Tag: Korea Post

Korea Post to Radio-Track Mail, Parcels

Posted by | Sep 25, 2008 | |

The state-run Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced the development of a new RFID application that could “revolutionize’’ efficiency in the tracking of postal packages.

Currently, the tracking process relies on barcodes, but the use of RFID tags could greatly improve the speed and volume of the deliveries and lower labor costs by reducing manual piece handling, according to Heo Hong-seok, director of ETRI’s research team on postal logistics.

Under ETRI’s design, RFID tags are attached to the pallets attached to the packages, which then send radio signals to reading devices installed at the gates of mail centers.

The role of barcodes isn’t completely eliminated, however, as they will still be used to relay the information of each postal item to the electronic chips on the pallets.

ETRI was hired by the Korea Post, the country’s mail service monopoly, to develop RFID technologies for postal services. By the end of the year, Korea Post plans to license a company to install the RFID tags and readers at the country’s 25 mail centers nationwide, a process that is expected to be completed around August next year.

This would make Korea only the second country in the world, behind Denmark, to adopt RFID technology for real postal work.

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International Freight Industry to shift from air transport to sea and rail

Posted by | Jul 15, 2008 | |

Australia Post’s Managing Director, Graeme John, foresees cutbacks on flights and a shift towards sea and rail deliveries with regard to the annual meeting of the Kahala Posts Group last week.

John said that growth in international freight from consumer goods such as electronics had been managed on a “just in time” basis, with air delivery preferred to other means of transport due to its speed advantage. But that approach was no longer viable as global warming would have an enormous influence on the postal industry worldwide increasing the pressure to shift towards less environmentally-damaging modes of delivery.

The Kahala Posts Group (KPG) which is the alliance of nine national postal administrations in Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Spain, France and Britain, was founded five years ago and named after a resort the members stayed at during their founding meeting in Hawaii. The postal operators have since launched an upgraded, guarantee-based international service between their respective countries and territories.

Therefore, Kahala Group focused instead on reliability of delivery. But to keep the reliability of the service, the Kahala members had to upgrade their tracking systems. It also required the creation of a “delivery calculator”, a database of eight billion postcodes that allows a customer to walk into any postal outlet, list their destination and be told a precise time window during which a parcel would be delivered, Brisbane Times further reported.

While the private couriers already offered that service and faster delivery, the Kahala members undercut their prices by 40 pct to 50 pct to stay competitive in price.

John further said that a worsening economic environment could prompt a trend to slower “deferred” delivery services.

The Kahala partnership is also moving beyond postage, with Australia Post, China Post and the US Postal Service preparing to launch a group-owned money transfer service to compete against Western Union, Brisbane Times added.

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Brunei Postal Services, Korea Post Sign MoU

Posted by | Jul 5, 2008 | |

Brunei Postal Services and the Korea Post yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Ministry of Communications.
Signing on behalf of the Brunei government was Brunei Postal Services Postmaster General Haji Abd Kadir Tengah, while Korea Post President Kyung-Won Jung represented the Republic of Korea.
Present to witness the signing was Minister of Communication Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kema Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong.
Under the MOU, the Brunei Postal Services and Korea Post will have the opportunity to strengthen existing cooperation relations in various postal services related fields in order to develop and upgrade the quality of postal services.
Both sides agreed to develop cooperation in various fields which included providing expertise and exchanging information of their respective Mail Processing System, operating EMS cooperation (Expedite Mail Service), exchanging information and practices in the areas of Parcel Service and Cash on Delivery Services, operating International remittance service and promoting/encouraging the sale of each other’s philatelic products.

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Korea Post Tops Brand Rankings

Posted by | Mar 4, 2008 | |

Korea Post beat private logistics companies by large margins to be named as the best package delivery service in Korea for the fourth consecutive year.

The Korean Management Association (KMA) announced Tuesday that the government post service scored 596.7 points in its annual Brand Power index, far ahead of private firms such as Hanjin (499.5 points), Korea Express (441.2 points) and Hyundai Express (413.4 points). The KMA report is considered the most credible consumer survey index in Korea.

“It’s the trust of the people that gave us the honor of being first for four straight years,” said Jung Kyung-won, president of Korea Post. “We will continue to expand our logistics infrastructure to raise our national competitiveness and service to the public.”

Korea’s door-to-door package delivery service market has seen extensive competition between the public postal service and private firms such as Hanjin, CJ and GS. Korea Post has excelled in customer satisfaction with the introduction of customer-oriented services such as weekend delivery, morning delivery and airport delivery, the survey said.

This year, Korea Post is also seeking to establish a next-generation logistics system called u-POST (ubiquitous post), based on the synchronization of information with mobile technologies, radio communications and radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. It has been cooperating with the Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute to develop an RFID-based mail operations system.

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Korea's Postal Office to Spend 175.4 bln won

Posted by | Jan 30, 2008 | |

Korea’s state-run post office said Tuesday that it will invest 175.4 billion won (USD 185.5 million) in 2008 mostly to improve its mailing system.

Korea Post said the investment earmarked for this year includes 37.4 billion won for procuring necessary hardware and software, 6.5 billion won for better IT systems and 57.3 billion won for system maintenance.

It also plans to spend some of the money to purchase around 40,000 radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and 600 tag readers for improving the speed at which its mailing work is carried out, the company said in a statement.

1 USD = 944.223 KRW

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