Tag: TNT

Where is Asia’s Express Market going?

Posted by | Dec 19, 2006 | |

There’s only one way to go and that is UP. In 2007 we will see more new players entering the market as Asia’s economies continue to grow. Courier industry is characterized by high entry barriers. It needs huge investment in infrastructure and technology and there is intense competition in the industry. The market for courier industry can be divided into individual, corporate and small and medium enterprises. On the basis of type of delivery, it can also be divided into overnight delivery and same day delivery services.

Courier companies are using information technology to enhance the quality of their customer service and obtain competitive edge. There are only a few global courier companies like Fed Ex, DHL, UPS and TNT and there is intense competition among them with each one trying to establish its superiority. In India, presently, DHL, Blue Dart and Elbee are the major players contributing to 70% of industry’s revenues. An interesting observation in the past three years , is that the big Four are now entering the domestic market, an area that they have been relatively weak in. This could also result to a backlash on their main core international businesss. Asia’s domestic courier market has always been the strength of the home-grown operators with intimate familiarity of the terrain.

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UK TNT expansion programme continues apace

Posted by | Dec 18, 2006 | |

TNT is continuing to drive through an expansion programme designed to strengthen its strategic infrastructure and enhance its customer service levels across the UK and Ireland.

The programme, spanning an 18-month period stretching into the first half of 2007, has already seen TNT Express Services open a National Customer Contact Centre, three new depots, a fashion clothing distribution centre and a state-of-the-art archiving facility, creating in excess of 700 new jobs.

It began when the company bucked the trend for transferring customer call centres overseas when it delivered 240 new jobs in the North East by opening a sophisticated customer help centre at Team Valley, near Gateshead.

New operational depots in the North West of England and Scotland, namely Preston, Glasgow and Liverpool are, and will be, providing an additional 300 new roles in the fast moving, time sensitive world of express delivery.

In the Midlands, TNT opened a 700,000 square feet warehouse as part of a long-term agreement with high street clothing retailer, Primark. The new and extended clothing distribution centre is expected to create up to 250 new jobs.

The second phase of the programme will see new and upgraded depots established in South Wales and Northern Ireland during 2007.

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Deutsche Post CEO Zumwinkel threatens to launch price war in 2008

Posted by | Dec 13, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel told journalists his company is prepared to make drastic price cuts in the German mail market should it lose significant market share to rivals when its virtual monopoly on letter delivery expires in 2008, the Financial Times Deutschland reported.

‘If I lose too much market share, then I have some price cuts in reserve that will certainly throw our competitors into disarray,’ Zumwinkel said in New York.

The chief executive did not provide further details on the possible price cuts.

The newspaper said that Deutsche Post currently controls about 90 pct of the German letter delivery market. This business last year accounted for 30 pct of Deutsche Post’s total revenue and almost half of its profits.

However, rivals such as TNT, Pin and a range of local delivery services are eager to expand their presence in the German market.

The newspaper said that TNT and Pin want to gain a 10 pct share of the German letter delivery market within the next five years.

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TNT delivers more than 100 new jobs for North-West

Posted by | Dec 11, 2006 | |

A new GBP5.6 million depot built for TNT is set to create more than 100 new jobs for the Merseyside region.
TNT is currently putting the finishing touches to the new depot in Hale Road, Speke, at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, which will handle domestic parcels for the North-West of England as well as international consignments to and from mainland Europe and further afield.

Employing approximately 110 people, the 56-bay depot on the 4.13-acre site is projected to handle almost three million domestic collections and deliveries a year, while the international side expects approximately half a million a year.

The air gateway is scheduled to go operational in the first week of 2007. The new facility will be handling parcels and packages for UK destinations by February, and will be offering full national and international services by April.

Businesses throughout the North-West will now be able to take advantage of the depot’s leading edge technology, including a ‘dolly train’ system for the quickest loading and unloading of TNT aircraft.

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TNT picks Malaysia for Asian debut of archive services

Posted by | Dec 8, 2006 | |

TNT has chosen Malaysia for the Asian debut of its archive services, with an initial investment of RM1 million in related equipment and software.

TNT Malaysia and Brunei managing director Gerry Power said TNT was the first international express company to launch a business records management service in Asia, designed to archive and manage medical records, business records and legal documents format for any length of time.

According to him, TNT Archive Services are useful for sectors that are especially documentation-heavy, including financial institutions, legal and professional services, government and manufacturing.

The new service was launched Friday by Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, together with the official opening of Penang’s TNT Global Express Centre, located in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone here.

Speaking at a press conference, Power said if customers required any documents, TNT will deliver them within the same day or the next business day.

Built at the cost of RM8 million, the 22,000-square foot facility is part of the continuing investment in Malaysia by TNT under its RM15 million expansion plan for 2006.

Power said the centre is life science-ready for the safe handling of time and temperature-sensitive clinical specimens such as blood, vaccines and drugs which played an important role for hospitals and laboratories, and also able to handle dangerous goods.

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