Tag: Germany

Berlin may delay postal reform

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

The German government may extend the monopoly of Deutsche Post, the postal company, over delivery of letters beyond December 2007 as postal service liberalisation is less advanced in other European Union countries. The Social Democrats, coalition partner of Angela Merkel, chancellor, favour a postponement of the plan to open the market on January 1 2008, as France in particular intends to open its market at a later date. Ms Merkel’s Christian Democrats, traditionally in favour of early reform, have signalled support for the SPD.

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time:matters Enters into Partnership with Scandinavian Sameday Market Leader Jetpak

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

time:matters is now offering its customers a sameday delivery service to and from the Scandinavian region. The new service is a result of a close partnership recently established between time:matters and Jetpak, the market leader for sameday services in Scandinavia.

Due to the new partnership, approximately 100 additional destinations for urgent incoming and outgoing shipments are available in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The new destinations include North European commercial centers such as Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen as well as cities like Göteborg and Billund. The new partnership reduces delivery times between the most important business centers and in Scandinavia and in Europe. For example, the shipment of urgent documents or goods between cities like Göteborg and Düsseldorf takes only three hours, and only four hours from Stockholm to Zurich and vice versa. “Business relations between Scandinavia and the other European countries are continuously increasing, which means there is a rising demand for rapid and individual logistics solutions. Thanks to the new partnership, we are optimally able to fulfill these needs,” says Erik Lautmann, CEO of Jetpak.

The broad range of services are based on exclusive and customized dispatch and transportation solutions developed jointly by time:matters and Jetpak as well as on the integration of the tight and high-frequency networks of the two partners. Other benefits of the new partnership for customers include the long opening hours of the Jetpak drop-off and pick-up locations – including early morning and late night hours, which gives customers maximum flexibility in their timing.

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Private German mail operators PIN, Xanto link up

Posted by | Apr 17, 2007 | |

Two leading private mail operators, PIN Group and Xanto, have announced a strategic cooperation to strengthen their operational networks. PIN Group aims to establish itself as the leading competitor to Deutsche Post while Xanto plans to create an independent network for local mail operators.

In a joint statement, the companies said that Xanto would take over nationwide linehaul transportation for PIN with immediate effect. This covered the linehaul services from local PIN mail depots to regional hubs where regional and national shipments are interchanged as well as onward transportation to the two PIN central hubs in Würzburg and Hanover, and traffic between the two central hubs.

At present, PIN Group transports about one million domestic shipments per day on these routes within one working day. The company, owned by leading German media groups, has 7,000 employees, annual volumes of over 1.2 billion shipments and turnover of some EUR 350 million.

Xanto was founded in spring 2006 by five German logistics companies to develop a nationwide mail transportation network. Until now, its strategy was to sign up as many as 100 local and regional mail operators as partners and create an alternative nationwide distribution network. Last October it announced that night express operator Night Star Express would provide the physical long-haul transportation services.

Günter Thiel, PIN Group CEO, declared: “The competence of Xanto in freight forwarding ideally complements our nationwide logistics network.” Xanto managing partner Christian Holland-Moritz added: “As the largest competitor to Deutsche Post, PIN Group with its nationwide delivery network and growing shipment volumes is a central partner for us.”

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Quintiq part of the new DHL Innovation Center

Posted by | Apr 12, 2007 | |

Quintiq announced its engagement in the DHL Innovation Center in
Troisdorf near Bonn, Germany. This engagement is a major achievement for
Quintiq as it highlights the company’s success in its quest for innovation.

The Quintiq solutions are part of the Innovation Center’s showroom
section entitled “the last mile,” which comprises the steps between parcel
pick-up at the hub and delivery to the customer. The solutions will support
DHL in reducing the pick-up and delivery cost base by increasing the
productivity of dispatchers and increasing the productivity of tours through
real-time dispatch. Furthermore, the planning and scheduling solution will
improve service quality by allowing the automated allocation of bookings to
tours and workload exception handling.

The Innovation Center will be used by Deutsche Post World Net’s business
units from around the world to exchange information about and work on
technological innovations. In addition to international researchers and
logistics specialists, the center will also welcome business customers,
partners and guests. In guided tours through 1,200 m2 of exhibition space,
visitors can interactively experience all elements of the logistic value
added chain: from ordering and warehousing through to delivery and billing.

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Federal Network Agency dismisses allegations directed at downstream access

Posted by | Apr 12, 2007 | |

Following a review lasting several months, the Federal Network Agency has declared the existing agreements between Deutsche Post In Haus GmbH and various ministries of the state of Bavaria for provision of downstream postal access as legal and not objectionable. In response to complaints of Deutsche Post competitors in the spring of 2006, the authorities had initiated an abuse proceedings against Deutsche Post and its subsidiary, Deutsche Post In Haus Service GmbH. Competitors had accused Deutsche Post of itself engaging in activities through its subsidiary in the so-called shipment consolidation area and of not covering costs in its pricing, thereby obstructing the development of competitors.

After the authorities did a check of the necessary calculation documents, the accusation of offering dumping prices was revealed as unfounded. The same was true for the argument that the subsidiary makes use of the infrastructure and sales organization of Deutsche Post. Here, upon carrying out local inspections at four DP In Haus Service GmbH service centers, the Federal Network Agency was unable to find any evidence. Not only does the company have its own infrastructure and automation, but it draws upon its own sales organization as well.

This marks the failure of yet another attempt by Deutsche Post competitors to use the Federal Network Agency as a competitive tool against the leading provider of postal services in Germany. Not too long ago, in November 2006, a parcel service likewise failed in its effort to lodge complaints with the Federal Network Agency accusing Deutsche Post of anti-competitive behavior in adjusting its parcel prices.

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