Tag: Germany

PIN and TNT Post say 50,000 jobs at stake if minimum wages applied

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

PIN AG and TNT NV’s TNT Post convinced Germany’s Economy Ministry that 50,000 jobs are at stake, if the minimum wage agreement concluded by former monopolist Deutsche Post World Net AG and union ver.di is applied to the whole postal industry, Der Spiegel reported, citing ministry documents.

‘The entrepreneurs plausibly demonstrated that they would have to file for bankruptcy at minimum wages between 8 and 9.80 eur,’ the magazine quoted the minutes of a meeting between Deutsche Post’s competitors and the Economy Ministry held last Wednesday.

A representative of TNT Post said the Netherlands-based logistics company will consider withdrawing from Germany all together if Deutsche Post’s minimum wages are extended to the whole industry, Der Spiegel also reported, citing sources who attended the meeting.

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German Study Looks at Adjacent Postal Markets – 1,500 Companies with a Market Volume of EUR 16.5bn

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

The Federal Network Agency in 2007 commissioned a research project on the markets for upstream and downstream postal services. It has published the findings today. MICUS Management Consulting GmbH analysed the markets for direct mail, transaction printing, address management, mailroom outsourcing, response processing and document storage, collecting data on market volumes, provider structure, pricing and the intensity of competition. The study also looked at the linkage between the areas analysed. The study found there to be around 500 medium-sized and large companies (more than 10 members of staff) and 800 to 1,000 small companies operating in adjacent postal markets, generating a volume of around €16.5bn. Almost three quarters of this volume is accounted for by direct mail services. Currently, a trend towards outsourcing mailrooms can be observed amongst the customers, while providers are seen to be expanding the value chain to increase their margins and strengthen customer loyalty. To date, there has been little analysis of the markets for upstream and downstream postal services. The MICUS study is one of the first to explore these areas. It was occasioned by the Agency’s desire to gather information on the potential for leveraging market power into adjacent areas, so that it could recognise and assess the potential for abuse.

Study (in German)

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trans-o-flex presents logistic innovations

Posted by | Sep 27, 2007 | |

A unique temperature documentation system developed for the pharmaceutical industry and its customers serves to meet the legal requirements made on the safety of medical products over the entire logistic chain / New Premium Delivery service reduces the workload for large-volume recipients and streamlines the supply chain – world premiere at Expopharm

Weinheim / Düsseldorf, 26th September 2007 –

This year’s Expopharm, which takes places in Düsseldorf this week, provides an appropriate setting for a world premiere: with two new services, trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst intends to further strengthen its leading position in the development of logistic innovations.

The “ThermoControl” premium service has been mainly developed for pharmaceutical companies enabling them to meet the stringent legal requirements made on the transportation and storage of medical products, while “Premium Delivery”, the other new service now offered by trans-o-flex, will make it possible for large-volume recipients to optimise their workflow in the receiving and processing of incoming goods. “We have already been the first to develop a nation-wide logistic system using RFID and can now offer innovative solutions and technologies that enable us to further upgrade our range of services”, says Thomas Mohorn, Director Sales & Marketing at trans-o-flex.

Stringent legal requirements

trans-o-flex, which specializes in the development of customized solutions mainly for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and other selected industries, spent approximately twelve months planning the rollout of “ThermoControl”. The decision was driven by the introduction of the new German Ordinance on the Production of Pharmaceuticals and Active Substances (AMWHV) in November 2006, according to which the requirements made on the transportation and storage of pharmaceutical goods have become even more stringent.

One of the provisions, for example, requires that “critical parameters have to be monitored and documented”. This also includes the documentation of the ambient temperature and air humidity, which are now both measured and documented within the scope of trans-o-flex’s ThermoControl service.

“ThermoControl” has been developed following a detailed analysis of the legal requirements as well as intensive talks with customers. In addition to the watertight temperature control, it also follows the quality and safety management stipulated by the German AMWHV for the entire process up to the delivery. This is why trans-o-flex “ThermoControl” uses alarm-protected and sealed box trucks. The cargo-handling terminals are under video surveillance. Access is controlled. All of the “ThermoControl” employees have been carefully selected and trained.

Premium Delivery: another innovation for the pharmaceutical industry

The new “Premium Delivery” service has been developed to improve the process of delivering and processing shipments at the recipient’s place. Already on the day before the delivery, the recipients receive a notification including the details on all products to be delivered by the dispatcher.

After the handover, trans-o-flex checks, whether or not the data indicated by the dispatcher is consistent with the actually dispatched volumes and goods. Prior to the delivery, trans-o-flex sends a notification of dispatch including all details of the actual volume and items of the shipment concerned. The goods will then be delivered within an agreed timeframe with a maximum difference of plus/minus 30 minutes. The recipient can even assign the envisaged shipments his own order numbers and integrate them in his workflow systems.

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Kuehne + Nagel Open New Offices in Russia

Posted by | Sep 26, 2007 | |

With the opening of a branch in Kaliningrad and an airfreight office at Moscow Domodedovo International Airport, Kuehne + Nagel is continuing its expansion
course in Russia.

Kuehne + Nagel’s new branch office in Kaliningrad will initially focus on offering seafreight services. In the course of next year, the portfolio will be expanded to include overland, warehousing and airfreight solutions.

Kuehne + Nagel has also opened a new airfreight office at Moscow Domodedovo (DME). Located on the premises of the cargo terminal, customers are offered the full scope of airfreight import, export and transit services, including Kuehne + Nagel’s new Cargo 2000 based airfreight products, as well as comprehensive customs services.

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Germany Pin CEO: Minimum-wage deal could threaten postal peers

Posted by | Sep 25, 2007 | |

Small German postal service providers won’t be able to survive and tens of thousands of jobs in the sector will be lost if the planned minimum-wage agreement for the sector were to become generally binding, Guenter Thiel, chief executive of Pin Group.

Pin Group is a unit of Axel Springer AG. Private postal service providers are hoping to grab market share from the largest player, previously- government-owned Deutsche Post, when the German market for postal service will be liberalized next year.

Many large customers are already hesitant to do business with Pin and other Deutsche Post competitors amid uncertainty about the outcome of the minimum wage discussion, Thiel said.

Deutsche Post and labor union Ver.di recently agreed on a minimum wage of between EUR 8.00 and EUR 9.80 for postal workers. Private competitors like Pin Group are demanding a minimum wage of EUR7.50 maximum.

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