This is an interview with Glyn Jones, the Managing Director of Palletline. The interview covers a range of subjects including RFID, managment policy, the outlook for the future etc.
Read MoreANC Logistics has won its biggest contract yet with the giant electrical distributor Hagemeyer UK. the contract is worth £15 million over three years and ANCL will provide in – night, next day and same day distribution services for Newey and Eyre, the main distribution division of Hagemeyer.
Read MoreDHL Express, the filial of German giant Deutsche Post World Net, yesterday formally arrived on the Colombian map for local operations in competition with national rivals such as Servientrega, TCC and Coordinadora. Antonio Arranz, the director of DHL Express in Colombia, has revealed that the multinational will invest USD15mil over the next five years on establishing itself locally. The money will go on vehicles, scanners etc.
DHL Express should boast a Colombian workforce in excess of 1,000 for 2011, doubling its current size. The firm’s new Servicio Expreso Nacional will initially be directed at the corporate sector before incorporating private citizens. DHL Express will cover 130 destinations at first for packages of up to 70 kilos. DHL Express already has 2,500 clients locally for imports and 4,000 for exports.
Read MoreOn-demand business telephony and hosted contact centre services provider, NewVoiceMedia, is delighted that Parcelforce Worldwide is a finalist in the ‘Best Use of Technology’ award at the European Call Centre Awards at Call Centre Expo 2006.
Parcelforce Worldwide received this recognition for its Customs Charge Recovery System (CCRS) in a category where the judges’ criteria included uniqueness of implementation, financial benefit and a tangible improvement in customer experience, as well as enhancement in agent experience.
The CCRS, which was developed by NewVoiceMedia, enables Parcelforce Worldwide’s non-contract customers to pre-pay customs charges on international packages via the telephone or web prior to delivery, saving time for the company and the customers, reducing warehousing costs and improving cash flow.
Read MoreChina needs to bring its logistics infrastructure and supply chain management capabilities into the 21st century if it is to maintain its competitiveness in the global marketplace.
Studies show that logistics expenses in China are higher than in countries with mature logistics infrastructure, and this has pushed up the cost of its goods. Industry analysts and third-party logistics providers said these supply chain inefficiencies, left unchecked, would undermine China’s long-term economic growth. “Compared to developed countries where logistics costs are approximately 9 per cent to 10 per cent of GDP, logistics costs accounted for about 21 per cent of GDP in China,” said Jerry Hsu, president, Greater China area, DHL Express Asia Pacific, citing Ren Xingzhou, director of the Market Economy Research Department at the State Council’s Development Research Centre.
Read MoreTNT NV said that its Logistics division has been awarded a five-year contract by US mailstream company Pitney Bowes. Financial details were not disclosed.
TNT will handle logistical services for Pitney Bowes from its site in Belgium from the fourth quarter onwards.
The TNT Logistics division was recently sold to Apollo and is awaiting completion of the sale.
Read MoreColombian company DHL Express, a subsidiary of global carrier and package delivery company DHL Express, part of the German postal services operator Deutsche Post, plans to invest USD15 mln (12 mln euro) in the period from 2007 to 2011 in its express national postal service.
The launching of this service was officially announced on October 10, 2006. The sum will be directed for the acquisition of new equipment and vehicles, as well as for the reorganisation of the company’s operations. Currently the company has 130 vehicles, but aims to reach 500 by 2011.
DHL Colombia’s division DHL Express is expected to have over 1,000 workers by 2011, nearly doubling its present workforce.
DHL Colombia will have to meet the competition of companies as Servientrega, TCC and Coordinadora in that segment.
The new service will be first offered to the corporate sector, available for 130 primary and secondary populated places as destinations for a package of up to 70 kg, and then to individuals.
Colombian company DHL Express, a subsidiary of global carrier and package delivery company DHL Express, part of the German postal services operator Deutsche Post, denied rumours that it is in talks for the acquisition of local logistics and courier company Servientrega.
The announcement was made by the general director of DHL Express, Antonio Arranz, on October 10, 2006. Arranz added that DHL Express might study in the future the possibility to strengthen its ties with some local delivery firm.
Servientrega’s president, Jesus Guerrero Hernandez, also said that no such talks were held.
Servientrega has its own logistics chain, spreading through Colombia, Miami (USA), Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru, and also provides packaging, storage and shipment management. Servientrega plans to invest USD5.2 mln (4.15 mln euro) in order to expand in Panama, Peru and Spain.
What a difference profit makes. Warehousing and delivery company Wincanton has just bought two companies with similar sales paying GBP 2 million for one and up to GBP 27 million for the other.
Lane, which delivers white and other household goods to your doorstep, fetched just GBP 2 million for its GBP 47 million of sales. Over-expansion had left the company making losses with debts of GBP 6 million which Wincanton (WIN) takes on.
Finance director Gerard Connell, who claims Wincanton is number two in logistics in the UK to Exel, says Lane provides a good ‘beach head’ to the fast-growing home delivery market. He admits home delivery companies have historically struggled to make money.
The other acquisition, RDL, specialises in delivering bricks and other building material for the likes of Hanson and Ibstock. In its last figures it made profits before interest and amortization of GBP 3.8 million on sales of GBP 57.6 million.
Connell says a number of big construction companies are expected to outsource their trucking and warehouse operations soon so there are plenty of opportunities.
US security agency presentation about air transport
Read MoreToday TNT announced that ABB has chosen TNT Freight Management as its preferred provider for a number of air and sea freight destinations to and from Sweden, in keen competition with other major players in the market.
The contract runs over a year and has just started.The first step involves air and sea freight from Sweden to the whole world, and vice versa. “We will now focus on the fastest and smoothest implementation possible of all the processes related to this Swedish agreement. Both TNT and ABB agree that the vision is to expand co-operation globally with cross trading and so on,” says Kenneth Dahlgren, Global Account Manager at TNT Freight Management.
Read MoreLiberia’s Post Master General and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Jackson E. Doe, is seeking the involvement of county superintendents of the 15 sub-political divisions in a bid to stretch out postal activities throughout the country.
Speaking at the 132nd anniversary of the Universal Postal Union UPU, held at the ministry yesterday, Minister Doe appealed to superintendents to assist the Post & Telecommunication Ministry in setting up offices in the counties.
He said government was committed to improving the postal system to adequately serve the public and urged local authorities to assist in the mail delivery service.
The UPU 132nd anniversary was celebrated under the theme, “Reaching Everyone, Everywhere”.
The Post Master General said the protracted civil war, which destroyed every aspect of the society, greatly affected the postal system, saying it was the concern of government to ensure that the nation’s postal services are on par with international standard.
He said in order to make sure that services reach to the rural areas, every mechanism developed by that ministry should be supported by all, emphasizing that communication plays a vital role in national reconstruction and reconciliation.
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