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Ulrich Gygi wins the Industry Leadership Award at the 2008 World Mail Awards

Posted by | May 20, 2008 | |

Dr. Ulrich Gygi, CEO of Swiss Post, was honored with the Industry Leadership Award at the 2008 World Mail Awards in Budapest. The award, which is sponsored by Pitney Bowes, was presented to Dr. Gygi by Patrick Keddy, President Pitney Bowes International.

CEO of Pitney Bowes, Murray Martin said: “We’ve been involved in the World Mail Awards since its inception and are very pleased to sponsor the Industry Leadership Award. This award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the success of our industry and helped shape the future of global postal systems.”

The Judging Panel said it recognized Dr. Gygi for his leadership and steady transformation of Swiss Post into a more efficient and cost-effective entity. “In addition to domestic operational and financial success, Dr. Gygi has also demonstrated creativity and initiative by forming strategic partnerships in international markets,” said David Treworgy, the non-voting chair of the judging panel.

The winner was selected through an independent Judging Panel consisting of seven distinguished individuals in the postal and mail industry:
Jean-Paul Bailly, CEO of La Poste and 2007 award winner
Helge Israelsen, CEO of Post Danmark and a previous award winner
Graeme John, Managing Director of Australia Post and a previous award winner
John E Potter, Postmaster General and CEO if the United States Postal Service, and a previous award winner
William Tan, former CEO of Singapore Post
Elmar Toime, former CEO of New Zealand Post and a previous award winner
Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, former Chairman of Deutsche Post World Net and a previous award winner

Pitney Bowes will also make a charitable donation or provide funding for an educational initiative of Dr. Gygi’s designation

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Syslore to deliver an address recognition system for Itella (FIN)

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

Itella Mail Communication and the Finnish software company Syslore Ltd. have signed a contract for the delivery of an address recognition and matching system for mail sorting and electronic message delivery services. By adopting the Syslore mCorrection Receiver Matching EngineTM (RME) fuzzy matching system, Itella will improve the address and receiver recognition quality in their hybrid and electronic message delivery service and increase the level of automation in their mail sorting process. The system will be deployed to all Itella address recognition processes by 2010 in Finland and abroad. The contract is worth over four million euros. “With this investment, we want to intensify and automate physical and electronic address recognition processes. Our goal is to ensure the profitability of the delivery business and to be able to provide quality delivery services for our business and consumer customers also in the future,” says Kari Kivikoski, Senior Vice President, Itella Mail Communication. http://www.syslore.com/

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French postal workers gain 2.5 pct pay rise

Posted by | May 6, 2008 | |

La Poste and trade unions CFDT, CFTC and CGC have agreed on a new pay and working conditions deal comprising a general increase of wages by 2.5 pct for the company’s 116,397 postal workers.

The two sides have signed an agreement splitting the general increase of wages for employees into a revaluation of 0.5 pct on May 1, 2008 and an increase of 2 pct on July 1, 2008. Managerial wages will be individually revaluated respectively by 1 pct-2 pct on July 1, 2008.

In addition, the general increase will be accompanied by adjustments to lower wage levels and a 2.3 pct revaluation of the “Complement Post” bonus on July 1, 2008. La Poste also agreed to invest EUR 150,000 in promotion of salary equality for men and women, and to provide a EUR 2 million subsidy for staff jointly travelling to work.

George Lefebvre, Managing Director of La Poste and Manager Human Resources and Social Relations, said: “This agreement is in line with a wider policy to improve the staff’s situation and to share the benefits of growth.”

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New RedPrairie Warehouse Management system increases staff productivity by 50 pct at Belgian postal service

Posted by | May 1, 2008 | |

De Post – La Poste, the Belgian postal service, has implemented a new Warehouse Management system from RedPrairie, a leading consumer driven optimisation company. The system has automated and optimised De Post’s central warehouse and increased the productivity of warehouse staff by 50 pct since its implementation in June 2007. There is complete visibility into inventory levels, paperwork has been virtually eliminated, and orders received before noon are dispatched the same day.

The central warehouse of De Post – La Poste stores all supplies for post offices across Belgium. It receives an average of 2,000 orders a day. Stocks include 900 different items of apparel, more than 1,000 types of products sold at postal windows (stamps, parcel packages, etc.), and over 2,000 consumables for internal use in post offices. Items are stored in three different buildings.

To address these issues, De Post – La Poste opted for RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management system. RedPrairie’s excellent track record and local presence in Belgium proved decisive factors in this choice. The system handles all inbound stocks, warehouse management, and picking order processes. With Warehouse Management, incoming goods are automatically allocated to their optimal position in the warehouse, based upon the frequency of their demand. High rotation items are placed so that they can be easily accessed by the picking staff. Even before goods arrive, their placement is known, so no time is wasted looking for an appropriate spot.

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La Poste publish UPS results

Posted by | Apr 30, 2008 | |

La Poste has just published the results concerning the quality of the universal postal service for 2007 on its website.

The main findings pertain to:
– routing times for the principle postal services (First Class items, Colissimo counter services, international mail, etc.);
– accessibility to postal items at collection and pick-up outlets;
– the number of complaints filed, and the manner in which they were processed.

These indicators have been the focus of work performed jointly by La Poste and ARCEP since 2006. They are based in particular on a public consultation launched by the Authority in 2007 concerning user demands for information on the quality of the universal postal service. This consultation helped reveal that a need for new indicators was emerging: high expectations of information on registered mail items and on Colissimo counter services, and the publication of information on the transport of periodicals.

Several new universal postal service indicators were added last year:
– on the number of letter boxes and their location, based on last collection time;
– on delivery timeframes for periodicals;
– and on consumer satisfaction with the speed and efficiency with which La Poste processes complaints.

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