI Homeworks felt it was necessary to order to meet the future needs of the business.
In the past three years the firm has moved from keeping stock in its 185 stores to a sys-tem whereby the vast majority of the product is delivered direct to the customer’s home through a centralised home delivery network.
This is intended to create a more efficient supply chain and improve service standards no matter what means are used to sell – traditional stores or the small but growing e-commerce part of its business.
Lloyd Fraser wins Zenith contract
The Lloyd Fraser Group has secured along term contract to be Zenith Milk’s sole logistics provider. It will take responsibility for all of Zenith’s depots
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