Tag: International

FedEx launches new global advertising campaign

Posted by | Nov 21, 2007 | |

“Access – Success – Growth” These concepts are the creative force behind a new advertising campaign launched by FedEx today in key markets around the world, including: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK.

The new ads take you “behind the scenes,” communicating some of the ways FedEx helps customers’ access opportunities in the marketplace – whether those prospects are in their local communities or around the globe.

“Since its inception, FedEx has established itself as one of the most respected and admired companies in the world – and in many markets, the FedEx brand is a household name that has come to stand for reliability and speed,” said Rajesh Subramaniam, senior vice president of International Marketing, FedEx Services.

“This new advertising campaign extends the strong legacy of the FedEx brand globally by reinforcing our commitment to delivering an outstanding customer experience consistently around the world.”

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DHL and RAC Auto Windscreens work 'through-the-night'

Posted by | Nov 20, 2007 | |

RAC Auto Windscreens, the leading automotive glazing supplier in the UK, has selected DHL Exel Supply Chain to optimize its deliveries to fitting centers across the UK.

DHL offers the company a comprehensive solution including a ‘through-the-night’ service platform that guarantees all 127 fitting centers daily deliveries of windscreens and laminate glass before 8.00am.

The re-engineered supply chain will significantly improve delivery times – leading to increased stock availability at the start of each working day and higher technician productivity at the fitting centers. The use of custom-made stillages – a steel roller cage tailored to carry windscreens and laminate glass – will drastically reduce the level of damages incurred before the introduction of stillages by DHL Exel Supply Chain.

DHL drivers will collect the windscreens from RAC Auto Windscreen’s central warehouse at Witton, Birmingham, for direct delivery or to DHL’s outbase facilities in Manchester, Avonmouth, Luton and Mossend. At these outbases the stillages will be reloaded onto rigid vehicles for onward delivery to the remaining fitting centers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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USPS to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail

Posted by | Nov 20, 2007 | |

In two short days, the U.S. Postal Service begins to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail across the country and around the world, a task that requires more than 200,000 trucks, a 30 percent increase in air cargo transport, 37,000 Post Offices and 700,000 employees.

All to make sure that holiday cheer arrives on time.

The Postal Service expects to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, with the busiest mailing day set for Monday, Dec. 17. More than 275 million cards and letters should be mailed that day, more than three times the average daily volume of 82 million. Total mail volume (cards, letters, catalogs, packages, magazines) for the busiest day should approach 1 billion, up from an average daily volume of 703 million pieces.

The busiest delivery day will be Wednesday, Dec. 19. Staff at the National Operations Center report for “24-7 duty” on Dec. 1 to help navigate, literally, mail movement around the world.

In addition to the logistics of moving and delivering all this mail, the Postal Service will have extended hours at more than 7,000 Post Offices. Customers will be able to purchase stamps online or at more than 55,000 alternate access points, including banks, grocery stores, drug stores and Automated Postal Centers (APCs).

APCs handle 80 percent of the same transactions customers can conduct in a Post Office and are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for added customer convenience. Packages can be mailed regardless of Post Office hours using these self-service kiosks, located in thousands of Post Office lobbies across the country. APCs are as easy to use as an ATM, but without the fees. Many APCs let customers conduct business in Spanish.

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UPS employees approve National Master contract

Posted by | Nov 20, 2007 | |

UPS employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have voted to approve a new contract negotiated earlier this fall.

The UPS National Master Agreement was approved by 65 pct of the voting employees. The union today also informed the company that there were five local supplemental or rider agreements that did not receive a majority vote.

The Master contract, which covers approximately 240,000 full- and part-time package workers in the United States, was negotiated nearly a year in advance of the current contract’s expiration on July 31, 2008, and will extend contract coverage to July 31, 2013.

“We are gratified to hear that our Teamster-represented employees have approved the new National Master Agreement,” said Mike Eskew, UPS’s chairman and CEO. “Both sides now are committed to addressing any local issues as necessary. This is part of the normal process.”

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DHL ramps up for the 2007 holiday shipping season

Posted by | Nov 20, 2007 | |

DHL is ramping up its facilities and workforce across the country and around the world in anticipation of the high volume of packages moving through its global network during peak season – the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Beginning the week of Thanksgiving, DHL expects U.S. shipment volumes to grow, peaking on Monday, December 17, 2007 – its busiest shipping day of the year – when it expects a 50 percent increase over average daily volume for the first three quarters of 2007. DHL estimates average daily shipment volume in the U.S. during the month of December will be 25 percent higher than average daily volume for the first three quarters of the year.

In time for the holidays, DHL recently introduced the industry’s first prepaid, all-inclusive flat-rate box, designed to minimize time, paperwork and expense for customers shipping in the U.S. The new ShipReady(TM) box provides 2nd day delivery service, without any weight restrictions, for one inclusive fee to and from all points within the 48 contiguous states.

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