trans-o-flex

New standard labels indicate premium-service shipments - Innovative idea spares the environment several millions of labels every year

Weinheim, 1st March 2010 - trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst and trans-o-flex ThermoMed, the specialist for the transportation of temperature-controlled goods, introduce a new address label that not only facilitates the shipment procedure for the customers but also spares the environment millions of labels every year. "The combination of standard shipments and flexible individual solutions is one of our strengths", says Wolfgang Weber, Director Operations of trans-o-flex. "This is why we decided to facilitate the use of these services".

Background: in order to make it possible for the trans-o-flex employees to immediately spot premium-service shipments and handle them correspondingly, the parcels used to carry additional labels indicating the specific service. These labels, however, had to be applied by the customers themselves. "This made it quite difficult to ensure an automated handling of premium-service shipments, especially for large customers", continues Weber. "Employees working in a large dispatch department often have the problem of not being able to know which parcels belong to a premium-service shipment, thus requiring a special label". From now on, customers can benefit from a series of pictograms that have been developed to indicate the specific premium service selected and that have been integrated in the newly designed address labels. Thus, it is no longer necessary to apply an additional label. Using the new labels does not have any impact on the reliability of the handling processes because the premium-service shipments are saved in the trans-o-flex data stream and, thus, remain visible on the screen of the deliverer's computer.

About trans-o-flex:
trans-o-flex, based in Weinheim, South-West Germany, is a logistics group active throughout Europe.  In Germany, via its express delivery service, it offers a full-coverage network for efficient and safe transport of parcels and pallets (combi-freight). Apart from its nationwide 24-hour deliveries (usual transit time) with numerous Express and added-value options such as hazardous material transport, trans-o-flex has developed the Eurodis network which provides delivery services in European countries, making trans-o-flex one of the leading combi-freight service providers in Europe. trans-o-flex implements tailor-made logistics concepts and has developed numerous solutions for specific sectors, for instance for the pharmaceutical and consumer electronics / home entertainment industries. The trans-o-flex network is also able to transport hazardous goods in large quantities. Annual sales of the group, which has 1,125 employees, amounted to € 500 million in 2008. Since June 2008 the Austrian Post (ÖPAG) has been sole shareholder in trans-o-flex. More detailed information at: www.trans-o-flex.de.