Deutsche Post World Net AG denied reports that the German postal service may stop delivering mail on Saturdays.
‘It’s absolutely clear that nothing will change about Saturday deliveries at Deutsche Post,’ chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel said in a statement today.
German news agencies today cited Zumwinkel as saying Deutsche Post may decide early next year to limit postal service to five days a week.
Read MoreDHL has unveiled a prototype of an RFID-enabled van using software and hardware provided by SAVR Communications. The company developed the van to show existing and future customers how RFID technology can benefit them, as well as independent contractors and DHL itself in tracking the movement of vehicles and the individual packages they transport. However, the prototype has not been field-tested.
The prototype DHL van, which had been under development for the past few months, comes equipped with an RFID interrogator and antennas for locating an RFID-tagged package within the van, as well as a GPS device for monitoring the location of the van across its delivery route.
The current prototype van comes equipped with a SAVR UHF Gen 2 RFID interrogator complying with the ISO 18000-6C standard, and seven antennas installed throughout the interior of the van. They capture the RFID number of each tag on a package as it is loaded into the van and send that number to the reader. Antennas then automatically capture the number again when the package is removed. With SAVR software, DHL’s back-end system would be able to determine whether the package is being loaded or removed based on which antenna (such as the antenna in the back of the vehicle or by the door) captures the package’s RFID tag number.
Read MoreHermes Logistik, the German B2C parcel delivery subsidiary of German retailer Otto Group, is reportedly planning to set up its own service in Austria in competition to Austrian Post.
The Otto Group has cancelled its contract with Austrian Post for domestic delivery of parcels from its subsidiaries Otto Austria and Universal, German newspaper Die Welt reported, citing Austrian Post sources. These two companies alone could account for 10 million parcels a year, or about 25% of the country’s total B2C parcel market, it wrote.
Instead, Hermes Logistik would set up its own network to distribute parcels of the Otto Group companies, which focus on fashion and electronic, from this spring, Die Welt reported. Hermes could set up a network of ParcelShops like in Germany as alternative drop-off and collection points. The company was also in talks to take over parcel delivery for mail-order group Quelle in Austria, it added.
Hermes declined to comment on its plans for Austria, Die Welt said. However, the company already said last year that it aims to create a European B2C distribution business, and was considering entering markets such as Italy, Spain or Austria.
In Germany, Hermes Logistik has grown rapidly in recent years and now has a share of about 24% of the B2C/C2C market, according to CEP-Research information. It expanded beyond domestic distribution last autumn with the launch of deliveries to European destinations through a partner network.
Read MoreMärz 2007: Österreichische Post in deutschem Briefmarkt sehr erfolgreich – http://www.austrianpost.de/presseinfos/140307_Jahrespressemitteilung.pdf
revenue of more than 4 million euros in 2006
APID (AUSTRIAN POST International Deutschland) works for more than 100 companies/clients
APID offers an intensive consulting service to support clients in their business in traditional and new markets
For our clients we are not only a specialist for mail to Austria but are as well recognised for our competence in worldwide mail, as the Austrian Post (parent company) is a relatively small but capable company using an international network.
Starting with 3 employees in November 2005, APID is now hiring employee number 10. The target figure for 2007: doubling the revenue
März 2007: Digitales Retourenmanagement senkt Kosten für Mailings. – http://www.austrianpost.de/presseinfos/080307_Retouren.pdf
This press release talks about the service we offer regarding the so called “Retouren”, letters that cannot be delivered, due to an invalid address.
So far, those “Retouren” have been disposed in the country they have been sent to; now the sender can choose between 3 options:
Disposing
Returning to sender
Collecting the addresses; sender receives a file with the collected data
For the sender, this digital information offers a lot of advantages, e.g. saving money, time and internal work.
APID is the first company that offers such a service for international mails.
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