Tag: La Poste

Chronopost names new management team

Posted by | May 31, 2007 | |

Chronopost, the French express subsidiary of La Poste / GeoPost, has named five new senior managers following the recent appointment of Christian Emery, previously head of ColiPoste, as managing director. Most of the new managers come from external companies.

Martin Piechowski is the new head of operations with responsibility for optimising the operator’s network of five hubs and 60 depots. He was formerly operations director at ColiPoste.

Charles Dauman has been appointed as new sales director. He was previously sales director for NeoPost France since 2001.

Sylvie Soris is now in charge of customer service. She will be responsible for improving customer satisfaction, call centre efficiency and introducing new electronic systems.

André Valade, formerly with Brink’s, the international security company, has been named head of security with responsibility for the operator’s locations and processes.

Tanneguy de Belloy, formerly director of administration and finances at Sun Microsystems France, has taken up the same post at Chronopost.

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European postal operators express caution on the liberalisation of the postal market.

Posted by | May 31, 2007 | |

As the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union are about to decide on a proposal of the European Commission to fully liberalise the European postal market in 2009, 12 postal operators, in charge of providing the universal service in their countries, express their support for the cautious approach followed in the ongoing debates.

The postal operators of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland and Slovakia observe with interest the caution that characterises the majority of debates in the EU Parliament on the issue of postal market liberalisation.

Over the past few months several signatory postal operators have highlighted the difficulty of identifying and implementing a financing mechanism that guarantees the continuity of the universal postal service in the event of full liberalisation of the market.

Faced with this problem, several debates in the EU Parliament called for caution and raised crucial issues such as viable financing mechanisms of the universal service, dangers of social dumping and the necessary conditions for a level playing field between market players. As a result, three European Parliamentary Committees as well the European Social and Economic Committee proposed new dates for the completion of the internal market for postal services, to be confirmed if appropriate. In the meantime, all efforts must be constructively spent to propose adequate solutions to the above mentioned points which are essential to make liberalisation possible.

The 12 signatory postal operators support a responsible approach and assert that the actual uncertainties must be addressed before the current system of financing of the universal postal service is put to an end.

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DPD expands its express services in Germany

Posted by | May 24, 2007 | |

DPD is increasing its commitment to express shipping with a range of new service options and additional productfeatures. To provide customers with a maximum level of flexibility DPD has, since 1 April, been offering a wide spectrum of new express services.

The resulting total of 122 possible combinations now enables DPD to optimise its new express service, a development which began on 1 February when the CEP service provider launched its new 8:30 express delivery and Saturday service – the initial phase of an ongoing process to extend the companys existing 10:00 and 12:00 services.

With our express offer we are responding to the very varied needs of our customers, ensuring that we have the right service for every customer requirement, explains CEO Hans Fluri.

DPD provides the full spectrum of modern express shipping – from the ID check to confirm the consignees identity and pick-up and exchange options, via ad-hoc shipments and delivery to specific departments, right down to a proactive text messaging service. With this enhanced service portfolio the parcel service provider is positioning itself firmly in one of the strongest growth segments of the CEP market.

DPD is expanding its service range on the basis of tried and tested quality factors: uncomplicated and efficient operational processing and closeness to the customer. Because we operate in close contact with our customers and know exactly what they want our new express services will enable us to conquer the market, is Mr Fluris conviction. This express expansion with its targeted movement into new core segments is an important stage in our growth strategy.

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World Mail Award winners celebrated

Posted by | May 24, 2007 | |

The 2007 World Mail Awards, presented on Monday night at a top London hotel, brought out the very best from postal services around the globe. More than 350 senior executives from the industry gathered to hear yachtsman, hero & adventurer, Pete Goss, present the coveted trophies for best practice and excellence.

This was the 8th year the Awards have been run by Triangle and they continue to grow in both prestige and breadth of coverage, with two new awards and four new sponsors for 2007. The distinguished panel of judges met only hours before the presentation to select the eventual winners of the awards from the 38 finalists.

The twelve winners competed against a broad geographical diversity of applicants and a wide variety of products and services submitted by operators and suppliers to the mail industry.

This year’s World Mail Award winners are as follows:

• Corporate Social Responsibility (sponsored by DHL Global Mail)
– Brazil Post for its Postal Bank project

• Customer Service (sponsored by Western Union)
– Canada Post Corporation for its Customer Value Management program

• e-Commerce (sponsored by Saudi Post)
– Deutsche Post AG for its ADDRESSDIALOG project

• Growth (sponsored by Q-Post)
– DHL Global Mail for its global letter-writing club LetterNet

• Industry Leadership (sponsored by Pitney Bowes)
– Jean-Paul Bailly, Chairman and CEO, La Poste

• Innovation (sponsored by Emirates Post)
– ampm for its delivery tracking solution eyeTrack

• People Management (sponsored by Australia Post)
– Masterlink Express for its ”Talents Maker” management academy training program

• Quality (sponsored by Magyar Posta)
– Singapore Post for SingPost Quality Excellence

• Retail Project (sponsored by Triangle)
– Aramex International for its SHOP&SHIP mailbox system

• Security (sponsored by Royal Mail)
– Royal Mail for its Mail Integrity Programme

• Technology (sponsored by Intermec)
– Denmark Post for its GIS route planning system

• Transformation (sponsored by IBM)
– Saudi Post for the creation of NAQEL

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Armadillo's turnover made 1.54 bln rub in 2006

Posted by | May 23, 2007 | |

Armadillo’s turnover made 1.54 bln rub in 2006, that is 51% more then 2005, said in the announcement.

Company’s development priorities in 2006 were service outreach and branches establishment.

Armadillo group of companies renders logistic service on the territory of Russia. In 2006 the company transported more then 2.8 mil packages, the volume of carried cargoes made 70 thd tons.

Armadillo Group of Companies (Armadillo OJSC, Armadillo Business Package OJSC) is a part of GeoPost international holding that unites express-delivery divisions of Groupe La Poste, French national mail service.

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