Tag: UK

GBP 2m investment keeps TNT Sameday in Pole Position in the UK

Posted by | Mar 20, 2007 | |

The instant-response arm of Britain’s leading business-to-business express delivery company has unveiled a multi-million pound investment programme to keep the business at the top of the ‘Premier League’ of the UK same day delivery market.

The GBP 2 million initiative will see an innovative deployment of TNT Sameday’s army of 1,700 drivers, a new web-based Storapart distribution service designed to enhance speedy despatch of parts to engineers plus the introduction of state-of-the-art ‘mobile worker’ units to each driver. Each element is viewed as a critical component in the TNT drive for customer service excellence in 2007.

At the touch of a key, the new Common Operating System will automatically calculate parcel delivery rates, recommend the closest driver available for a collection and allocate drivers’ payments.

The new warehouse stock management system of TNT’s Storapart service – called Storapart Distribution System (SDS) – creates a common approach across TNT the Storapart sites throughout the world, providing a consistently high level of customer service.

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DHL Express implements next-generation business intelligence with MicroStrategy

Posted by | Mar 20, 2007 | |

MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated , a worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that DHL Express has expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to support its Business Process Optimization and Enterprise Business Intelligence programs, which will provide reporting and analytics for key areas across the company.

DHL Express is using MicroStrategy throughout the organization for reporting and analysis of key business areas, including sales, marketing, finance, and operations. With a diverse, vast network and delivery schedules as tight as those operated by DHL Express, having a clear, up-to-date, and actionable view of the business is of immense importance. With MicroStrategy, DHL users will gain enhanced insights into their business, providing valuable sales and customer information by product and geography to better understand both key customers and service level performance, leading to new business opportunities and improved service.

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Evans Transport increases its PalletFORCE Operation

Posted by | Mar 20, 2007 | |

PalletFORCE Member Depot Evans Transport has extended its ties with the Network by launching PalletFORCE services from its headquarters in Barnstaple, in addition to its Exeter depot.

Evans Transport first joined PalletFORCE in early 2006. “Chief Executive Mick Scarlett explained the principles behind the Network and we agreed that it would be an ideal way of enhancing the services we offer to our customers,” explains Nigel Evans.

When PalletFORCE’s commitment to Depot consolidation created an opening in North Devon for a new Member Depot, Evans was quick to see the potential for the company’s Barnstaple operation.

Evans Transport was founded in 1965 and is still family owned. The company has a fleet of 90 vehicles operating from the South-West region.

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DHL Express UK implements business intelligence with MicroStrategy

Posted by | Mar 20, 2007 | |

MicroStrategy announced that DHL Express has expanded its deployment of MicroStrategy to support its Business Process Optimization and Enterprise Business Intelligence programs, which will provide reporting and analytics for key areas across the company.

DHL Express is using MicroStrategy throughout the organization for reporting and analysis of key business areas, including sales, marketing, finance, and operations.

With MicroStrategy, DHL users will gain insights into their business, providing sales and customer information by product and geography.

A MicroStrategy customer since 2003, DHL Express has now expanded its enterprise-wide deployment across multiple departments, with additional applications planned for the future. Dashboard applications delivering information based on KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for the many diverse areas of the business will also be deployed. These new implementations are part of an information strategy to improve data management, analysis, and reporting to enhance the decision making processes of senior and operational management.

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Glasgow City Council points to post office closure fears

Posted by | Mar 19, 2007 | |

Scotland’s largest local authority has warned of a further raft of post office closures within the next 18 months.
Glasgow City Council has also criticised a commitment to ensure that 99% of the population of deprived areas are within a mile of a post office, saying the criterion was a reduction on a previous guarantee which cited half a mile.
The council suggests co-locating postal services in an accessible hub, alongside health centres, libraries and leisure centres. The authority made its criticisms in an official response to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) consultation on the future of Scotland’s post offices.
The DTI is currently collating thousands of responses to proposals to close 2500 post offices throughout the UK, some 600 of which are expected to be in Scotland.
Glasgow City Council, which posted an official response on its website, predicts mounting problems for disabled and elderly if more offices close as well as longer queues, poorer facilities, loss of community cohesion and damaging repercussions for local shops and businesses.
The local authority is also supporting sub-postmasters in demanding the government carry out a full assessment of the social and economic role played by post offices and that it spells out the future size and purpose of post offices.

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