Paul Bray takes a close look at the future of direct mail and whether there is any truth behind its predicted demise
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Could the use of drones for postal delivery ever be commercially and practically viable? Paul Willis finds out
In a carrier market that can be clearly differentiated by the quality of service on offer, Neil Jackson, chief executive, Triangle Management Services, calls on retailers to use growing insight into what constitutes the total cost of delivery, from late to lost goods, returns to complaints handling, and pay for a service that will truly reflect customer expectation.
US Postal Service (USPS) and UPS have announced a partnership designed to offer better service…
Automation Technology of the Year: XMS (eXtended Mail Sorter) from Solystic Postal automation involves widely…
La Poste Group has committed in France to achieving a 20 percent reduction in CO2 emissions before 2015 compared with 2008.
With the huge increases in the postal rate announced this week by the Royal Mail, it’s important that Britain’s SMEs are not caught out.
Due to new technologies, especially in the field of batteries, and to the need to tackle climate change, we now see a true fresh start to the use of electric vans all over the world. This is particularly true in the postal sector, with operators wishing to cut their CO2 emissions through the use of electric vans as well as electric delivery tricycles or bicycles.
Although the impending privatisation of the UK’s Royal Mail has been openly discussed for some time, it did come as a surprise to some in the sector to hear the true extent of their financial difficulties. Surely this is going to deter would-be investors unless the organisation has a clear strategy to present outlining how it intends to become more profitable?
Automation Technology of the Year: WebCoding from Prime Vision/TNT Shore Postal automation involves widely diverse…