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TNT Express will cut 4.000 places of job in next the three years
the group has introduced a new one slowly of restructure
March 25, 2013
In the arc of next the three years express the total group of deliveries TNT Express will cut job 4.000 places, pairs to about 6% about of the current ones employee of the company. The measure takes part of a plan of restructure introduced today from TNT Express that has the objective to diminish the impact of international the economic crisis on the performances of the society and to improve of the results within 2015.
"Our activity - the managing director ad interim of TNT Express has explained, Bernard Bot - has of forehead difficult conditions of the market and strategic challenges, but we anticipate an only competitive offer: an European net without pairs, connections all over the world, a range integrated of services and a recognized dedication towards the customers".
The restructure plan previews the sale of the activities on a national level carried out in China (of which TNT Express it has confirmed the cession shortly) let alone those in Brazil, the reduction of the exposure regarding the ability to intercontinental aerial transport, the concentration of the activity in the segments of more profitable businesses, the restructure of the organization with the constitution of a new managerial structure and the abandonment of the current regional structure with the formation of the new businesses unit Australia/emergent New Zealand, Benelux, France, Countries, Europe/Americas, Germany, Italy and United Regno/Ireland that will depend directly from the managing director, one cost reduction through the consolidation of services, the optimization of infrastructures and the decrease of the indirect costs, with the objective of savings pairs to 220 million euro within 2015, and investments in the field of information the technology.
Recently TNT Express has been object of an attempt of acquisition by the competitor United Parcel Service (UPS) that tax from the EU commission has not succeeded also because of the prohibition to the operation ( on 30 January 2013).
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