Tag: International

New UPS facility in Arkansas to accomodate future growth (U.S)

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

UPS announced it is opening a new 48,000-square-foot package sorting and delivery facility in Springdale, doubling the capacity of its older building. The new USD 12.5 million facility spans 13 acres.

“The new Springdale building will allow UPS to process more package volume in less time, which will definitely benefit our customers,” said James B. Smith, UPS vice president, Mid South District. “Northwest Arkansas is the fastest growing region in the state and the sixth fastest in the nation, so we wanted to make sure UPS was positioned to serve this rapidly developing area efficiently.”

The facility at 371 N. Monitor Road replaces a former UPS building located at 419 East Robinson. The new building can accommodate up to 108 delivery trucks and can sort up to 8,000 packages per hour. The old building could service up to 78 delivery trucks and sorted about 4,000 packages per hour. The new facility also features a modern UPS customer counter inside to handle any customer shipping needs.

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DHL Danzas achieves success with SNS

Posted by | May 10, 2008 | |

SNS a supply chain services provider announced that Danzas part of DHL Group, has gone live with the Infor WMS provided by SPAN Group. The go-live was at DHL DANZAS’ main distribution center, also known as DLC (Danzas Logistic Center) located in the JAFZA area in Dubai. The DC extends over 15,000 square meters with 18 docks located on 3 sides of the warehouse.

The racking system is mainly a Very Narrow Aisle (VNA), with one pallet position per location, in the main chamber, and standard selective in the other three chambers of the warehouse. This DC provides 3PL services for different stores and SKUs include electronic goods as well as FMCG. The Infor WMS implemented by SNS allows DHL Danzas to have full visibility of their stock at the lowest level.

With the RF functionality, the new system allows real-time update of the database and streamlines the warehouse operations from receiving to picking and shipping. The project also included a 7 touch points’ integration with their ERP system. This project was one of the most demanding and challenging in terms of WMS environment readiness, training and management : the WMS went live in less than 3 months, and the warehouse operation was only stopped for 1/2 day for the transition to the new WMS.

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UPS arm in talks to buy AFL for Rs 3,000 million

Posted by | May 9, 2008 | |

UPS Jetair Express, domestic arm of the US-based logistics major United Parcel Services (UPS), is in talks to acquire Mumbai-based logistics company Air Freight (AFL).

According to sources, both parties have been engaged in discussions over the last few months and the deal is expected to be valued at around Rs 3,000 million.

In the wake of the above development, AFL Logistics CEO VV Rao has resigned. Sources believe that Mr Rao did not see any future role in the company considering that he was strategically involved in setting up the network of AFL Logistics, which has been successfully concluded.

AFL denied that it is talks with UPS Jetair Express. “As for Mr Rao moving on, it has been his decision and as an organisation to which he has contributed tremendously in propelling it forward, we respect his choice,” said an AFL spokesperson. Mr Rao could not be reached for his comments.

UPS is looking at acquiring both the existing divisions of AFL; the third party logistics (3PL) arm, AFL Logistics and the express courier arm, AFL Wiz. According to sources, the FY 07’ turnover of both the entities is close to Rs 1,500 million and Rs 300 million, respectively, although, both are loss-making companies.

The figures could not be confirmed as AFL is not a public-listed company. UPS, though, denies that it is in talks to acquire AFL. “No, we have a strategic sales alliance with AFL,” said a UPS Jetair Express spokesperson.

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DHL charts Saudi expansion plan

Posted by | May 9, 2008 | |

DHL Express said the company is committed to invest over 100 million Saudi riyals (USD 26.67) for infrastructure developments across Saudi Arabia.

The money will be spent in the rapid expansion of service points, with the opening of more than 15 new branches, before the end of the year.

DHL Express Country Manager for Saudi Arabia, Noor Sulaiman, said that there would be a positive impact on all of DHL’s operations and that the company was responding to the growing numbers and diverse needs of its customers, as well as the growth in the country’s economy.

“We are seeing rapid and healthy growth and it is our commitment to this country to provide our customers with greater access to our services, through the best branch locations, the highest possible standard of customer service, the most efficient world-class logistics infrastructure, additional service points, increased fleet, extended pick up times, reduced transit times, and Time Definite Delivery,” he said.

The new branches will be rolled out in important population centres across the kingdom in the coming eight months with exact locations to be announced in the near future.

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USPS looks to expand package returns service with major carriers (U.S)

Posted by | May 9, 2008 | |

Looking to cooperate more with its competitors, the U.S. Postal Service is hoping to expand its package returns service through major carriers UPS, FedEx Corp. and DHL, says Jim Cochrane, acting vice president of ground packages at the U.S.P.S. But while none of the three big carriers have yet to publicly express an interest in the service, the Postal Services’ sole returns partner for now, Newgistics Inc., plans a major expansion of the service this year, Newgistics CFO Mike Twomey says.

The Postal Service wants to expand the returns service—through which the U.S.P.S. takes packages from a consumer’s home address to a postal facility, where a private carrier picks it up to complete delivery back to a retailer or manufacturer—as part of a broad effort to expand its delivery business in cooperation with carrier companies. Newgistics specializes in serving apparel and consumer electronics retailers, so extending the U.S.P.S. returns service through other carriers could broaden its reach.

UPS, FedEx and DHL all declined to comment on the Postal Service plan. Cochrane, noting the three carriers were all aware of the Postal Service’s interest in working with them, also declined to say if the U.S.P.S. had entered contract negotiations with any of the carriers.

The Postal Service, in an attempt to run its own operations more efficiently, is providing its shipping partners financial incentives to pick up and deliver packages at direct-delivery units, such as local post offices, instead of at regional bulk mail centers. Newgistics will use its shipping management system to look at a matrix of carrier shipping rates and Postal Service incentives to determine whether it’s more cost-effective to ship to a direct-delivery unit or to a bulk mail center.

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