Express delivery company trans-o-flex increases prices by 5.5 %
Growing gap between actions to improve efficiency and cost increases with trans-o-flex
The express delivery company trans-o-flex is raising its prices this year by around 5.5 per cent. “As in the transport and logistics sector as a whole key drivers are the significantly higher personnel costs, which – exacerbated by the shortage of drivers and qualified staff – will also continue to rise in 2013”, explains Oliver Rupps, spokesman of the management board of the trans-o-flex logistics group. In addition, there are numerous apparently minor cost pools, which, altogether, lead towards substantial increases in production costs. Examples include the dramatic increases in insurance premiums, particularly for vehicles, rising energy costs and new, additional costs such as the introduction of toll charges for main roads in Germany.
Owing to the extent of these increases in costs, it is no longer possible to offset them fully through improvements in efficiency, Oliver Rupps points out. “We have increased quality and efficiency considerably in recent years. This quality comes at a price. And not least, we want to and must work profitably, for our investments into the development of the network in line with demand will pay off,” he adds.
In its capacity as shareholder and partner of the Eurodis network, trans-o-flex provides full-coverage combined-freight services in 34 European countries. The company has developed a large number of tailor-made solutions for specific sectors, e.g. for the pharmaceutical and home entertainment/consumer goods industries. With a special network for active temperature control in the temperature ranges of between 2 and 8 °C as well as 15 and 25 °C, trans-o-flex ThermoMed takes over the transportation of temperature-sensitive goods for the pharmaceutical industry. Apart from Germany, temperature-controlled transportations are also available in Austria, to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Denmark, and France. In 2011, annual sales of the group, which has a workforce of approximately 1,600 employees, was about EUR 550 million. Since June 2008, trans-o-flex has been a 100-% subsidiary of Österreichische Post.
Quelle: LogEastics
Portal: www.logistik-express.com