European Postal Perspective: Facing the challenge from low-cost posts
European Postal Perspective: Facing the challenge from low-cost posts
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CEVA announces retirement of former CEO David Kulik
The Board of Directors of CEVA Group plc. announced today that David G. Kulik, CEVA’s Vice Chairman and former CEO, has advised the Company of his retirement, effective February 22nd, 2008. The Company also announced that they have entered into an agreement with Mr. Kulik wherein he will be a consultant to management as well as continue in his position as Chairman of the Board of ANJI-TNT, the joint venture between CEVA Logistics and Shanghai Automotive Industries Corporation – SAIC.
Gareth Turner, partner of Apollo Management, said “Dave has
been a leader in the global logistics industry having been the CEO of CTI
LogistX for a number of years and then with TNT as head of their Logistics
division. He led the recovery and sale of TNT Logistics and was integral in
the transformation of the company to CEVA as a portfolio company of Apollo
Management. We are also pleased that he will continue to be associated with
CEVA into the future and we thank him for his past service to the Company.”
Kulik stated, “I am extremely proud of this organization and
the success of 50,000 dedicated people in the transition to CEVA. I have been
fortunate to lead the Company during an exciting period and I am confident
that Apollo has positioned CEVA to achieve even greater levels of growth
under the leadership of our industry’s best management”.
TNT France tests biofuel
TNT Express France is testing a biofuel for its delivery vehicles to cut down on CO2 emissions. The fuel – known as B30 – could be introduced nationwide if tests are successful.
TNT Express launched the B30 biofuel tests in September 2007at its depot at Maxvill, where its Eastern Region main office is situated. The tests were extended to eight light-duty pick-up and delivery vehicles last month.
The study, which will last at Maxville for six months, will enable TNT to evaluate if this solution is feasible at an operational level and to assess the financial impact (carbon consumption and maintenance costs). The tests will also examine the performance of the vehicles with this type of fuel, especially as an alternative to diesel.
The first results are already promising for lorries as well as for light-duty vehicles, TNT pointed out. If the final results turn out to be positive, TNT Express France could decide to deploy B30 in its 13 operational centres across France this year.
Read MorePostcomm publishes decision document on its interim review of 2006-10 Price Control (UK)
Postcomm has published a decision document confirming its proposals made in August 2007 that Royal Mail should be given extra flexibility to increase some retail prices and that access margins should be left unchanged.
These decisions are in response to the requests by Royal Mail, TNT Post and UK Mail for a review of some aspects of the 2006-10 Price Control.
As set out in Postcomm’s proposals document published in August, this decision would allow Royal Mail to raise the price of a second class stamp to 29p by 2010, subject to inflation (the original price cap was 26p). The price cap on a first class stamp will not be affected by this decision2.
In addition, Postcomm has decided to reject the requests from Royal Mail, TNT Post and UK Mail to change the margin between Royal Mail’s prices for bulk mail products and the amount Royal Mail charges other mail operators for access to its network and delivery of bulk mail over the ‘final mile’. Royal Mail had wanted to reduce the margin and the two Access operators argued that it should be increased.
Read MoreTNT Express & Quintiq take steps to reduce carbon footprint
TNT Express has signed an agreement with Quintiq to take further steps in its effort to reduce its carbon footprint. Through the use of the advanced planning software of Quintiq in the collection and delivery of parcels TNT Express hopes to further give shape to its program called “Planet Me” with the aim to reduce the emission of CO2. The Quintiq system will replace a large number of discrete planning systems that are now used throughout TNT Express’s 900 depots in the world.
With the new Quintiq system TNT Express will support its collection and delivery process worldwide of 3.5 million parcels and documents. The planning solution will be used to create and maintain depot profiles and allocate parcels to rounds and drivers in an optimal way. By adopting Quintiq into the Common Systems strategy TNT Express will be able to improve productivity and save on managing a variety of different planning solutions. In addition it will be able to improve tracking and tracing as well as customer service.
Initially TNT Express planned to develop a new customized planning solution in-house as it was not convinced that a standard solution was able to support all its processes and meet all its requirements. Nevertheless Quintiq was able to demonstrate that its software suite for advanced planning and scheduling could deal with all TNT Express’ issues.
The Quintiq real-time application suite offers company-wide transparency and access via interfaces for viewing all process-related decisions. Its wide range of functions allows users to react quickly to short-notice changes and contingencies. By making optimal use of each employee’s skills, availability and productivity, no additional resources need to be scheduled as a buffer, thus enabling organizations to save time, reduce labour costs and increase customer satisfaction levels. Real-time management reporting permits ongoing monitoring based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
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