Tag: UK

WebRiposte Powers Jersey Post's `Legacy-Free' Network

Posted by | Sep 26, 2001 | |

Escher Group, Ltd., a
leading provider of peer-to-peer messaging and data management solutions,
today announced that Jersey Post has selected WebRiposte(TM) to automate the
island’s post office network and to re-engineer its associated counter and
back-office processes. Jersey Post chose WebRiposte as its platform to grow
and diversify its revenue base, deliver operational efficiency and improve
service. In addition to the software license, Escher Group will provide the
Post with legacy-free hardware.

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Partnerships in Logistics: Walon & Toyota (GB)

Posted by | Sep 26, 2001 | |

Walon and Toyota have developed a true partnership which continues to benefit from open dialogue and shared initiatives. This integrated approach has allowed both parties to develop technical and logistical activities to optimise the total supply chain. Judges said there was clear evidence that this long term relationship was working at every level, producing real benefits and delivering savings for the partners, employees and customers.

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Postal shambles – Welsh mail delivery

Posted by | Sep 24, 2001 | |

POSTAL bosses came under fire last night for their poor performance in
North Wales. Between April and June, the amount of first-class mail failing to
reach addresses in the region by the next working day was more than double the
national average.

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Deadline to speed up An Post postal deliveries

Posted by | Sep 21, 2001 | |

Ireland’s “telecom regulator’s office has set a deadline for An Post [the Irish post office] in a bid to speed up next day delivery of mail. The Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation (ODTR), which also regulates An Post, has set an interim target for 2002 of a next day delivery of 92pc nationally for all mail and 94pc for all local post. Up to now An Post has not been meeting its own target of 90pc next day delivery for all mail. The ODTR has called on the An Post to submit a plan by April 2, 2001 that would include detailed costed proposals for a target of 97pc next day delivery for first calls letters from January 1, 2003. According to research by Irish Marketing Surveys, 73pc of Irish businesses believe that all business should have the choice of a first class service with next day delivery and a cheaper second class service with delivery within three days.

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Collectpoint – convenience store network a winner

Posted by | Sep 20, 2001 | |

Speaking at a meeting with e-tailers
recently, Jim Doyle, head of international development for the PickPoint /
Collectpoint Internet fulfilment business, described the rapid progress made
in the UK over the past twelve months in both recruiting on-line retailers and
also chains of late-night opening stores as collection points for the service. Collectpoint now has a wide variety of on-line and mail order retailer
partners, allowing shoppers to collect their purchases from over 3,200
collection sites throughout the UK. All Collectpoints are open from early
morning to late at night seven days a week and some are open 24 hours per day.
When shopping with a participating retailer, shoppers simply select a
Collectpoint near to their home and pick up their parcel when convenient

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