Tag: France

RFID on the Threshold of European Breakthrough

The key findings of an international study undertaken by LogicaCMG reveal that Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is high on the agenda for European retailers, food manufacturers and logistic service providers. A majority of the companies interviewed in the Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Belgium, gave RFID top priority in terms of planned IT investment.

RFID is seen as the successor to barcoding. By using RFID it is possible to electronically identify and track objects, such as supermarket goods, without time delays or the need for human intervention. As a result, supply chain logistics are more streamlined and efficient and this ultimately leads to lower costs and higher revenues.

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PostEurop weighs up impact of EU enlargement on Postal Services

Enlargement will mean significant change for the postal sector in the ten countries entering the EU on 1 May. To appraise the challenges involved, and to describe what some posts are already doing to adapt to the changes, La Poste (France), together with La Poste/De Post (Belgium) and PostEurop staged a two-day seminar for high-level representatives from the post offices of the ten accession countries.

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French banks step up fight against new Postal Bank

French banks are redoubling efforts to fight planned legislation that would expand the range of financial services offered by the country’s state-owned postal service. Established banks say La Poste’s 17,000-strong branch network equals the distribution size of France’s top four banks and would severely skew competition.

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