Tag: Europe

New TNT Express depots in Germany and Italy

Posted by | Oct 29, 2008 | |

TNT Express has laid the foundation stone for a new logistics centre at Rostock airport in northern Germany, investing EUR 3.7 million in the new depot. In addition, the company opened two new branches in Italy this month.

In spring 2009, the current depot in Guestrow, which is 17 km away from Rostock, will be moved to the new site, which lies on a 12,000 sqm plot of land. Some 40 employees will work at the new facility.

Separately, TNT Express Italy has opened two new branches. The new depot at Verona, northern Italy, where about 200 staff are employed, is located in an industrial area close to the nearby motorway and benefits from the latest security facilities. The site is used for local distribution during the day and as a sorting hub for nationwide shipments during the night. TNT also opened a new branch at the coastal port of La Spezia following an investment of some EUR 400,000.

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Norway Post steps up logistics growth plan

Posted by | Oct 29, 2008 | |

Norway’s main postal operator Norway Post has kick-started plans to expand its logistics operations by implementing a Transport Management System from RedPrairie.

The E2eTM system will replace the company’s custom legacy applications and will centralise transport planning and management to help improve carrier management.
The system is designed to automate transport operations and improve visibility of order fulfilment in real-time, while connecting multiple parties and business processes throughout the broader supply chain.
The system will be worked across the businesses in the Norway Post Logistics Group which includes Bring Frigoscandia, Bring Logistics and Bring Express.

The company is now looking to extend the system to Distribution Net, the logistics arm of the postal business.

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3,000 more Post Offices face axe over Royal Mail government contract

Posted by | Oct 29, 2008 | |

Gordon Brown has been warned at least 3,000 more post offices may shut if Royal Mail loses a vital GBP 200million Government contract.
It is feared a new five-year contract to run the post office card account may be taken away from Royal Mail and awarded to rival bidder PayPoint.
George Thomson, general secretary of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters, has written to Mr Brown to warn that losing the contract will be a disaster for his members, who get up to 20 per cent of their income from the card.
And he also predicted up to 3,000 post offices may be forced to shut – on top of the 2,500 already being axed under streamlining plans.
Around GBP 2 billion of that money is then spent in stores attached to post offices.
The federation is traditionally a very moderate organisation which supported the current closure programme because it agreed there was not enough work to support the existing of 12,000 post offices.
But Mr Thomson says the prospect of losing another one in four branches would be devastating. It would mean the elderly those on benefits having to travel long distances to get their money.
Mr Thomson said the public will see the decision on who gets the card account as a “test of the Government’s faith” in the future of our post offices.
The decision on the contract will be announced in the next few weeks.

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Senior marketers in Royal Mail reshuffle (UK)

Posted by | Oct 29, 2008 | |

Mail has undertaken a major restructure of its commercial and marketing departments as part of an effort to take a more “customer-led” approach.
It has promoted Luisa Fulci, director of commercial pricing and policy, to the new role of director of marketing services. She will now lead a four-strong team, including Tom Hings, who has retained his role as Head of Brand Marketing and Communications.
Mark Thomson, previously Director of Sales and Customer Services, has also moved to the new position of Media Director. He heads a team of five and oversees Royal Mail’s advertising mail service.
Fulci and Thomson will report to Strategy and Commercial Director, Alex Smith.
Royal Mail is currently recruiting to fill the new role of Director of New Ventures, Fulfilment Director and Thomson’s previous position of Director of Sales and Customer Services.
The changes follow a consultation process undertaken by Royal Mail, where senior staff were asked to reapply for their jobs.
The review of the organisation started just weeks after Marketing Director Alex Batchelor announced his departure from the postal operator. He is now Vice-President at satellite navigation specialist TomTom.

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DHL slashing European IT jobs

Posted by | Oct 29, 2008 | |

DHL is halving the number of IT staff it employs and despatching the jobs to Prague in the Czech Republic.
DHL IT Services will cut 400 jobs across Europe and the UK. But at the same time it will add 200 people to its service centre in Prague. DHL opened its Czech data centre in 2003 and was mulling a full move of IT functions as long ago as 2004.
An internal email seen by The Register said the company would move hosting and support service, collaboration services, service desk workers and development services to the Czech capital.
European countries where jobs will be lost are: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland and the UK.

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