Deutsche Post AG chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel told company managers at a recent meeting he wants to cut more than 150 mln eur per year from the nearly 500 mln eur consulting budget, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported without citing sources.
At the meeting, Zumwinkel encouraged managers to come up with innovative ideas without the assistance of external advisors, the newspaper wrote.
Read MoreHong Kong-based Kerry Logistics Network is establishing a pan European presence with the opening of initial offices in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Headquartered in Hamburg, Kerry Logistics GmbH began operations in eight locations across Germany, Austria and Switzerland on September 1st.
According to Kerry’s managing director responsible for Germany and Central & Eastern Europe, Michael Dieckmann, while Kerry Logistics has a very strong heritage in China and Asia, it has also been rapidly establishing a global footprint with well established businesses in the UK, Spain and Australia.
With more than 700 operating licences in China alone, Kerry Logistics has operations in 260 cities in the Asia-Pacific region, and its global network covers six continents.
Aside from a range of China distribution centres for general cargo, specialised facilities also handle bonded cargo, dangerous goods, temperature-controlled and perishable goods plus an increasing fleet of vehicles.
According to Dieckmann, further expansion over the next two years will include other German language countries and the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.
Read MoreParcels and express company GLS aims to generate more business from the German pharmaceuticals industry. The Royal Mail subsidiary said that it will be exhibiting for the first time at the Expopharm trade fair in Munich from September 21-24 to gain new business contacts and promote its services.
“We offer 10 years of experience in the shipping of dental products, very high quality standards and industry-specific additional services,” explained Klaus Conrad, managing director of GLS Germany. “We are targeting growth of 20% this year in the pharmaceuticals sector.” GLS put particular focus on quality and secure transportation, with a damage rate of less than one item per 10,000 parcels, he added.
GLS Germany said it has already successfully doubled its volumes in the pharmaceuticals sector in the last two years. Export shipments, particularly to Austria and the Benelux states, had increased strongly. It now delivers to all 21,500 chemists across Germany.
The parcels company offers reliable delivery with rapid transit times, full tracking and tracing and inclusive insurance, along with additional services specifically for the pharmaceuticals industry such as the “Adressee Only” delivery option.
Read MoreDeutsche Post AG board member Hans-Dieter Petram told the Seuddeutsche Zeitung that mail carrier will be shutting down branches in smaller locations by the time the company’s monopoly falls in 2007/08.
He told the newspaper that the law that requires the national mail service to cover the majority of locations in Germany an ‘anachronism.’
‘Of course we will continue to deliver packages and letters to even the
smallest villages, but we don’t need to keep branches open in these areas to
sell a couple of postage stamps per day,’ Petram said.
If Deutsche Post is expected to keep open many of these locations, than the
government-regulated prices it charges will need to be looked at, Petram said.
The opening of the market at the end of next year will not necessarily bring
lower prices for customers, Petram added.
But should the government demand that postage prices be reduced, Deutsche
Post’s competitors, who are already active in market, would have serious problems.
‘They’re terribly afraid of this,’ Petram said.
Read MoreCash and securities handling company SecurLog has a new CEO. Jürn Schmidt, 46, will take up the reins at SecurLog on 15 September. SecurLog operates throughout Germany and has about 3,000 staff. Schmidt, a Freight Forwarding Manager and Industrial Engineer, will take over from restructuring expert Dr. Michael F. Keppel, a Senior Director of Alvarez & Marsal, who has been filling this position on an interim basis. Keppel will stay on as SecurLog’s Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) during the handover period, which is expected to last until the end of the year. The company has thus filled the key position in its new executive structure. Further senior level appointments will be announced shortly.
Jürn Schmidt has more than 15 years of management and board level experience in the freight and logistics industry. He was a member of the management board of Kühne & Nagel AG Deutschland, CEO of Hangartner AG in Switzerland, and chairman of the board of Birkart Globistics AG.
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