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mation technology for operational control wherever possible, we lower
costs, pinpoint and analyze weak points, secure revenues and facilitate
the planning process in respect to customers, product management and
resource allocation and control.
Freight mail takes to the rail
Deutsche Post remains committed to transport as much of its
freight mail as possible by rail. Therefore, we use Deutsche Bahn freight
trains for shipment per standardized containers with two-day delivery
guarantee.
Building on the experience gained in 1996, we systematically
continued to optimize our long-distance transport infrastructure.
Reduced shipments and higher process-control efficiency helped to cut
costs significantly over 1996. Efficiency, for example, was enhanced by
reducing the number of vehicle types in the delivery fleet. In addition,
Deutsche Post increased efficiency further by merging fleet management
of the Letter Mail and Freight Mail divisions effective as of March 1,
1997. This opened the way to synergies and made it possible to optimize
vehicle deployment.
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State-of-the-art information technology is the heart of
our logistics systems.
Barcode scanner station