Tag: Spain

Postal Industry Launches Global Carbon Measurement System

Posted by | Jun 2, 2008 | |

The International Post Corporation (IPC) has launched an environmental measurement and monitoring system providing a common carbon measurement and reporting framework for the global postal industry.

The launch and formal adoption by IPC member postal operators including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK, took place at IPC’s Annual Conference 2008 in La Chapelle en Serval, France on 30 May. The event was attended by CEOs from Europe, the Asia-Pacific and North America.
The system provides the postal industry with a transparent, scientific, sector specific carbon management and measurement system based on the requirements of international best practice standards, such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, DJSI, FTSE4Good, ISO 14001, and current best practice from the corporate environment. The system evaluates performance through the application of a scoring system that grades performance in ten carbon management proficiency areas and in key numeric carbon efficiency indicators.

The environmental measurement and monitoring system was also built on best practice as exemplified by customers of IPC members and is highly responsive to customer requirements and interests in measuring their own carbon footprint in their value chains.

The system will be piloted in 2008, with results from the first round of measurement expected to be announced in November 2009.

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Correos to install digital franking machines (SPA)

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

CORREOS is promoting a project to replace its conventional franking machines with others that use digital technology and print individualised codes in two dimensions. With this initiative the postal company takes another step towards its goal of ensuring the traceability of items posted, assigning a code that enables them to be tracked and identified throughout the postal process.
The new digital franking machines will include the quality control system implemented by CORREOS, which will mean they also offer more information, the quality and appearance of the stamping will be improved, and more added value will be provided for users. This renewal consolidates the public postal operator’s adoption of Information Technology (IT), including it in all its processes to reinforce the quality and efficiency of the postal service.
The digital franking machines are automatically recharged (making them more secure) and can include advertising messages, adding commercial possibilities for clients. The optical reading system for franking marks stamped on envelopes, labels or wrapping paper guarantees their traceability and enables exhaustive quality control. This new system improves the processes of the postal services and offers more information to customers about their items, and for the postal operator, it provides an agile response to new needs and demands.
As well as being easily recharged, the new digital franking machines offer other benefits: they automatically update the rates and new postal products, they can be used 24 hours a day (when needed, the providers’ loading centre can be contacted by Internet), they personalise advertising messages and gather more information about the whole process. All of this means savings in time and money for users.

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MARABÚ II implemented in Spanish provincial capitals and major cities

Posted by | May 27, 2008 | |

CORREOS has successfully completed the implementation of Marabú II, the new automated system for monitoring collection from letter boxes, which will improve the efficiency and quality of the postal service.
This computer application can accurately track collections of letters and other post deposited by the public in the boxes on the main streets and squares of all Spanish capitals and all towns of over 50,000 residents.
The results obtained to date show that Marabú II ensures collection efficiency of nearly 100%. Through this computer system, which provides data daily, CORREOS monitors the entire trajectory of the different collections carried out each day and obtains information as to their exact time, as well as the arrival of this post at each automatic sorting office.
The letter boxes and sacks containing the mail are identified with their corresponding bar code. This enables the letter carriers to use their portable terminals to register the barcodes of the letter boxes and the sacks that carry the collected mail, as well as other data: the condition of the letterbox, how long the collection took, the time of day when most letters are posted, the most and least used letter boxes, and so on.
At the end of their route, the letter carriers can upload the data from their portable device to a central computer, where the exact time and the sacks collected are registered in a database. This way, any service issues can be dealt with immediately.

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Correos guarantees daily collection for 100% of its letter boxes

Posted by | May 27, 2008 | |

Correos has successfully completed the implementation of Marabú II, the new automated system for monitoring collection from letter boxes, which will improve the efficiency and quality of the postal service.

This computer application can accurately track collections of letters and other post deposited by the public in the boxes on the main streets and squares of all Spanish capitals and all towns of over 50,000 residents.

The results obtained to date show that Marabú II ensures collection efficiency of nearly 100%. Through this computer system, which provides data daily, Correos monitors the entire trajectory of the different collections carried out each day and obtains information as to their exact time, as well as the arrival of this post at each automatic sorting office.

Efficient design of routes

The letter boxes and sacks containing the mail are identified with their corresponding bar code. This enables the letter carriers to use their portable terminals to register the barcodes of the letter boxes and the sacks that carry the collected mail, as well as other data: the condition of the letterbox, how long the collection took, the time of day when most letters are posted, the most and least used letter boxes, and so on.

At the end of their route, the letter carriers can upload the data from their portable device to a central computer, where the exact time and the sacks collected are registered in a database. This way, any service issues can be dealt with immediately.

With this information, Correos has designed the routes for more efficient collection and set times according to the volume of post. The post is now handled more effectively and delivery times are reduced.

Marabú II is another step forward by the public postal company towards its strategic goal of increasing the quality of the postal service, improving the reception of post through letter boxes and offices, automatic sorting at its reception centres and delivery, with the use of PDAs.

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Correos and Viajes Crisol launch prepaid “TURCORREOS” cards

Posted by | May 26, 2008 | |

Correos and Viajes Crisol have signed a collaboration agreement by which over 2,200 post offices will offer prepaid “TURCORREOS” cards to customers and other members of the public. The cards are an easy, secure means of payment for travel and associated services, such as hotel stays or car hire, among other things.

The agreement, which is intended to be permanent, was signed by the Correos chairman José Damián Santiago Martín and Viajes Crisol CEO José María Lucas.

The Correos chairman remarked that, with this new service, the post office network can offer a wider range of products and services, enabling the postal operator to consolidate its diversification strategy and to meet its goal of turning post offices into multi-service centres, simplifying life for the public, who will be able to carry out several tasks in the same place quickly and easily.

Meanwhile, the Viajes Crisol CEO said that the choice of Correos as the first company to distribute these prepaid cards is related to the excellent sales opportunities offered by the broad coverage of the over 2,200 post offices throughout Spain.

The agreement includes granting Viajes Crisol the use of the registered trademark “TURCORREOS” and an economic agreement in which the postal operator will receive a commission on the total revenue. Sales of the Crisol cards at Correos offices will begin in the next few weeks, once the computer systems have been adapted to handle the payments and charges.

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