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Sri Lanka Postal Department to offer international money transfer services

Posted by | Apr 24, 2008 | |

Sri Lanka Postal Department is planning to set up an international money transfer service in collaboration with Western Union to enhance the foreign currency inflow to the country.

A proposal in this regard submitted by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Mahinda Wijesekara received the Cabinet approval today. Under the agreement Western Union will be investing in the infrastructural development of the Postal Department to enable Post Offices to act as money transfer agents. Postal employees will be trained on new info-tech such as computers and internet usage to carry out the new services.

Department of Posts will receive 25 pct of the revenues generated from the transactions done through the post offices. Sri Lankan government hopes to curb terrorist financing through the new measure.

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Deutsche Post World Net Magazine Award

Posted by | Apr 24, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net’s worldwide executive magazine Network received the top platinum award at the 2007 Inspire Awards in San Diego, California, USA. Network took first place in the “Employee Publications-Print-Bimonthly” category.

The magazine also received the “Best Visual Design” special achievement award.

In the overall competition that included all categories, Network received 99 out of 100 points, which matched the winner and put the magazine in second place among the over 550 internal corporate publications submitted from all over the world.

In producing Network, Deutsche Post World Net draws on the graphic design and writing expertise of two communications agencies: medienfabrik Gütersloh in Germany and theblueballroom in England.

The jury explained why Network stood out among the great field of competitors. “Overall we find this to be first class work; it received a total of 99 points, which was the maximum number of points awarded this year. The magazine makes a unique connection with the target audience and delivers relevant and persuasive messages,” said Christine Kennedy, Managing Director of LACP.

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E-BOX Demonstration at Post expo 2007 in Barcelona

Posted by | Apr 24, 2008 | |

The first intelligent C2C parcel shipping system was demonstrated by E-BOX at Post expo 2007 in Barcelona.

How does it work ?

1. Register with the postal operator
2. After registration, buy a barcode stamp from the postal operator (on the internet, shop, by mail or from a post office).
3. Stick the barcode stamp on the parcel.
4. Scan the barcode at the consol. The hatch unlocks after validation of the barcode (green light indicator).
5. Open the hatch and place the parcel inside the gateway enclosure.
6. Close the hatch. This will lock and allow the transfer of the parcel into the parcel collection box. You automatically receive notification of the transaction in real time by e-mail from the postal operator.

OPTION 1 : Notification of the transaction by SMS
OPTION 2 : Dedicated mail container inside the gateway enclosure for certified mail and electonic
notification by the postal operator.
OPTION 3 : Reinforced Identification of the sender with a double scan of the parcel barcode and the customer’s personal card.

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Royal Mail delivers changes (UK)

Posted by | Apr 24, 2008 | |

Royal Mail has reskilled half its IT department and retooled its 10-year outsourcing deal with supplier CSC to get a stronger focus on software development.

Central to the postal service’s GBP 1.2bn change agenda is the rollout of a Siemens-supplied automatic mail sorting system scheduled to go live at its mail centres and delivery offices in September.

The platform is the backbone of Royal Mail’s service overhaul, which will be followed by a number of customer-focused initiatives such as minute-by-minute parcel and letter-tracking, and projects aimed at internal optimisation, such as telemetry and scheduling of staff, trucks and aircraft.

To support the demand prompted by the service overhaul and the legacy systems yet to be replaced, chief information officer Robin Dargue launched a business capability review which shed almost half the 300-strong permanent IT workforce but created about 100 new core IT roles.

Royal Mail is five years into its 10-year outsourcing contract with CSC, which was reviewed late last year in relation to “monies Royal Mail wanted to pay for extra services and some services that were no longer required”.

Earlier this year, Computing revealed Royal Mail was tendering for up to GBP 40m-worth of consultancy contracts to support its outsourcing deal with CSC. The move was triggered by “simpler consultancy framework agreements”, expected to reduce project timelines.

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