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DHL Global Mail Reaches Industry-Leading Parcel Milestone

Posted on: Friday, 12 December 2008, 12:57 CST

Increase in 5-digit ZIP Code sorting provides faster transit times at volume-discount rates

WESTON, Fla., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- With the peak parcel-shipping period underway, DHL Global Mail is pleased to make a timely announcement about speedy package delivery. Specifically, the mail expeditor has reached a new milestone in streamlining parcel processing, enabling them to provide businesses with faster transit times and better service--all at the same optimal rates.

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The milestone? DHL Global Mail now performs the most advanced sorting by destination--using all 5 digits of the ZIP Code--on 83 percent of customer parcels nationwide. That percentage is unmatched in the mailing industry! To underscore the significance of this achievement, consider that very few mail providers even meet the volume requirements to perform 5-digit ZIP Code sorting--a process which accelerates the delivery of packages, helps ensure their arrival in peak condition and secures postage discounts.

"At DHL Global Mail, we add value for businesses by offering competitive transit times and high-quality service at volume-discount rates," said Lee Spratt, President and CEO of DHL Global Mail - Americas. "Reaching such a high level of 5-digit sort penetration for our customers' parcels enhances our ability to provide those advantages."

As an expeditor, DHL Global Mail picks up and sorts customers' mail and parcels, then injects them into the USPS mail stream as close as possible to the ultimate destination. This occurs under the company's longstanding Workshare partnership with the USPS, which handles final delivery. When an expeditor sorts customer parcels all the way down to the 5-digit ZIP Code level, they get delivered faster for two reasons. First, DHL Global Mail can skip over more USPS facilities, inserting parcels deeper into the mail stream. Second, the USPS places a higher priority on delivering pieces sorted to this advanced level. These packages also tend to arrive in the best condition, since bypassing processing facilities reduces the amount they are handled.

DHL Global Mail increased the use of 5-digit ZIP Code sorting for packages, which has also reduced shipment delays, under a major initiative to enhance their parcel service. After seeing a large jump in the volume of packages that customers were shipping, the company reengineered their parcel process this year using exacting Six Sigma methodology. In addition to changing their sorting schemes to reach the 5-digit ZIP Code level with even more packages, DHL Global Mail reorganized the footprints of their processing facilities to streamline operations and optimize performance.

Deutsche Post World Net is the world's leading logistics group.

Its integrated Deutsche Post, DHL and Postbank brands offer tailored, customer-focused solutions for the management and transport of goods, information and payments through a global network combined with local expertise. DPWN is also the leading provider of direct marketing services, with a unique portfolio of efficient outsourcing and system solutions for the mail business. The Group generated revenue of 63 billion euros in 2007. With some 500,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories, DPWN is one of the biggest employers worldwide.

Delivering Success. Worldwide.

DHL Global Mail is the one-stop shop for all international mail services. This division of Deutsche Post World Net operates offices and production facilities on four continents, with direct connections to more than 200 countries. DHL Global Mail's service portfolio consists of three pillars: In addition to cross-border mail, the company is increasingly focusing on domestic services in international markets and is further expanding its value-added mail services.

SOURCE DHL Global Mail

Source: PR Newswire

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